Estimating the economic value of library benefits

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-27

  Sumsion, John ^a   Hawkins, Margaret ^a   Morris, Anne ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Cost control; Estimating; Library services; Public libraries; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947659310     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040310471211     Document Type: Article

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