Academic libraries the dimensions of their effectiveness

This book offers a completely new approach to the measurement of academic library effectiveness. Based on a significant empirical investigation, it contradicts established practices such as the measurement of outputs as indicators of effectiveness and the tendency to focus the evaluation of library...

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Main Author: McDonald, J. A. 1942- Joseph Andrew (Author)
Other Authors: Micikas, Lynda Basney
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press 1994
Series:New directions in information management no. 32
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