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• Public libraries -- Services to users

• Patrons Are People: How to Be a Model Librarian (revised and enlarged edition; Chicago: American Library Association, 1956), by Sarah Leslie Wallace (page images at HathiTrust)
• Patrons Are People: How to Be a Model Librarian (Chicago: American Library Association, 1945), by Minneapolis Public Library, illust. by Sarah Leslie Wallace
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• An Introduction to Library Science (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1933), by Pierce Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto, by Michael Keeble Buckland (HTML and PDF at Berkeley)

• A New Chapter: Public Library Services in the 21st Century (full research report, with links to discussion paper and factsheets; Dumferline: Carnegie UK Trust, 2012), by Liz Macdonald (PDF with commentary in the UK)

• Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog (updated version of "The survivor's guide to library research"), by William B. Badke (illustrated HTML at twu.ca)

• Journal of Library Innovation (2010-2015) (full serial archives)

• Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement (full serial archives)

• Experiments in Educational Service for Adults (typescript; 1940), by American Library Association Adult Education Board, contrib. by Ernestine Rose (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Access to Public Libraries: A Research Project (Chicago: American Library Association, 1963), by International Research Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Starving Libraries: Studies in Ten American Communities During the Depression Years (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933), by R. L. Duffus (page images at HathiTrust)

• University Copyright Policies in ARL Libraries (ARL SPEC Kit #138, 1987), by Kenneth D. Crews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21), by Library of Congress Copyright Office
  • PDF at loc.gov
  • Gutenberg text

• Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide (c2011), by Jessamyn West (multiple formats with commentary at unglue.it)

• Technology in Libraries: Essays in Honor of Anne Grodzins Lipow (2008), ed. by Roy Tennant (PDF with commentary at techinlibraries.com)

• Technology in Libraries: Essays in Honor of Anne Grodzins Lipow (2008), ed. by Roy Tennant (PDF with commentary at techinlibraries.com)

• Unequal Access: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in Northern Virginia (Fairfax, VA: Fairfax County Public Library, 2021), by Chris Barbuschak and Suzanne S. LaPierre (PDF at fairfaxcounty.gov)

• Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide (c2011), by Jessamyn West (multiple formats with commentary at unglue.it)

• The Joy of Computing: A Cookbook for Small and Rural Libraries (electronic edition, 2008), by MaintainIT Project (PDF files with commentary at maintainitproject.org)

• Reader Services in Libraries: A Day in Honor of Margaret E. Monroe (1982), ed. by John J. Boll (page images at Wisconsin)

• The Process of Answering Reference Questions: A Test of a Descriptive Model (final report, 2 volumes; 1977), by Gerald Jahoda (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic Reference Sources: An Introduction to Materials and Methods (Chicago: American Library Association, 1954), by Louis Shores, contrib. by Helen Focke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reference Work: A Textbook for Students of Library Work and Librarians (Chicago: American Library Association, 1930), by J. I. Wyer (page images at HathiTrust)

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

• Reordering Ranganathan: Shifting User Behaviors, Shifting Priorities (Dublin, OH: OCLC Research, 2014), by Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Ixchel M. Faniel (PDF with commentary at oclc.org)
• Occasional Papers (University of Illinois School of Information Sciences) (partial serial archives)
• Library Services in Theory and Context (second edition, with online postscript; c1999), by Michael K. Buckland (PDF at Berkeley)
• Drexel Library School Series (partial serial archives)
• ACRL Monographs (partial serial archives)
• 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)
• A Book for All Readers: An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900), by Ainsworth Rand Spofford (Gutenberg text)
• 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)
• The Theory of Digital Handling of Non-Numerical Information and its Implications to Machine Economics (Zator Technical Bulletin #48; Boston: Zator Co., c1950), by Calvin N. Mooers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Metalibrarianship: A Model for Intellectual Foundations of Library Science, by Joseph Z. Nitecki (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• The Nitecki Trilogy, by Joseph Z. Nitecki (illustrated HTML at Wayback Machine)
• An Introduction to Library Science (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1933), by Pierce Butler (page images at HathiTrust)

• Minutes of the Meeting, by Association of Research Libraries (partial serial archives)

• The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other Discovery Tools (final report to Library of Congress, 2006), by Karen Calhoun (PDF at loc.gov)

• ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (c2013), by Joan M. Reitz (HTML with commenary at abc-clio.com)

• Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries for Today's Complex World (second edition, c2016), by R. David Lankes (PDF with commentary at davidlankes.org)
• The Atlas of New Librarianship (originally published 2011), by R. David Lankes (PDF with commentary at davidlankes.org)

• On Books and the Housing of Them (New York: M. F. Mansfield, 1898), by W. E. Gladstone
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The DEI Metadata Handbook: A Guide to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Description (Ames, IA: Iowa State University Digital Press, c2024), by h. e. wintermute, Heather M. Campbell, Christopher Dieckman, Nausicaa L. Rose, and Hema Thulsidhos (HTML and PDF with commentary at Iowa State)

• 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)

• Magyar Könyvszemle (in Hungarian) (full serial archives)
• North Carolina Libraries (full serial archives)
• Research Library Issues (including ARL: A Bimonthly Report; online 1995 to present) (partial serial archives)
• Annals of Library and Information Studies (open access from 2002-) (partial serial archives)
• Chinese Librarianship: An International Electronic Journal (1996-) (full serial archives)
• College and Research Libraries (1939-) (full serial archives)
• In the Library With the Lead Pipe (2008-) (full serial archives)
• Insights: The UKSG Journal (2012-) (full serial archives)
• JLIS.it: Italian Journal of Library and Information Science (with articles in Italian and English; 2010-) (full serial archives)
• Journal of New Librarianship (2016-) (full serial archives)
• Practical Academic Librarianship (2011-) (full serial archives)
• Trends in Information Management (TRIM) (2005-) (full serial archives)
• Library Resources and Technical Services (partial serial archives)
• Columbia Library Columns (partial serial archives)
• American Libraries (partial serial archives)
• Information Research (full serial archives)
• Library and Information Research (UK journal founded 1978 as Library and Information Research News; issues online 2001-) (partial serial archives)
• Library Student Journal (2006-) (full serial archives)
• LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research e-Journal (issues online 1996-) (partial serial archives)
• The Library World (British journal, 1898-1971) (partial serial archives)
• Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research (2006-) (full serial archives)
• Theological Librarianship: An Online Journal of the American Theological Library Association (2008-) (full serial archives)
• Webology (2004-) (full serial archives)
• Catholic Library World (partial serial archives)
• The Library Quarterly (partial serial archives)
• Wisconsin Library Bulletin (partial serial archives)
• The Library (partial serial archives)
• IFLA Journal (issues online 1998-) (partial serial archives)
• Journal of Radical Librarianship (2015-) (full serial archives)
• Library Journal (partial serial archives)
• ALA Bulletin (partial serial archives)
• West Virginia Libraries (partial serial archives)
• The Library Association Record (partial serial archives)
• Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen (in German) (partial serial archives)
• College and Research Libraries News (2004-present) (partial serial archives)
• Library Philosophy and Practice (partial serial archives)
• Library Trends (1952 until 2 years ago) (partial serial archives)
• Bulletin of the American Library Association (full serial archives)
• Biblioteksbladet (in Swedish) (partial serial archives)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.