Flexibility and feedback: A new approach to ongoing training for reference student assistants

Reference Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-64

  Neuhaus, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Libraries; Reference services; Students; Training techniques; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077016     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320110366813     Document Type: Article

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