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Why Your Academic Library Needs a Popular Reading Collection Now More Than Ever

Pages 44-64 | Received 04 Jun 2009, Accepted 02 Dec 2009, Published online: 26 Feb 2010

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Jennifer Osborn. (2012) The National Year of Reading: Celebrating the Role of Literature in an Academic Culture. The Australian Library Journal 61:4, pages 281-287.
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Heather Nicholson. (2012) How to Be Engaging: Recreational Reading and Readers' Advisory in the Academic Library. Public Services Quarterly 8:2, pages 178-186.
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Keren Dali & Lindsay McNiff. (2019) What citation patterns reveal about reading research and practice in academic libraries. Reference Services Review 47:4, pages 570-593.
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