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• Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide (c2011), by Jessamyn West (multiple formats with commentary at unglue.it)
• From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America (Dublin, OH: OCLC, c2008), contrib. by Cathy De Rosa and Jenny Johnson (PDF files with commentary at oclc.org)
• 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)
• Check this out : library program models (Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education :, 1987), by Andrew J. Seager, Carol Zall Lincoln, Sarah J. Roberts, United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, RMC Research Corporation, and United States. National Diffusion Network (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Library Association, The Library-Community Project : a report of progress on the fourth year of the project : September 1, 1958- August 31, 1959 (s.n. ;, 1959), by Ruth Warncke and American Library Association. Library-Community Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examining the role of museums and libraries in strengthening communities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, September 11, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Check this out : highlights of model library programs. (Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education :, 1988), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution in cooperation with the American Library Association presents With liberty and justice for all : commemorating the bicentennial of the judicial branch of government. ([The Commission], 1990), by Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)

• Enhancing economic development through libraries (Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 1998), by Norman Walzer, Karen Stott, and Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)

• LSCA : reaching out to people : Library Services and Construction Act 1985 report (Library of Michigan, 1985), by Library of Michigan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proceedings of the 1962 Workshop for Public Library Trustees and Librarians, Charleston, West Virginia, May 4-5, 1962 (The Commission, 1962), by W.Va.) Workshop for Public Library Trustees and Librarians (5th : 1962 : Charleston and West Virginia Library Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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

• At a Tipping Point: Education, Learning and Libraries (Dublin, OH: OCLC, c2014), contrib. by Cathy De Rosa, Joanne Cantrell, Margaret Gallagher, Janet Hawk, Irene Hoffman, Renée Page, Lorraine J. Haricombe, and Deb Wallace (PDF at oclc.org)
• 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)
• 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)
• Library and information services for effectively governing society : a discussion guide, prepared for the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1979), by Susan Crooks and D.C. White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Social change and the library, 1945-1980 (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Bureau of Research, 1967), by Dan Mabry Lacy and Virginia H. Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complaint handling in the library (University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1984), by William C. Robinson and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate School of Library and Information Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science from the Community Information and Referral Services Task Force. (Washington, D.C. : The Commission, [1983], 1983), by United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Community Information and Referral Services Task Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to activities. Suggestions for state-wide and pilot library activities and programs and for the evaluation of such activities and programs ([Chicago?], 1957), by American Library Association. Library-Community Project (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Analyzing your community : basis for building library service (Illinois State Library and the Illinois Library Association, 1974), by Ruth Warncke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A study of the community of Oakdale, Tennessee (The Library, 1958), by Tennessee State Library and Archives. Public Libraries Section. Clinch-Powell Region (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Closer look : a community analysis and library evaluation of Wake County (Dept. of the Wake County Library, 1979), by Valerie W. Lovett, North Carolina. Division of State Library, and Wake County (N.C.) Dept. of the Wake County Library (page images at HathiTrust)

• Libraries and neighborhood information centers; papers presented at an institute conducted by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, October 24-27, 1971. (University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, 1972), by Allerton Park Institute (17th : 1971), Linda Crowe, Carol L. Kronus, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate School of Library Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who runs your library? : proceedings of the 1978 Library Trustees Conference (Auburn University], 1978), by Alabama Public Library Trustee Conference (1978 : Auburn University), Alabama Library Association. Public Library Division, and Alabama Library Association. Trustees and Friends Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Rochester conference for library system staff, library system trustees, and central library directors, March 23-25, 1961 (New York State Library, Library Extension Division, 1961), by Library System Trustees Conference for Library System Staff and New York State Library. Library Extension Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Libraries for all! : how to start and run a basic library (Peace Corps, Information Collection and Exchange, 2009), by Laura Wendell, Peace Corps (U.S.). Information Collection and Exchange, UNISIST (Program), and Unesco. General Information Programme (page images at HathiTrust)

