Fund allocation formula analysis: Determining elements for best practices in libraries

Library Collections, Acquisition and Technical Services

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-24

  Canepi, Kitti ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Collection development; Fund allocation formulas; Libraries; Material budgets

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148845526     PISSN: 14649055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lcats.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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