Academic library leadership in the digital age

Library Management

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 300-314

  Le, Binh P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic library leadership; Library leadership attributes; Library leadership skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930471062     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LM-07-2014-0083     Document Type: Article

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