Libraries and networked information services: Issues and consideration in measurement

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Carlo Bertot, John ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Electronic document delivery; Information services; Performance measurement (quality); Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047465     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040410530340     Document Type: Article

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