Using performance measurement for decision making in mid-sized academic libraries

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-184

  Dole, Wanda V ^a   Liebst, Anne ^a   Hurych, Jitka M ^b  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Decision making; Library management; Performance measures; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751161475     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040610713138     Document Type: Article

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