The complex library: Do the public's attitudes represent a barrier to institutional change in public libraries?

New Library World

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 161-174

  Evjen, Sunniva ^a   Audunson, Ragnar ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Individual perception; Norway; Organizational change; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149083204     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800910941356     Document Type: Article

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