The co-evolution of e-government and public libraries: Technologies, access, education, and partnerships

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-281

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Greene, Natalie N ^a   Bertot, John Carlo ^a   Perkins, Natalie ^a   Wahl, Emily E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84865572546     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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