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Reflections on Academic Library Outreach

It's not just what you know but who you know: Social capital theory and academic library outreach

Elizabeth RamseyAlbertsons Library, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 328-334 | Published online: 14 Sep 2016

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