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Public access computers in libraries

Here are entered works on computer hardware provided by libraries to be used by patrons for access to the libraries' files, for access to databases and indexes, for access to the Internet, or for use of other software such as word processing.

See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.

• Public services (Libraries)

• Internet access for library users

• Public access computers in libraries -- United States

• Computers in libraries, Public access
• Library public access computers

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

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

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

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

• 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
• 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

• 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)

• 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)