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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
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Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto, by Michael Keeble Buckland (HTML and PDF at Berkeley)
Book availability and the library user (Pergamon Press, 1975), by Michael K. Buckland (page images at HathiTrust)
Library and information services for meeting personal needs : a discussion guide, prepared for the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (National Commission on Libraries and Information Services, 1979), by Patricia Schuman and D.C. White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
New approaches to the measurement of public library use by individual patrons (University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1984), by Philip M. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
Assessing the effectiveness of library service (University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1982), by Rosemary Ruhig Du Mont and Paul F. Du Mont (page images at HathiTrust)
Public services goals and objectives in ARL libraries (The Association, 1982), by Association of Research Libraries. University Library Management Studies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
An introduction to library science (The University of Chicago press, 1933), by Pierce Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
Changes in library methods in a changing world (The Public library, 1927), by John Cotton Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
Teaching through the elementary school library (H.W. Wilson, 1948), by Margaret Kessler Walraven and Alfred Lawrence Hall-Quest (page images at HathiTrust)
The library (The University of Chicago press, 1936), by Douglas Waples, Edward A. Wight, Loyd W. Rowland, E. W. McDiarmid, and Leon Carnovsky (page images at HathiTrust)
The junior high school library; a curriculum guide for the school librarian in the junior high school. (Board of Education, 1961), by Detroit Public Schools. Dept. of School Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
The crowd, the individual, and the library (The Atlantic monthly company, 1928), by Joseph Lewis Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
Rural America reads; a study of rural library service (American association for adult education, 1938), by Marion Humble (page images at HathiTrust)
The university library and undergraduate instruction; an analysis of their relationship (University of California press, 1936), by Peyton Hurt (page images at HathiTrust)
Portrait of a library to help trustees and students of library work understand the administrative problems of libraries (D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated, 1936), by Margery Closey Quigley and William E. Marcus (page images at HathiTrust)
Copyright: a librarian's view (Copyright Committee, Association of Research Libraries, 1968), by Verner W. Clapp, Association of Research Libraries. Copyright Committee, and United States. National Advisory Commission on Libraries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
How to locate educational information and data; a text and reference book (Teachers college, Columbia university., 1935), by Carter Alexander (page images at HathiTrust)
How to locate educational information and data, a text and reference book. (Teachers College, Columbia University, 1941), by Carter Alexander (page images at HathiTrust)
How to locate educational information and data; an aid to quick utilization of the literature of education (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1950), by Carter Alexander and Arvid J. Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
How to locate educational information and data : an aid to quick utilization of the literature of education (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1958), by Carter Alexander and Arvid J. Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Who uses the public library : a survey of the patrons of the circulation and reference departments of the New York public library (University of Chicago Press, 1938), by William Converse Haygood (page images at HathiTrust)
Making the most of books (American library association, 1932), by Leal Aubrey Headley and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Instruction in the use of books and libraries in colleges and universities. (The University of Michigan library, 1936), by Evelyn Little (page images at HathiTrust)
How to use a library; practical advice to students and general readers, with explanations of library catalogues, a systematic description of guides to books, and a guide to special libraries (E. Stock, 1910), by James Douglas Stewart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The public library for lifelong learning ([Washington, 1961), by United States Office of Education and Helen Elizabeth Wessells (page images at HathiTrust)
Training in the use of books. (The University press at the University of the South, 1912), by William Warner Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
Keys to the halls of books ... (The Kenyon press, 1926), by Gertrude Buck (page images at HathiTrust)
