Measuring the Value of the Academic Library: Return on Investment and Other Value Measures

Serials Librarian

Volumn 58, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Tenopir, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

E journals; Return on investment (ROI); Value of library collections

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951558564     PISSN: 0361526X     EISSN: 15411095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03615261003623005     Document Type: Article

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