Library consortia in developing countries: An overview

Program

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-104

  Moghaddam, Golnessa Galyani ^a   Talawar, V G ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; India; Knowledge sharing; Libraries; Purchasing groups; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149091726     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00330330910934138     Document Type: Review

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