Purls of wisdom: A collectivist study of human information behaviour in a public library knitting group

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-114

  Prigoda, Elena ^a   McKenzie, Pamela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Communities; Crafts; Information transfer; Public libraries; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846368184     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410710723902     Document Type: Article

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