Making e-books available through public libraries: Some user reactions

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-43

  McKnight, Cliff ^a   Dearnley, James ^a   Morris, Anne ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEA ICS Subject Centre

Author keywords

Electronic books; Marketing of electronic books; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249088485     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000607086619     Document Type: Article

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