Introduction: Gender Issues in Information Needs and Services
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Introduction: Gender Issues in Information Needs and Services
Are gender issues in information needs and services really a “trend” worthy of examination in the first decade of the twenty-first century? Isn’t this a passé topic? Aren’t we well into the “post-feminist” era? As the editors of this issue, we answer these questions with a resounding “no!” Although North American society has made enormous strides in the past half-century, we have yet to reach t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Library Trends
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1559-0682
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2008.0012