Recreational reading collections in academic libraries

Collection Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-85

  Rathe, Bette ^a   Blankenship, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Browsing collections; Leisure reading; Patron survey; Recreational reading; University of northern colorado

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746588720     PISSN: 01462679     EISSN: 15452549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J105v30n02_06     Document Type: Article

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