The myth of material knowledge: Reading the image of library buildings

New Library World

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Hart, Chris ^a   Bains, Manmohan ^a   Jones, Kathryn ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Information technology; Internet; Public libraries; United Kingdom; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037979     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074809610115681     Document Type: Article

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