The career choices of business librarians: A survey and discussion

Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-404

  Hines, Todd M ^a   Baker, Amia L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business librarians; Careers; Surveys; Work history

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650928209     PISSN: 08963568     EISSN: 15470644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08963560802183153     Document Type: Article

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