Web-based library services in university libraries in India: an analysis of librarians' perspective.
Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to present the current state and use of the web by university libraries in India and to examine the web-based library services offered by some university libraries in different sections via their websites with the help of web-based library automation software....
| Publicado en: | Electronic Library Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 569 - 589 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2012
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