Senior public librarians looking to the future

New Library World

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Mullins, John ^a   Linehan, Margaret ^b  

^a City Hall   (Ireland)

^b Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Information services; Ireland; Librarians; Public libraries; United Kingdom; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645731801     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800610654880     Document Type: Review

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