Libraries, telecentres and cybercafés: An international study of public access information venues

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-48

  Gomez, Ricardo ^a   Ambikar, Rucha ^a   Coward, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Information services; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350043046     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040910949675     Document Type: Article

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