A readers' advisory service (American association for adult education, 1934), by Jennie M. Flexner, Sigrid A. Edge, and American Association for Adult Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Joining forces for library services to youth; report. (Indiana Library Association, 1955), by Library Action Committee of the Indiana Library Association and the Indiana Library Trustees Association. Committee on Public Library-School Library Relationships (page images at HathiTrust)
Studying the community; a basis for planning library adult education services. (American Library Association, 1960), by American Library Association. Library-Community Project (page images at HathiTrust)
The open door; a library reference work book (Stanford university press, 1934), by Edwina Hegland and Sheridan Hegland (page images at HathiTrust)
A guidance outline for Library science 166 (The Standard printing company, incorporated, 1939), by Eastern Kentucky State College and Mary Floyd (page images at HathiTrust)
Library adult education : the biography of an idea. (Scarecrow Press, 1963), by Margaret Ellen Monroe (page images at HathiTrust)
Library adult education in action : five case studies. (American Library Association, 1956), by Eleanor Phinney (page images at HathiTrust)
Library manual; a study-work manual for high school freshmen and sophomores--Teacher's key for Library manual (The H. W. Wilson company, 1934), by Marie Antoinette Toser (page images at HathiTrust)
Readers' advisers at work; a survey of development in the New York Public Library (American Association for Adult Education, 1941), by Jennie M. Flexner, Byron C. Hopkins, and American Association for Adult Education (page images at HathiTrust)
How to use the high school library (printed by High School Press, Huntington Park Union High School, 1918), by John Milton Reeder (page images at HathiTrust)
Lessons on the use of the school library for rural schools, state graded schools, village and city grades (Madison, Wis., 1915), by Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction and O. S. Rice (page images at HathiTrust)
The public library -- a people's university (American Association for adult education, 1938), by Alvin Saunders Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Commissioner of Education's Committee on Direct Access. (University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., 1974), by New York (State) Commissioner of Education's Committee on Direct Access (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Lessons in arrangement and use of Carnegie free library, Braddock, Pa. (Press of the Daily news-herald], 1915), by Braddock (Pa.) Carnegie free library and George Harris Lamb (page images at HathiTrust)
Books for everybody. (American library association, 1927), by American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Woodside does read! A survey of the reading interests and habits of a local community; conducted under the auspices of the Queens borough public library (Jamaica, N.Y., 1935), by Queens Borough Public Library, Harry Briscoe Devereaux, Richard Burl Sealock, and Grace Osgood Kelley (page images at HathiTrust)
People and print; social aspects of reading in the depression (University of Chicago Press, 1938), by Douglas Waples (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Books and libraries (Baton Rouge, La., 1939), by Ella Virginia Aldrich (page images at HathiTrust)
How to use the library (Gaylord bros., inc., 1928), by Martha Scott Rowse and Edward Francis Rowse (page images at HathiTrust)
Teaching the use of books and libraries; a manual for school librarians and classroom teachers, to accompany The library key (The H. W. Wilson company, 1930), by May Ingles, Zaidee M. Brown, and Anna McCague (page images at HathiTrust)
Social functions of libraries. (Scarecrow Press, 1957), by Bartholomeus Landheer (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue abrégé de la Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève (Firmin-Didot & cie., 1890), by Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Henri Lavoix, G. Lamouroux, and Elie Poirée (page images at HathiTrust)
Chitabel' i kniga, metody ikh izuchenii͡a ("Trud", 1925), by Boris Osipovich Borovich, N. A. Rubakin, and I. V. Rivlin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Books are being read (University of California Library, 1959), by Norah E. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
The school library system of Los Angeles. (Los Angeles city school district, 1933), by Los Angeles City School District and Ella Sarah Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
Research memorandum on social aspects of reading in the depression (Social science research council, 1937), by Douglas Waples (page images at HathiTrust)
Books and libraries, a manual of instruction in their use for colleges (F.W. Faxon co., 1919), by John Adams Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
1961 year end adult reading interest poll as reported by 119 libraries. ([Chicago, 1962), by American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
State library activities in the field of aging : survey report for the Adult Services Division, Committee on Library Service to an Aging Population, ([Chicago, 1960), by American Library Association. Adult Services Division. Committee on Library Service to an Aging Population and Virginia Owens (page images at HathiTrust)
