Michael Leuschner in Eva Czegledi iz podjetja ProQuest o podpori knjižnicam in raziskovalcem v Sloveniji

1. Empowering Libraries & Researchers
in Slovenia
Eva Czegledi
Michael Leuschner

2. ProQuest in Slovenia
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- Dissertations

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All Formats
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- ProQuest SciTech Collection
- Dissertations

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28. Joining ProQuest

29. Constant Change has become the normality

31. Thanks
eva.czegledi@proquest.com
michael.leuschner@proquest.com