Professional avatars: Librarians and educators in virtual worlds

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-329

  Mon, Lorri M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Digital reference; Distance education; Distance learning; Librarians; Second Life; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859919623     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411211225566     Document Type: Article

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