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Student voices: Re-conceptualising and re-positioning Australian library and information science education for the twenty-first century

Barbara CombesSchool of Computer & Security Science, Edith Cowan University,[email protected]
,
Jo HanischSchool of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia,[email protected]
,
Mary CarrollBusiness IT & Logistics, RMIT University,Melbourne, [email protected]
&
Hilary HughesFaculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology,[email protected]
Pages 137-143 | Published online: 07 Dec 2013

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