The design and assessment of a proposed library training unit for education graduate students

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-242

  Blummer, Barbara ^a   Kenton, Jeffrey M ^a   Song, Liyan ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Faculty librarian collaboration; Learning environment; Library instruction; Program; Technology; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650470192     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875301.2010.526491     Document Type: Review

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