More than a number: Unexpected benefits of return on investment analysis

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 566-572

  Pan, Denise ^a   Wiersma, Gabrielle ^b   Williams, Leslie ^a,c   Fong, Yem S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Library value; Return on investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888389445     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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