an investigation to knowledge sharing amongst librarians in three electronic discussion groups (ala, alia & lis-iranian discussion list)

بررسی و مقایسۀ اشتراک دانش در میان کتابداران عضو گروه‌های بحث الکترونیکی علوم کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی ایران، آمریکا و استرالیا

Purpose: The current research aims to investigate the status of knowledge sharing amongst librarians in LIS, ALA and ALIA discussion groups. Methodology: Through purposive sampling, librarians from three discussion groups (ALA, ALIA & LIS-Iranian discussion list) who announced their intention to participate in the research  (460 people) were asked to complete the questionnaire between 2010/10/...

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