Critical issues in the use of soft systems methodology - A case study in the long-term management of digital data objects

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 167-177

  Chilvers, Alison ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034338256     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096100060003200402     Document Type: Article

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