A conceptual framework for the holistic measurement and cumulative evaluation of library services

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-182

  Nicholson, Scott ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Libraries; Library systems; Systems theory; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842813920     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410410522043     Document Type: Article

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