Evaluating the impact of learning space

Reference Services Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-464

  Ramsden, Bryony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Evaluation; Learning behaviour; Learning space; Libraries; Library facilities; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052591759     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321111161430     Document Type: Article

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