Are public libraries led or managed?

Library Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-248

  Mullins, John Mullins ^a   Linehan, Margaret ^b  

^a City Hall   (Ireland)

^b Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Leadership; Librarians; Library management; Public libraries; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645819196     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530610660780     Document Type: Article

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