What Qualifications and Skills are Important for Digital Librarian Positions in Academic Libraries? A Job Advertisement Analysis

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-467

  Choi, Youngok ^a   Rasmussen, Edie ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 70349097187     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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