Information literacy as professional legitimation: The quest for a new jurisdiction

Library Review

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 493-508

  O'Connor, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information literacy; Information profession; Librarians

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349623621     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530910978190     Document Type: Article

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