Death of the public library: From 'people's university' to 'public-sector leisure centre'

Australian Library Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-167

  Kruk, Miroslaw ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85011195646     PISSN: 00049670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049670.1998.10755842     Document Type: Article

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