Why do we stay? Survey of long-term academic librarians in Canada

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-111

  Millard, Donna M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 34249777207     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2003.0015     Document Type: Article

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31. Ibid., 38.
32. Ibid., 37.