The library-community convergence framework for community action: Libraries as catalysts of social change

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Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 123-139

  Mehra, Bharat ^a   Srinivasan, Ramesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 36048962101     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2007.123     Document Type: Review

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