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Irish libraries and COVID-19: first reflections

Open Access
|Oct 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.522 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: May 11, 2020
Accepted on: Aug 13, 2020
Published on: Oct 28, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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