Using personas to understand the needs and goals of institutional repository users

D-Lib Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages

  Maness, Jack M ^a   Miaskiewicz, Tomasz ^b   Sumner, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 54949139989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10829873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1045/september2008-maness     Document Type: Article

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