Carbon footprint of the knowledge sector: What's the future?

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 934-946

  Chowdhury, Gobinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Environmental management; Generation and dissemination of information; Global warming; Information management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049474897     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011087878     Document Type: Article

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