Creating collaborative technology-rich workspaces in an academic library

Reference Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-404

  Barton, Emily ^a   Weismantel, Arlene ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Communication technologies; Group work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547605026     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320710774274     Document Type: Article

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