Studying the value of library and information services. Part I. Establishing a theoretical framework

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-542

  Saracevic, Tefko ^a   Kantor, Paul B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LIBRARIES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TAXONOMY; USE ORIENTED VALUE;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 0031166282     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199706)48:6<527::aid-asi6>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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