Digital libraries and repositories in India: An evaluative study

Program

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-302

  Mittal, Rekha ^a   Mahesh, G ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Collections management; Digital libraries; India; Project evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249092279     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00330330810892695     Document Type: Article

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