How much do the "best" colleges spend on libraries? Using college rankings to provide library financial benchmarks

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-351

  Jones, D Yvonne ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34547899495     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.68.4.343     Document Type: Article

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