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Awareness and use of paraphrasing tools by the research scholars of BBAU and CUSB: A survey 北京航空航天大学和中国科学技术大学研究学者对仿写工具的认识和使用情况：一项调查

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1177/09557490231217716

Varsha Singh, A. K. Singh, S. K. Sonkar

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Digital libraries in crisis: The case of the national emergency library 危机中的数字图书馆:以国家应急图书馆为例

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1177/09557490231198877

Zakayo Kjellström

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Transforming libraries and information professionals for the industry 4.0 in developing countries: Towards the development of a framework for accelerating change post-Covid-19 为发展中国家的工业4.0转变图书馆和信息专业人员:制定加快后covid -19变革的框架

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1177/09557490231197971

O. Salubi

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Ukrainian libraries in the time of war: Losses and challenges 战争时期的乌克兰图书馆:损失与挑战

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/09557490231183625

T. Chorna

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Erratum to Nelson KS. A Caribbean Visionary and His Literary Collection 对Nelson KS的勘误。一个加勒比海梦想家和他的文学作品集

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2022-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/09557490221095612

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KBR during the Covid pandemic: Accelerated roll-out of the digital strategy and preparations for a museum opening 2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的KBR:加速推出数字战略和博物馆开幕筹备工作

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09557490211001700

S. Lammens

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A Caribbean Visionary and His Literary Collection, Karlene Saundria Nelson 《加勒比梦想家和他的文学作品集》，卡琳·桑德里亚·纳尔逊著

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09557490211060409

K. Nelson

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Stretching the Training Dollar in Stringent Economic Times 在严峻的经济形势下扩大培训经费

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09557490211061869

Cheryl Kean

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Living and Dealing with the Pandemic 生活和应对大流行

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09557490221077592

Lars Ilshammar

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Teaching and assessing students of information literacy in a single session—The case of the University of the West Indies Mona library 单节课对学生信息素养的教学和评估——以西印度群岛大学莫纳图书馆为例

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09557490211063532

K. Robinson, Genevieve A. Jones-Edman

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