Measuring university library efficiency using data envelopment analysis

Libri

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-146

  Reichmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 37949017496     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2004.136     Document Type: Article

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