The age demographics of librarians and the organizational challenge facing academic libraries

Library Leadership and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Lewis, David W ^a   Orr, Kindra ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85048727678     PISSN: 19458851     EISSN: 1945886X     Source Type: Journal    
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