Customers, relationships and libraries: University of Malta - A case study

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-536

  Broady Preston, Judith ^a   Felice, Joanna ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Communities; Customer relations; Malta; Universities

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION THEORY; LIBRARIES;

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; COMMUNITIES; CUSTOMER RELATIONS; MALTA;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33751096145     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610713605     Document Type: Article

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