Transparency of research policy and the role of librarians

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-147

  Demšar, Franci ^a   Južnič, Primož ^b  

^a Slovenian Technology Agency   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bibliographical data; research agencies; research librarians; research policy; Slovenia; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906334362     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000613503002     Document Type: Article

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