A few countries measure impact and outcomes – most would like to measure at least something

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 64-78

  Ambro˘zič, Melita ^a  

^a National and University Library Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Libraries; Library management; Performance measures; Quality audit; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078219     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040310486909     Document Type: Article

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