Evaluation of the university libraries in Taiwan: Total measure versus ratio measure

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1256-1265

  Kao, C ^a   Lin, Y C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assurance region; Data envelopment analysis; Evaluation; Libraries

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

ASSURANCE REGION; DATA DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 9744222645     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601786     Document Type: Review

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