Millennials and the adoption of new technologies in libraries through the diffusion of innovations process

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-677

  Blackburn, Heidi ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Change management; Communication; Libraries; Organizational change; Technological change; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555205502     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831111189769     Document Type: Article

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