Changing Libraries: Facilitating Self-Reflection and Action Research on Organizational Change in Academic Libraries
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عنوان ژورنال: New Review of Academic Librarianship
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1361-4533,1740-7834
DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2014.912989