Open access dissemination challenges: A case study

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Young, Philip ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation and dissemination of information; Libraries; Online databases; Open systems

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GENERATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION; MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS; ONLINE DATABASE; OPEN ACCESS; SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING; SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATIONS; WORK-FLOWS;

METADATA; OPEN SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SEARCH ENGINES;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 67651095891     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750910961893     Document Type: Article

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