Measuring outcomes: Applying cost-benefit analysis to middle-sized and smaller public libraries

Library Trends

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-440

  Holt, Glen E ^a   Elliott, Donald ^b  

^a St Louis Public Library   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0038172236     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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