Factors affecting librarians' attitudes toward IT application in libraries

Electronic Library

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-344

  Ramzan, Muhammad ^a   Singh, Diljit ^b  

^a LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Librarians; Libraries; Library automation; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951182627     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471011033675     Document Type: Article

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