• Our village and Mechanics' Institute a lecture : delivered March 26, 1867, before the Mechanics' Institute of Kincardine (Published by the Mechanics' Institute with the permission of the author, 1867), by Walter Inglis (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bibliotheca nova Tigurinorum publico-privata : selectiorum variarum linguarum, artium & scientiarum librorum ex liberalitate & munificentia bonorum utriusq tam politici quám ecclesiastici ordinis, in usum reipub. literariæ collecta ... = Das ist, Newe Bibliothec welchegmein und eigen einer ehrlichen Burgerschafft der loblichen Statt Zürych : der besten unnd auserlesnisten Büchern, von allerhand Gattung notw. Sprachen und freyen Künsten angestelt und zusam gebracht ... (s.n., 1979), by Heinrich Ulrich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• America's libraries (National Endowment for the Humanities, 1998), by National Endowment for the Humanities (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thumbing through Michigan, 1986. (Library of Michigan, 1986), by Joan C. Smith, Library of Michigan, and Thumbing Through Michigan Project (page images at HathiTrust)

• Humanities in Minnesota : people, funding, ideas : a handbook of resources (Office of Public Libraries and Interlibrary Cooperation, Minnesota Dept. of Education, 1979), by Suzanne LeBarron and Minnesota. Office of Public Libraries and Interlibrary Cooperation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Humanities projects in libraries and archives. (Division of General Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990), by National Endowment for the Humanities. Division of General Programs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Humanities projects in libraries and archives. (National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of General Programs, 1988), by National Endowment for the Humanities. Division of Public Programs and National Endowment for the Humanities. Division of General Programs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Strengthening communities : an overview of service and volunteering in America : hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, February 27, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities (page images at HathiTrust)

• Everything you wanted to know about environmental regulations-- : but were afraid to ask : a guide for small communities. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency], 1993), by United States Environmental Protection Agency (page images at HathiTrust)

• Working trees for communities (Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture, 1995), by National Agroforestry Center (U.S.) and United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Agroforestería (Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture :, 2000), by National Agroforestry Center (U.S.) and United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Agroforestry, working trees for agriculture (U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1994?], 1994), by Neb.) Center for Semiarid Agroforestry (Lincoln and United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Windbreaks in the U.S. (USDA, National Agroforestry Center, 2001), by National Agroforestry Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Árboles trabajando en beneficio de la ganadería. (Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture :, 2000), by National Agroforestry Center (U.S.) and United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forest Service hosted programs : be a part of it! (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1992), by United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dialogue on diversity : broadening the voices in urban and community forestry (USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, 2003), by Maureen H. McDonough and United States. State and Private Forestry. Northeastern Area (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effective community involvement in national forest restoration and recreation efforts : obstacles and solutions : oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 29, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report on Hill-Burton hospitals and their obligations : (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Examining the role of museums and libraries in strengthening communities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, September 11, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities (page images at HathiTrust)

• Informal citizen action and crime prevention at the neighborhood level : synthesis and assessment of the research (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1985), by Stephanie W. Greenberg, Jay R. Williams, William M. Rohe, Research Triangle Institute, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neighborhood identification : a guidebook for participation in the U.S. Census Neighborhood Statistics Program (The Dept., 1980), by Thomas F. Broden, University of Notre Dame. Institute for Urban Studies, United States. Bureau of the Census. Neighborhood Statistics Program, and Voluntary Associations United States. Office of Neighborhoods (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neighborhood planning primer (The Office of Neighborhood Self-Help Development :, 1980), by Voluntary Associations United States. Office of Neighborhoods and Urban Systems Research & Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)

• Evaluation of Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1995), by Carl E. Pope and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Die christlich-kommunistische Kolonie der Rappisten in Pennsylvanien und neue Mitteilungen über Nikolaus Lenaus Aufenthalt unter den Rappisten. (E. Wiest, 1892), by Karl Knortz (page images at HathiTrust)

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