The librarian's apprentice: Reference graduate assistants

Reference Services Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-129

  Womack, Kay ^a   Rupp Serrano, Karen ^b  

^a Bizzell Library   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Education and training; Graduate assistants; Recruitment; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986144781     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320010313902     Document Type: Article

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