Learning our way to change: Improved institutional alignment

New Library World

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 127-140

  Davis, Hiram L ^a   Somerville, Mary M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information literacy; Learning organizations; Librarians; Organizational change; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645744616     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800610654907     Document Type: Article

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