"Librarian's anxiety"? How community college librarians feel about their reference desk service

Community and Junior College Libraries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-70

  Powers, Anne ^a  

^a SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; California; Community college librarians; Librarians; Library anxiety; Reference librarians; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951066436     PISSN: 02763915     EISSN: 15452522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763910903466202     Document Type: Article

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