Reference librarians speak for users: A learning commons concept that meets the needs of a diverse student body

Reference Librarian

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-118

  Franks, Jeffrey A ^a   Tosko, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information commons; Information technology and libraries; Learning commons; Reference librarians; Service models; Service planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748830285     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v47n97_10     Document Type: Article

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