A user-centered and evidence-based approach for digital library projects

Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-425

  Somerville, Mary M ^a   Brar, Navjit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Evidence based practice; Librarianship

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650172882     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470910966862     Document Type: Article

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