The role of community-based, problem-centered information intermediaries in local problem solving

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Durrance, Joan C ^a   Walker, Dana ^a   Souden, Maria ^a   Fisher, Karen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33847677138     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504301181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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