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Scaling Small: The Open Book Collective Launch and Platform | Practice

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Scaling Small: The Open Book Collective Launch and Platform | Practice. / Fathallah, Judith.
2023. Paper presented at OTESSA 2023.

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Fathallah, J 2023, 'Scaling Small: The Open Book Collective Launch and Platform | Practice', Paper presented at OTESSA 2023, 27/05/23 - 2/06/23. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8004786

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Fathallah, J. (2023). Scaling Small: The Open Book Collective Launch and Platform | Practice. Paper presented at OTESSA 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8004786

Vancouver

Fathallah J. Scaling Small: The Open Book Collective Launch and Platform | Practice. 2023. Paper presented at OTESSA 2023. doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.8004786

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Fathallah, Judith. / Scaling Small : The Open Book Collective Launch and Platform | Practice. Paper presented at OTESSA 2023.

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