The US information infrastructure and libraries: A case study in democracy

Library Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-106

  Thompson, Kim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Information facilities; Information literacy; Information services; Libraries; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949145696     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530810853982     Document Type: Article

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