Identifying core reference competencies from an employers' perspective: Implications for instruction

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 390-404

  Saunders, Laura ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84865020565     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl-281     Document Type: Review

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