Who trains distance librarians? A study of the training and development needs of distance learning librarians

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-627

  Fritts, Jack ^a   Casey, Anne Marie ^b  

^a BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Distance learning librarianship; Staff development; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955753156     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2010.488925     Document Type: Article

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