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• Reader guidance

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

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)

• 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)

• 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)