Librarianship in the 21st century - Crisis or transformation?

Public Library Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-82

  Davis, Candy ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Image of Librarians; Intellectual Basis of Librarianship; Librarianship; Reputation of Librarians

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449084286     PISSN: 01616846     EISSN: 15411540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616840802122401     Document Type: Article

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