The attitude of LIS chairs toward the iSchools movement in China: A contemporary grounded theory analysis

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 217-224

  Chen, Chuanfu ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Liu, Yaqi ^a   Wu, Dan ^a   Wu, Gang ^a   Ma, Haoqin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Grounded theory; iSchools

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHINESE UNIVERSITIES; CORE VALUES; GROUNDED THEORY; INFORMATION PROFESSIONS; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; ISCHOOLS; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 79952596175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1940761.1940791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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