Planning changes to health library services on the basis of impact assessment

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-285

  Urquhart, Christine ^a   Thomas, Rhian ^a   Ovens, Jason ^b   Lucking, Wendy ^b   Villa, Jane ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; STANDARD;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 78149474808     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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