Demonstrating RoI in the library: The Holy Grail search continues

Library Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 645-653

  Sidorko, Peter Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Return on investment; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149382535     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435121011093414     Document Type: Article

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