Reference collection maintenance: Theory and (mal)practice

Reference Services Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 67-75

  Majka, David R ^a  

^a Robert Morris College   (United States)

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EID: 44449086676     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb049297     Document Type: Review

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