Building environmentally sustainable information services: A green is research agenda

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 633-647

  Chowdhury, Gobinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT CREATION; GHG EMISSION; HIGHER EDUCATION; IS RESEARCH AGENDA; RESEARCH AGENDA; RESEARCH PAPERS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84859268037     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21703     Document Type: Article

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