The MBA and academic business librarians: More than graduate education for subject specialists

Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-417

  McGuigan, Glenn S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business librarians; College and university librarians; Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650895898     PISSN: 08963568     EISSN: 15470644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08963560802183179     Document Type: Article

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