An investigation and analysis of the application of Web 2.0 in Chinese university libraries

Electronic Library

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-668

  Si, Li ^a   Shi, Ruoyao ^a   Chen, Bijuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese university libraries; Communication technologies; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055098040     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471111177080     Document Type: Article

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