Socio-economic-cultural aspects and mass information need: The case of public library uses in Bangladesh

Library Management

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 636-652

  Uddin, Mohammad Nasir ^a   Quaddus, Mohammed ^b   Islam, Md Shamsul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Information management; Public libraries; Socio economic regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751019452     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120610715536     Document Type: Article

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