An Analysis of Academic Research Libraries Assessment Data: A Look at Professional Models and Benchmarking Data

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-93

  Lewin, Heather S ^a   Passonneau, Sarah M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859159431     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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