Public Library 2.0: Towards a new mission for public libraries as a "network of community knowledge"

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-460

  Chowdhury, Gobinda ^a   Poulter, Alan ^a   McMenemy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

CULTURAL CHANGE; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DISSEMINATING COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC LIBRARIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 33748264536     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610686328     Document Type: Article

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