How to assess the impact of an electronic document? And what does impact mean anyway?: Reliable usage statistics in heterogeneous repository communities

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Herb, Ulrich ^a   Kranz, Eva ^a   Leidinger, Tobias ^a   Mittelsdorf, Björn ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Digital storage; Electronic journals; Open systems; Statistics

Indexed keywords

BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT; ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; HETEROGENEOUS REPOSITORIES; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION;

DATA REDUCTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION SERVICES; OPEN SYSTEMS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77953304678     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650751011048506     Document Type: Article

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