Web 2.0 applications' usage and trends in top US academic libraries

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-138

  Boateng, Frank ^a,b   Liu, Yan Quan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Library services; Technology usage; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897939644     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LHT-07-2013-0093     Document Type: Article

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