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Management information systems in some academic libraries in Britain

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Pages 57-84 | Published online: 15 Oct 2009

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  • e.g. the DECIMAL (DECIsion MAking in Libraries) project, funded by the European Commission as part of its Telematics Programme Libraries Workplan, which is coordinated by the Department of Library and Information Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University and involves a number of collaborating institutions and Inheritance Systems Ltd.

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