Tackling inequalities around the globe: The challenge for libraries

Libraries and Society: Role, Responsibility and Future in an Age of Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 119-139

  Harle, Jonathan ^a   Tarrant, John ^a  

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EID: 84859171125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84334-131-4.50008-X     Document Type: Chapter

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