Information literacy paradigm in academic libraries in Greece and Cyprus

Reference Services Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-193

  Korobili, Stella ^a   Malliari, Aphrodite ^a   Christodoulou, George ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Educational development; Information literacy; Library studies; Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049089914     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320810873048     Document Type: Article

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