Toward a theory of collection development: An activities and attributes approach

Library Collections, Acquisition and Technical Services

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-423

  Edgar, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection development; Collection management; Corporate libraries; Selection; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345167038     PISSN: 14649055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lcats.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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