What will become of reference in academic and public libraries?

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-339

  O'Gorman, Jack ^a   Trott, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b Regional Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Future of library services; Library service points; Public libraries; Reference collections; Reference desks; Reference services

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350731742     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930820902832421     Document Type: Article

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