Establishing a Global Digital Format Registry

Library Trends

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-143

  Abrams, Stephen L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACM   (United States)

^c ALA   (Italy)

^d ASIS and T   (United States)

^e IEEE   (United States)

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EID: 33644542165     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2006.0001     Document Type: Article

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