Challenges to E-Reader Adoption in Academic Libraries

Reference Librarian

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-283

  Wexelbaum, Rachel ^a   Miltenoff, Plamen ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic libraries; e books; e readers; e textbooks; technology in academic libraries; technology in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863580656     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763877.2012.678747     Document Type: Article

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