LIS research in the United Kingdom: Reflections and prospects

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Feather, John ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Library and information science research; Practice based research; Research; Research assessment exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249110466     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000609337096     Document Type: Article

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