Who says we're not busy? Library web page usage as a measure of public service activity

Reference Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-379

  Welch, Jeanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Library users; Reference services; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444499728     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320510631526     Document Type: Review

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