The economics of monographs acquisitions: A time/cost study conducted at Iowa State University

Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Rebarcak, Pam Zager ^a   Morris, Dilys ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monographs acquisitions; Technical services cost study; Time cost study

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002131369     PISSN: 03646408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0364-6408(95)00081-x     Document Type: Article

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