Measuring the international usage of US institutional repositories

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 134-150

  Fralinger, Lauren ^a   Bull, Jonathan ^a  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment, Institutional repositories; Internationalization; Return on investment; United States of America; Usage statistics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES; INTERNATIONALIZATION; RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; USAGE STATISTICS;

INFORMATION SERVICES; INVESTMENTS; LIBRARIES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84883338396     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/OCLC-10-2012-0039     Document Type: Review

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