Usability study of digital institutional repositories

Electronic Library

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 863-881

  Hee Kim, Hyun ^a   Ho Kim, Yong ^b  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collections management; Digital libraries; South Korea; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949102667     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470810921637     Document Type: Article

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