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Informing information science: The case for activity theory

✍ Scribed by Spasser, Mark A.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 30 KB
Volume: 50
Category: Article
ISSN: 0002-8231
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(1999)50:12<1136::aid-asi17>3.0.co;2-0

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