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• 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)
• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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)

• Public Libraries of the United States: Their History, Condition, and Management (two parts: Part I is a report edited by Warren and Clark; Part II is Cutter's rules for a Dictionary Catalogue; 1876), by United States Bureau of Education, ed. by Samuel R. Warren and S. N. Clark, contrib. by Charles A. Cutter
  • Part I: page images at Wisconsin
  • Part II: page images at MOA

• The Wilson Bulletin (library journal) (partial serial archives)

• Illinois Library Association Reporter (2006-) (partial serial archives)

• Alki (partial serial archives)

• Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies Through Critical Race Theory (open access edition, c2021), ed. by Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)

• Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies Through Critical Race Theory (open access edition, c2021), ed. by Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)

• So You Want to Be a Librarian (c2009), by Lauren Pressley (Epub and Mobi at unglue.it and archive.org)

• The Republic of Letters: Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin on Books, Reading, and Libraries, 1975-1987 (Washington: Library of Congress, 1989), by Daniel J. Boorstin, ed. by John Young Cole (HTML at loc.gov)
• The Public Library in American Life (New York: Columbia University Press, 1954), by Ernestine Rose, contrib. by Lyman Bryson (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)
• Notices of Public Libraries in the United States of America (Washington: Printed for the House of Representatives, 1851), by Charles C. Jewett (page images at MOA)
• Public Libraries of the United States: Their History, Condition, and Management (two parts: Part I is a report edited by Warren and Clark; Part II is Cutter's rules for a Dictionary Catalogue; 1876), by United States Bureau of Education, ed. by Samuel R. Warren and S. N. Clark, contrib. by Charles A. Cutter
  • Part I: page images at Wisconsin
  • Part II: page images at MOA

• 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)

• American Libraries (partial serial archives)
• Library Journal (partial serial archives)
• The Wilson Bulletin (library journal) (partial serial archives)

• Special Collections in ARL Libraries: A Discussion Report from the ARL Working Group on Special Collections (2009), by Association of Research Libraries (PDF at arl.org)

• Reports of the AAU Task Forces: Acquisition and Distribution of Foreign Language and Area Studies Materials; A National Strategy for Managing Scientific and Technological Information; Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Environment, by Association of American Universities Research Libraries Project (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library Work with Children, by Alice Isabel Hazeltine
  • HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text

• Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries: Beyond Traditional Authority Files (2000), by Gail M. Hodge (PDF at clir.org)
• Digital Libraries (electronic edition; originally published 2000), by William Y. Arms (HTML with commentary at Cornell)
• TULIP: Final Report, ed. by Karen Hunter (HTML at Elsevier)

• Native American Libraries, Archives, and Information Services: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, Oversight Hearing to Gain a Better Understanding of the Condition of the Native American Libraries, Archives, and Information Services, May 23, 1991, Washington, DC (Washington: GPO, 1991), by United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All (2000), by Barbara T. Mates (HTML at independentliving.org)

• Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All (2000), by Barbara T. Mates (HTML at independentliving.org)

• 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)

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

• 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)
• 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)

• Internet Connections: A Librarian's Guide to Dial-Up Access and Use (first edition), by Mary Engle, Marilyn Lutz, William Jones, and Genevieve Engel (Gopher files at UCSC)

• Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries (Washington: Aspen Institute, 2014), by Amy Korzick Garmer (PDF with commentary at Aspen Institute)
• The Public Library Systems of Great Britain, America and South Africa (1903), by Bertram Laslett Dyer (page images at HathiTrust)

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