Morphing metadata: Maximizing access to electronic theses and dissertations

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-57

  Eden, Bradford ^a   Mccutcheon, Sevim ^a   Kreyche, Michael ^a   Beecher Maurer, Margaret ^a   Nickerson, Joshua ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Coutts Information Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Archiving; Digital libraries; Project planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949134195     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830810857799     Document Type: Article

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