In pursuit of e-Quality: The role of “communities of practice” when evaluating electronic information services

Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 25-42

  Booth, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Digital libraries; Electronic information services; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148944859     PISSN: 15424065     EISSN: 15424073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J383v01n03_03     Document Type: Article

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