Imagining the internet: Learning and access to information in Singapore's public libraries

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-490

  Heok, Adrian Kay Heng ^a   Luyt, Brendan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Government; Internet; Librarians; Library users; Public libraries; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954626009     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011052911     Document Type: Article

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