The digital wunderkammer: Flickr as a platform for amateur cultural and heritage content

Library Trends

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 686-706

  Terras, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051507102     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: 15590682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2011.0022     Document Type: Article

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