Information and communications technology training for British librarians: Why is it so difficult to complete?

European Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-313

  Monk, Des ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications technologies; Finland; Librarians; Training needs; Training packages; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347290992     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340410536235     Document Type: Article

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