Marketing library services through Facebook groups

Library Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 469-478

  Xia, Z David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Internet; Libraries; Marketing; Social networks; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349826284     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120910982159     Document Type: Article

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