WEEK SIX (6) JOURNAL ENTRY FOR U13LS2003, ON SOCIOLOGY OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTMS NAD SERVICES LIBS (205)

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WEEK SIX (6) JOURNAL ENTRY FOR U13LS2003, ON SOCIOLOGY OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTMS NAD SERVICES LIBS (205).


I understood the meaning of the followings:
1. social norms: a norm is a group of held beliegfs about how mmbers should behave in a given context.

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