Staffing trends in college and university libraries

Reference Services Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-252

  Gremmels, Gillian S ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Higher education; Library management; Library organization; Personnel; Staffing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879175130     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321311326165     Document Type: Article

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