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Information Skills of Librarians Working at Public Universities in Bangladesh: A Task-Based Analysis of Pre- and Post-Training Performance Scores

S. M. Zabed AhmedDepartment of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Correspondence[email protected]
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Shamima YesminInstitute of Information Sciences, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
Pages 239-246 | Published online: 08 Jan 2019

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