Rethinking a Danish information state: Information in the trading zone

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Rethinking a Danish information state : Information in the trading zone. / Skouvig, Laura.

In: Library and Information History, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2023, p. 73-91.

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Skouvig, L 2023, 'Rethinking a Danish information state: Information in the trading zone', Library and Information History, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 73-91. https://doi.org/10.3366/lih.2023.0145

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Skouvig, L. (2023). Rethinking a Danish information state: Information in the trading zone. Library and Information History, 39(2), 73-91. https://doi.org/10.3366/lih.2023.0145

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Skouvig L. Rethinking a Danish information state: Information in the trading zone. Library and Information History. 2023;39(2):73-91. https://doi.org/10.3366/lih.2023.0145

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Skouvig, Laura. / Rethinking a Danish information state : Information in the trading zone. In: Library and Information History. 2023 ; Vol. 39, No. 2. pp. 73-91.

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