Fostering new roles for librarians: Skills set for repository managers - results of a Survey in Italy

LIBER Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 407-428

  Cassella, Maria ^a   Morando, Maddalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Institutional repositories; Professional roles in librarianship; Repository administrator; Repository management; Repository manager

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860000283     PISSN: 14355205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/lq.8033     Document Type: Note

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