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The information needs of users of scientific libraries

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This paper reflects the results of the analysis of user information needs that was carried out by the Library of Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LNS RAS) for the purpose of gathering information on the quality of a reference-bibliographic and information service for specialists of the RAS in the subject of their studies.

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    N. A. Slashcheva, S. A. Vlasova & N. V. Mironova

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Slashcheva, S.A. Vlasova, N.V. Mironova, 2011, published in Nauchno-Technicheskaya Informatsiya, Seriya 1, 2011, No. 10, pp. 24–28.

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Slashcheva, N.A., Vlasova, S.A. & Mironova, N.V. The information needs of users of scientific libraries. Sci. Tech.Inf. Proc. 38, 258–264 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0147688211040034

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