The role of assessment in library user education

Reference Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-24

  Knight, Lorrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Education; Learning; Library users

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986100084     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320210416500     Document Type: Article

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