The changing role of librarians in the digital world Adoption of Web 2.0 technologies by Pakistani librarians

Electronic Library

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-479

  Arif, Muhammad ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^b  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blogs,Wikis; Internet; Librarians; Library 2.0; Pakistan; Technology adoption; Web 2.0; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864663336     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471211252184     Document Type: Article

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