A model for budget allocation in multi-unit libraries

Library Collections, Acquisition and Technical Services

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-438

  Arora, Anish ^a   Klabjan, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation formulas; Fund allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036904109     PISSN: 14649055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-9055(02)00277-4     Document Type: Article

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