Itemlevel usage statistics: A review of current practices and recommendations for normalization and exchange

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-162

  Eden, Brad ^a   Merk, Christine ^a   Scholze, Frank ^b   Windisch, Nils ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Science   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Information exchange; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349417008     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830910942991     Document Type: Review

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