Librarians and information scientists in the blogosphere: An exploratory analysis

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-181

  Aharony, Noa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 67649858774     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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