A study measuring the performance of electronic resources in academic libraries

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-153

  Noh, Younghee ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Electronic resources; Evaluation indicators; Input output efficiency; Korea; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; EVALUATION INDICATORS; INPUT-OUTPUT; KOREA; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84858403626     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531211215169     Document Type: Article

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