The loneliness of the long distance researcher

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-469

  Gannon Leary, Pat ^a   Fontainha, Elsa ^b   Bent, Moira ^c  

^a Bede Research and Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Communities; Higher education; Libraries; Networks; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052561937     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831111174422     Document Type: Article

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