Effective training for chat reference personnel: An exploratory study

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 210-224

  Luo, Lili ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350041754     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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