Building up or breaking down barriers? The role of the public library in adult basic skills education

Library Review

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 394-402

  Train, Briony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Education; Literacy; Public libraries; Reading; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986076328     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530310493806     Document Type: Article

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