Win-win strategy for the employment of reference graduate assistants in academic libraries

Reference Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-153

  Kerry Wu, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Graduates; Reference services; Students; Training; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116765     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320310476611     Document Type: Article

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