Economies of scale in the library world: The Dr Martin Luther King Jr Library in San José, California

New Library World

Volumn 104, Issue , 2003, Pages 255-266

  Kauppila, Paul ^a   Russell, Sharon ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dr Martin Luther King Jr Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Buildings; Librarians; Public libraries; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102369     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800310488031     Document Type: Article

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