Establishing a culture of research practice in an academic library: An Australian case study

Library Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 448-461

  McBain, Ian ^a   Culshaw, Helen ^a   Hall, Liz Walkley ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Academic staff; Australia; Practitioner researchers; Research; Research work; Staff development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883703838     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LM-08-2012-0053     Document Type: Article

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