LIS education – repackaging infopreneurs or promoting value-based skills?

New Library World

Volumn 104, Issue , 2003, Pages 156-163

  Vaagan, Robert W ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Information; Librarians; Research; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992944113     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800310475972     Document Type: Article

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