Library services for the Nation's needs, toward fulfillment of a national policy ; report. (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, 1968), by United States. National Advisory Commission on Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
Adult services; a handbook for state and regional library associations. (Distributed by the Committee on Relations with State and Regional Library Associations, Adult Services Division and Office for Adult Education, American Library Association, 1961), by American Library Association. Adult Services Division. Committee on a Handbook for Adult Services Units (page images at HathiTrust)
The Library-Community Project of the American Library Association; report, 1955-1960 (American Library Association, introd., 1960), by American Library Association. Library-Community Project, Ruth Elizabeth Warncke, and Fund for Adult Education (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Your library: how to use it: a text-workbook. (Harper & Row, 1962), by Lillian M Biermann (page images at HathiTrust)
Research skills and library resources; a guide for junior high schools. ([Los Angeles], 1963), by Los Angeles City School District. Library Section (page images at HathiTrust)
A study of the community of Lafollette, Tennessee, presented by Tennessee State Library and Archives, Public Libraries Division, Clinch-Powell region, Helen H. Kittrell, librarian. A study developed with the aid of a state grant awarded by the American Library Association, Library-Community Project, from the Fund for Adult Education, 1955-57. (Nashville, 1957), by Tennessee State Library and Archives. Public Libraries Division and Helen H. Kittrell (page images at HathiTrust)
The library-sponsored discussion group (Library-Community Project, American Library Association, 1957), by Robert E. Lee and American Library Association. Library-Community Project (page images at HathiTrust)
Access to public libraries; a research project prepared for the American Library Association. ([New York], 1963), by International Research Associates and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Brooklyn College-Brooklyn Public Library Reading improvement program, 1955-1960; a five year research program financed by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. ([Brooklyn], 1960), by Brooklyn Public Library, Max Siegel, and Brooklyn College (page images at HathiTrust)
A library manual for Indiana schools. Prepared under direction of state Department of public instruction. Clement T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction. ([Indianapolis], 1911), by Indiana. Department of Public Instruction (page images at HathiTrust)
The uses of libraries (University of London press, ltd., 1927), by Ernest A. Baker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Information desks in ARL libraries (Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, 1991), by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Redesigning library services : a manifesto (American Library Association, 1992), by Michael K. Buckland (page images at HathiTrust)
The research paper; gathering library material, organizing and preparing the manuscript (Prentice-Hall, 1952), by Lucyle Hook and Mary Virginia Gaver (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings of the Adult Education Institute held at Deer Park Lodge, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, August 17-21, 1959. (Madison, 1959), by Wisconsin Free Library Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
[Pamphlets in philology and the humanities. Vol. 14] (s.n., 1887), by Richard Henri Riethmueller, Francis Howard Williams, R. Tait McKenzie, Abraham Flexner, Henry C. McCook, Henry Oldys, Brander Matthews, Wilbur L. Cross, William Sharp, John Preston Hoskins, James Samuel. 1904 Snoddy, Harry B. Hutchins, Frank Egbert Bryant, Edson R. Sunderland, Joseph H. Drake, John Edward Lautner, John Livingston Lowes, John S. P. Tatlock, Karl Young, Sivert N. Hagen, William Henry Hulme, Francis W. Kelsey, William Herbert Hobbs, Willard Clark Gore, Richard M. Meyer, William Warner Bishop, Fred Newton Scott, Alfred Claghorn Potter, George Edward Woodberry, R. M. Wenley, Leo Tolstoy, John Knight Munro Berry, Elizabeth Peckham, George Williams Peckham, Harvey Carr, and Boston Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
The research paper; gathering library material, organizing and preparing the manuscript (Prentice-Hall, 1948), by Lucyle Hook and Mary Virginia Gaver (page images at HathiTrust)
Learning to use the library in the junior high school; a manual consisting of individualized lessons to be given in English classes (H.W. Wilson company, 1938), by Florence Damon Cleary (page images at HathiTrust)
Exploring libraries. (School Necessities Co., 1954), by Emmet L. Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
Teaching the use of books and libraries, a manual for teachers and librarians (The H.W. Wilson company, 1944), by May Ingles and Anna McCague (page images at HathiTrust)
