A catalogue quality audit tool

Library Management

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 314-324

  Chapman, Ann ^a   Massey, Owen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Cataloguing; Libraries; Operational audit; Performance measurement; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079125     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120210432282     Document Type: Article

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