Knotworking in academic libraries: Two case studies from the university of Helsinki

LIBER Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 387-405

  Engeström, Yrjö ^a   Kaatrakoski, Heli ^a   Kaiponen, Pälvi ^a   Lahikainen, Johanna ^a   Laitinen, Anne ^a   Myllys, Heli ^a   Rantavuori, Juhana ^a   Sinikara, Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change Laboratory; Knotworking; Research data management; Service innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859992231     PISSN: 14355205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/lq.8032     Document Type: Article

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