From digital libraries to digital preservation research: The importance of users and context

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-223

  Chowdhury, Gobinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collections management; Digital libraries; Information management; Information science; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649315440     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011023625     Document Type: Review

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