Knowing your users and what they want: Surveying off-campus students about library services

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 177-193

  Dew, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Library services; Needs assessment; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011527313     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J111v31n03_15     Document Type: Article

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