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Thomas, S.E., Kroch, C.A. (2008). Not Just a Box of Books: From Repository to Service Innovator. In: Earnshaw, R., Vince, J. (eds) Digital Convergence – Libraries of the Future. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-903-3_14

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