Speaking of books-- (Denver public schools, 1941), by Louisa Ward Arps, Denver Public Schools, and Denver Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Productive assignments through library services. (Baltimore County Public Library, Baltimore County Public Schools, 1963), by Baltimore County Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Führer für bibliotheksbenutzer. (S. Hirzel, 1905), by Arnim Graesel (page images at HathiTrust)
How to use the library (Pacific Books, 1955), by Beauel M. Santa and Lois Lynn Hardy (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbook: the library, modern English class units (School necessities company, 1937), by Emmet L. Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
Teaching the use of books and libraries; a manual for teachers and librarians (H. W. Wilson, 1940), by May Ingles and Anna McCague (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Microfiche 1969--a user study. (Air Force Office of Scientific Research], 1969), by Harold Wooster and United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Learning to use the library in the junor high school (The H. W. Wilson company, 1936), by Florence Damon Cleary (page images at HathiTrust)
Books and libraries, a manual of instruction in their use for colleges (The Boston book company, 1916), by John Adams Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
Gakkō, kaisha, kanchō, toshokan (Ōsakayagō Shoten, 1925), by Seiichi Hayashi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An introduction to medical bibliography (New Orleans, 1943), by William Dosité Postell (page images at HathiTrust)
Using books and libraries (Prentice-Hall, 1947), by Ella Virginia Aldrich (page images at HathiTrust)
The university library and undergraduate instruction; an analysis of their relationship (University of California press, 1936), by Peyton Hurt (page images at HathiTrust)
How to locate educational information and data; an aid to quick utilization of the literature of education (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1958), by Carter Alexander and Arvid James Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Find it yourself! A brief course in the use of books and libraries under the contract system (The H. W. Wilson company, 1927), by Elizabeth Scripture and Margaret R. Greer (page images at HathiTrust)
The use of the library; student library manual ... (Houston Public Schools, 1938), by Houston Independent School District (Tex.). Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Using the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, 2001), by Library of Congress. Humanities and Social Sciences Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Using the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, 1998), by Library of Congress. Humanities and Social Sciences Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Sensational fiction in public libraries, and, Personal relations between librarians and readers: two papers read at meetings of librarians (Press of C. Hamilton, 1879), by Samuel Swett Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Commissioner of Education's Committee on Public Library Service, 1957. (University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., 1958), by New York (State). Commissioner of Education's Committee on Direct Access (page images at HathiTrust)
À propos des bibliothèques populaires. (Michel Lévy frères, 1867), by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (page images at HathiTrust)
University convocation: Library session; extract from the proceedings. ([Albany, 1896), by University of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
Library service for the Spanish-speaking user : source guide for librarians (New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO); Hostos Community College, City University of New York ;, 1976), by Daniel Davila, New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, and Hostos Community College (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Teacher's key for Library manual (H.W. Wilson Co., 1943), by Marie Antoinette Toser (page images at HathiTrust)
An outline for teaching children the use of books and the public library. (Democrat Print. Co., 1926), by Winifred Fleming Ticer (page images at HathiTrust)
Guide for freshmen students in the use of books and libraries. ([Yellow Springs, Ohio], 1934), by Mildred Oliver, Guy Redvers Lyle, and Jeannette Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
Library handbook, 4th ed, 1942-43; Olin Memorial Library, Wesleyan University ([publisher not identified], 1942), by Conn.). Library Wesleyan University (Middletown and Fremont Rider (page images at HathiTrust)
Improving library service in Missouri (s.n.], 1953), by Missouri. Libraries Planning Committee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
How to use your school library (The Bardeen press, 1939), by Mercedes Doyle Graham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Organized adult education service in libraries; an outline for discussion. (Chicago, 1925), by American Library Association. Commission on the Library and Adult Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Why industrial training needs books. ([American Library Association], 1941), by American Library Association and United States Office of Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The source theme; a manual for gathering library material, organizing and preparing the manuscript (Edwards brothers, inc.], 1944), by Lucyle Hook and Mary Virginia Gaver (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)
