Dinosaur or dynamo? The future for the subject specialist reference librarian

New Library World

Volumn 102, Issue , 2001, Pages 48-52

  Rodwell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information technology; Librarians; Reference libraries; Service quality; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097865     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800110365499     Document Type: Article

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