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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Are we really guilty of this?

Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted by Trevor at 7:33 AM

Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Are we really guilty of this?

Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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District Dispatch

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AL Online News

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