When off-campus means virtual campus: The academic library in second life

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 909-922

  Ralph, Lynette ^a   Stahr, Beth ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Library 2.0; Multiuser environments; Second Life; Virtual libraries; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957875895     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2010.488993     Document Type: Article

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