Formalizing a discipline: The institutionalization of library and information science research in the Nordic countries

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 721-737

  Åström, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information science and documentation; Organizational design; Research; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649161829     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810899736     Document Type: Article

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