The five-year itch: Are libraries losing their most valuable resources?

Library Administration and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-76

  Markgren, Susanne ^a   Dickinson, Thad ^b   Leonard, Anne ^c   Vassiliadis, Kim ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34147161157     PISSN: 08884463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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