A chance of storms: New librarians navigating technology tempests

Technical Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-286

  Bosque, Darcy Del ^a   Lampert, Cory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Librarianship; Library education; New employees; Technology

Indexed keywords

LIBRARIANSHIP; MASTER'S DEGREE; TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS; TECHNOLOGY SKILLS;

EMPLOYMENT; LIBRARIES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 70350773854     PISSN: 07317131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317130802678878     Document Type: Article

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