Core Benefits, SPEC Kit 320 (November 2010)

Keith, Brian W.

SPEC Kit 320
Core Benefits
November 2010
Association of Research Libraries
Brian W. Keith
Assistant Dean, Human and Financial Resources
University of Florida

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statements and a selected reading list—both print and online sources—containing the most current literature
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