Overview of the iSchool Movement: An Interview with Ronald L. Larsen, iCaucus Chair.

EDITOR'S SUMMARY In an interview with the special section guest editors, Ronald L. Larsen, dean of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences and chair of the iCaucus, discussed the origins and goals of the iSchool movement, starting in 2005. Larsen explained key differences from...

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Publicado en:Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 12 - 17
Formato: interview pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr/May2016
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