Personalized information clients: Short answers to simple questions about “my library” services

Reference Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 276-281

  Ghaphery, Jimmy ^a   Kesselman, Martin ^b   Barbara Watstein, Sarah ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customization; Information; Library services; Management; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166657     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006489     Document Type: Article

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