Academic libraries and social and learning space: A case study of Loughborough university library, UK

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-18

  Bryant, Joanna ^a   Matthews, Graham ^a   Walton, Graham ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Ethnography; Evaluation; Library buildings; Physical space; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449112397     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000608099895     Document Type: Article

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