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Investing in open: Canadian challenges in bibliodiversity Cover

Investing in open: Canadian challenges in bibliodiversity

By: Jaclyn McLean and  Ian Gibson  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.686 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 23, 2024
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2024
Published on: Mar 25, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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