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• Informatorium Bibliothecarii Carthusiensis, Domus Vallis Beatae Margarethae in Basilea Minori (in Latin; Basel: Ex. Typ. Schweighauseriana, 1888), by Georgius Carpentarii, ed. by Ludwig Sieber
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Navigating Copyright for Libraries: Purpose and Scope (IFLA Publications v181; Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter Saur, c2022), ed. by Jessica Coates, Victoria Owen, and Susan Reilly (PDF with commentary at degruyter.com)

• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (Washington: Association of Research Libraries, 2012), contrib. by Association of Research Libraries, American University Center for Social Media, and Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (HTML and PDF with commentary at arl.org)

• Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship (2016-) (full serial archives)

• University Copyright Policies in ARL Libraries (ARL SPEC Kit #138, 1987), by Kenneth D. Crews (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Transparent Library (ebook edition, c2014), by Michael E. Casey and Michael T. Stephens (PDF and Mobi with commentary at tametheweb.com)
• Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto, by Michael Keeble Buckland (HTML and PDF at Berkeley)

• Library Leadership and Management (pre-2009 issues published as Library Administration and Management; issues online 2005-) (partial serial archives)

• The Journal of Creative Library Practice (2013-) (full serial archives)

• 2013 Best Practices for Government Libraries: Managing Evolving Resources: Strategies, Capabilities, and Alternatives (published by LexisNexis, ca. 2013), ed. by Marie Kaddell (PDF at lexisnexis.com)

• Library Workflow Redesign: Six Case Studies (2007), ed. by Marilyn Mitchell (HTML and PDF at clir.org)

• Censorship and the Public Library; With Other Papers (New York: H. W. Wilson, Co., 1931), by George Franklin Bowerman (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Five Laws of Library Science (Chennai: Madras Library Association; London: E. Goldston, 1931), by S. R. Ranganathan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Discover Tech Hands-On Engineering Activities: Playful Building (ca. 2015), by Keliann LaConte, Andrew Shaner, Stephanie Shipp, and Yolanda Ballard (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)

• The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory (c2002), ed. by Roger Stringer (PDF in the UK)

• Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations, c2012), ed. by Jesus Lau, Anna Maria Tammaro, and T. J. D. Bothma (PDF files with commentary at degruyter.com)

• The Secret Book (New York: Macmillan, 1914), by Edmund Lester Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Librarian at Play (Boston: Small, Maynard and company, c1911), by Edmund Lester Pearson
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Old Librarian's Almanack (by Pearson, title page notwithstanding; Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1909), by Edmund Lester Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour, by Frederick G. Kilgour, ed. by Patricia A. Becker, Ann T. Dodson, and Lois L. Yoakam (page images at Wayback Machine)

• Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation (New York and London: Routledge, 2025), ed. by Nelson Costa Ribeiro and Barbie Zelizer
  • multiple formats with commentary at Taylor and Francis
  • PDF with commentary at OAPEN

• The Network Reshapes the Library: Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services, and Networks (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2014), by Lorcan Dempsey, ed. by Kenneth J. Varnum (PDF with commentary at oclc.org)

• Handbook of the State Library Commission for the State of Delaware, Established 1901 (new edition, revised and enlarged, 1904), by Delaware State Library Commission, ed. by Florence Bayard Kane
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Handbook of the State Library Commission for the State of Delaware, Established 1901, Headquarters at the State House, Dover (Dover: Sentinel Printing Co., 1902), by Delaware State Library Commission, contrib. by Florence Bayard Kane
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Economics and Usage of Digital Libraries: Byting the Bullet (2008), ed. by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and Wendy Pradt Lougee (HTML at Michigan)

• Memoirs of Libraries, of Museums, and of Archives (second edition, 1901), by Edward Edwards (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Library and The Librarian: A Selection of Articles From The Boston Evening Transcript and Other Sources (Woodstock, VT: The Elm Tree Press, 1910), by Edmund Lester Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Sanskrit Librarian Comes to America (1999), by Murari Lal Nagar, ed. by Margaret Ruth Lee (PDF at Missouri)

• Applying Library Values to Emerging Technology: Decision-Making in the Age of Open Access, Maker Spaces, and the Ever-changing Library (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2018), ed. by Peter D. Fernandez and Kelly Tilton (PDF at ala.org)
• The Network Reshapes the Library: Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services, and Networks (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2014), by Lorcan Dempsey, ed. by Kenneth J. Varnum (PDF with commentary at oclc.org)
• Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations, c2012), ed. by Jesus Lau, Anna Maria Tammaro, and T. J. D. Bothma (PDF files with commentary at degruyter.com)

• The Secret Mark (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1923), by Roy J. Snell, illust. by Garrett Price (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Louisiana Newspapers, 1794-1940: A Union List of Louisiana Newspaper Files Available in Offices of Publishers, Libraries, and Private Collections in Louisiana (University, LA: Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, 1941), by Louisiana Historical Records Survey (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library Student Journal (2006-) (full serial archives)
• Urban Library Journal (issues online 2007-) (partial serial archives)
• In the Library With the Lead Pipe (2008-) (full serial archives)
• Journal of New Librarianship (2016-) (full serial archives)
• The Idaho Librarian (partial serial archives)
• Biblioteksbladet (in Swedish) (partial serial archives)
• The Annual Library Index, ed. by William Isaac Fletcher and Helen E. Haines (full serial archives)
• The Annual Literary Index (full serial archives)

• Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community (2010), by OCLC (PDF with commentary at OCLC)
• Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005), by OCLC (PDF at OCLC)
• Long Overdue: A Fresh Look at Public and Leadership Attitudes About Libraries in the 21st Century, by Public Agenda Foundation (PDF with commentary at publicagenda.org)

• Library Publishing Toolkit (Geneseo, NY: IDS Project Press, 2013), ed. by Allison P. Brown (PDF and Epub files with commentary at idsproject.org)

• Public Libraries in the South (reprinted from Library Journal, 1917), by May V. Crenshaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
• County Library Service in the South: A Study of the Rosenwald County Library Demonstration (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1935), by Louis Round Wilson and Edward A. Wight (page images at HathiTrust)

• Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations, c2012), ed. by Jesus Lau, Anna Maria Tammaro, and T. J. D. Bothma (PDF files with commentary at degruyter.com)

• Open a GLAM Lab (Doha: Book Sprint, 2019), by Mahendra Mahey, Aisha Al-Abdulla, Sarah Ames, Paula Bray, Gustavo Candela, Sally Chambers, Caleb Derven, Milena Dobreva, Katrine Gasser, Stefan Karner, Kristy Kokegei, Ditte Laursen, Abigail Potter, Armin Straube, Sophie-Carolin Wagner, and Lotte Wilms, contrib. by Talal Abdulla Al-Emadi, Judy Broady, Patrice Landry, and Georgios Papaioannou (PDF and Epub with commentary at glamlabs.io)
• Applying Library Values to Emerging Technology: Decision-Making in the Age of Open Access, Maker Spaces, and the Ever-changing Library (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2018), ed. by Peter D. Fernandez and Kelly Tilton (PDF at ala.org)
• Best of Both Worlds: Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age (c2013), by G. Wayne Clough (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.