Leaving Science for LIS: Interviews and a Survey of Librarians with Scientific and Technical Degrees

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Volumn 2003, Issue 37, 2003, Pages

  Hallmark, Julie ^a   Lembo, Mary Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85180841783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10921206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/istl1927     Document Type: Article

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