Evaluating the impact of the institutional repository, or positioning innovation between a rock and a hard place

New Review of Information Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-146

  Thomas, Gwenda ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS; CRITICAL MASS; INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES; LIMITED INFORMATIONS; OPEN ACCESS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 65249120317     PISSN: 13614576     EISSN: 17407869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614570802105992     Document Type: Article

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