Measuring value and return on investment of academic libraries

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Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Tenopir, Carol ^a,c   King, Donald W ^a,b   Mays, Regina ^a   Lei, Wu ^c   Baer, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 78649568866     PISSN: 09530460     EISSN: 14753308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1629/23182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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53. Article © Carol Tenopir, Donald W King, Regina Mays, Lei Wu and Andrea Baer