Black communities and information workers in search of social justice

New Library World

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 265-279

  Durrani, Shiraz ^a  

^a London Borough of Merton (Library Services)   (United States)

Author keywords

Black people; Discrimination; Empowerment; Librarianship; Library and information services; Race relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043613     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074809910290567     Document Type: Article

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