Just how right are the customers? An analysis of the relative performance of patron-initiated interlibrary loan monograph purchases

Collection Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-179

  Tyler, David C ^a   Xu, Yang ^a   Melvin, Joyce C ^a   Epp, Marylou ^a   Kreps, Anita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Circulation statistics; Collection development; Interlibrary loan; Patron driven acquisitions; Patron initiated collection development; Purchase on demand; Use study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953951983     PISSN: 01462679     EISSN: 15452549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2010.487030     Document Type: Article

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