Library Instruction manual ([publisher not identified], 1947), by Iowa Stat University and Betty M. Cowels (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Library adult education (Scarecrow Press, 1963), by Margaret Ellen Monroe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Library manual (The H. W. Wilson compnay, 1940), by Marie Antoinette Toser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A student's guide on how to use a library (Benton Review Pub. Co., 1948), by Leila Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
High school library manual. (Interstate Printing Co., 1943), by Bertram French (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Libraries and the Right To Read; a summary of USOE-funded programs and projects illustrative of the library's concern for the National Right To Read effort. (Office of Education [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by Redmond Kathleen Molz (page images at HathiTrust)
The 20th century workbook in how to use a library (Benton Review Pub. Co., Inc., 1945), by Frank S. Stephens and Gale Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Library mastery test : an examination on "Keys to the halls of books". (Kenyon Press Pub. Co., 1938), by Gertrude Buck (page images at HathiTrust)
Background for successful living for independent young people. (Detroit, 1955), by Detroit Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
How to use reference books; a simplified course for boys and girls ... (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1934), by inc Encyclopaedia Britannica (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
New Hampshire citizens' information seeking patterns (Educational Resources Information Center, 1980), by Ching-chih Chen and Peter Hernon (page images at HathiTrust)
Your library. (New York, 1950), by New York McBurney School (page images at HathiTrust)
Journalism library handbook (University of Illinois, School of Journalism and Communications, 1953), by University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Library and Virginia B. Saddler (page images at HathiTrust)
Bulletin boards and special lists (Public Libraries, 1900), by Charles Knowles Bolton (page images at HathiTrust)
The A B C of library craft; a hand book for high school students (Printed by Wolfer printing company], 1931), by Ethelwyn Laurence and Emma Lee Gilmount (page images at HathiTrust)
An introduction to medical bibliography. (New Orleans, 1951), by William Dosité Postell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Teaching the use of the library to undergraduates : an experimental comparison of computer-based instruction and the conventional lecture method (University of Illinois, 1967), by Marina E. Axeen and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Coordinated Science Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Keys to the halls of books ; an aid to the independent use of libraries (Wauwatosa, Wis. : The Kenyon press publishing company, 1938., 1938), by Gertrude Buck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A program planning institute presented by the Artesia Public Library, Artesia, New Mexico (American Library Association], 1955), by Artesia (N.M.). Public Library, Mary Knorr, and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Library instruction manual (Library, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1963), by Matyne H. Easton (page images at HathiTrust)
Führer für bibliotheksbenutzer mit einer zusammenstellung bibliographischer und enzyklopädischer hilfsmittel sowie einem verzeichnis wissenschaftlicher bibliotheken. (S. Hirzel, 1913), by Arnim Graesel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Guide for librarians in the elementary and junior high schools and course of study and syllabus in the use of library books. (Bureau of libraries, 1933), by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Bureau of Libraries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The 1, 2, 3 guide to libraries. (Brigham Young University, 1961), by Hattie M. Knight (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Reading improvement program, 1955-1960; a five year research program financed by the Carnegie Corporation of New York ([Brooklyn, N.Y.], 1960), by Brooklyn College, Richard L. Keller, Max Siegel, and Brooklyn Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
How to use reference books : a simplified course for boys and girls in the use of the following reference sources, Britannica junior ... (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1941), by inc Encyclopaedia Britannica (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Compilation of replies by readers' advisers. (American Library Association, 1935), by American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Library handbook for Catholic readers (Bruce Pub. Co., 1937), by William Thomas O'Rourke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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