Dividends: The value of public libraries in Canada

The Bottom Line

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 158-179

  Fitch, Leslie ^a   Warner, Jody ^b  

^a Canadian Library Association   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 84986172561     PISSN: 0888045X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08880459810242399     Document Type: Article

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