Made from scratch: The creation and development of a sciences librarian

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 99-111

  Fritzler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Information technology; Library faculty interactions; Non formally trained science librarians; Professional development; RSS

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE LIBRARIAN;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 34249814015     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J122v27n01_07     Document Type: Article

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