Public libraries in North America (English Wikipedia)

"Public Libraries". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"School-District Libraries". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"Mechanics' Institutes". The Canadian Encyclodpedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"Free Libraries". The Canadian Encyclodpedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"Modern Public Libraries". The Canadian Encyclodpedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.

baconfreelibrary.org

"Baconfreelibrary.org". Baconfreelibrary.org. Retrieved 2013-02-19.

books.google.com

"The Goede Vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at Home and in Society, 1609-1760". 1898.
Larned, Josephus Nelson (1895). "History for Ready Reference: Greece-Nibelungenlied".

bpl.org

Bhagat, Dhruti (March 19, 2019). "Celebrating 165 Years: The BPL Through Time and Place". Boston Public Library. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

brumbacklib.com

"A Brief History". Brumbacklib.com. Retrieved 2013-02-19.

canurb.org

Overdue: The Case for Canada’s Public Libraries. The Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC). September, 2023. : https://canurb.org/publications/overdue/

dkgtexas.org

Johnson, Kimberly. "From A to Z and In Between: Women's Organizations Transforming Change from the Inside Out" (PDF). Delta Kappa Gamma.

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Sherman, Mrs. John Dickinson (September 1906). "The Women's Clubs in the Middle Western States". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 28 (2): 49. doi:10.1177/000271620602800203. JSTOR 1010956. S2CID 144224361.

halifaxpubliclibraries.ca

"Services | Halifax Public Libraries". Halifaxpubliclibraries.ca. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

jstor.org

Sherman, Mrs. John Dickinson (September 1906). "The Women's Clubs in the Middle Western States". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 28 (2): 49. doi:10.1177/000271620602800203. JSTOR 1010956. S2CID 144224361.
Abigail A. van Slyck, "The Utmost Amount of Effectiv [sic] Accommodation": Andrew Carnegie and the Reform of the American Library," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (1991) 50#4 pp. 359-383 in JSTOR
Daniel F. Ring, "The Origins of the Butte Public Library: Some Further Thoughts on Public Library Development in the State of Montana," Libraries & Culture (1993) 28#4 pp 430-44 in JSTOR

libraryhistorybuff.org

"Library". Larry T. Nix 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

mainlinemedianews.com

O'Loughlin, Kathy (16 March 2012). "A century of service and eleganceThe Woman's Club of Bala Cynwyd celebrates its centenary, and it's not just for girls anymore". Main Line Times. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

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"L'Encyclopédie de l'histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia". Libraries in Canada. Marianopolis College. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

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"Types of Public Libraries; a Comparison". www.nysl.nysed.gov. Library Development: New York State Library. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

nytimes.com

E. Irenaeus Stevenson (August 16, 1902). "Village Libraries: Mr. E. Irenaeus Stevenson Offers Suggestions on How to Conduct Them". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-18. The village library is growing more and more an indispensable adjunct to American village life.
"Obituary–Carnegie Started as a Bobbin Boy". New York Times. August 12, 1919. Free Public Library buildings (2,811) $60,364,808.75

ourpubliclibrary.to

Thompson, Jim. 2011. "City Manager recommends Toronto Public Library budget cuts and branch closures". Retrieved 2011-08-15.

post-gazette.com

"Sunday Forum: The importance of libraries". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 13, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-18. You'll find librarians guiding customers to information that will help them to find a job, start a business or trace their family trees. You'll find teens learning to use video cameras and online media to support a worthy cause. You'll find children settling into a cozy pillow with a picture book.

projectoutcome.org

Project Outcome Public Library Association

psu.edu

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Garcia, J. and Nelson, S. (2007). 2007 Public Library Service Responses. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.456.1022&rep=rep1&type=pdf

robbinslibrary.org

"History of the Library - Robbins Library". robbinslibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-06-11.

semanticscholar.org

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Sherman, Mrs. John Dickinson (September 1906). "The Women's Clubs in the Middle Western States". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 28 (2): 49. doi:10.1177/000271620602800203. JSTOR 1010956. S2CID 144224361.

sidis.net

"The Tribes and the States, Penacook". Sidis.net. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

simmons.edu

web.simmons.edu

"Sense Is Preferable to Sound" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-04-01.

tandfonline.com

Public Library Quarterly Taylor & Francis

thecanadianencyclopedia.com

"Public Libraries". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"School-District Libraries". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"Mechanics' Institutes". The Canadian Encyclodpedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"Free Libraries". The Canadian Encyclodpedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
"Modern Public Libraries". The Canadian Encyclodpedia. Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-24.

torontopubliclibrary.ca

"Toronto Public Library - History of the Library - Toronto's Carnegie Libraries". torontopubliclibrary.ca. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

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Town of Franklin (2010-06-29). "Town of Franklin - History of the Franklin Public Library". Franklinma.virtualtownhall.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

vpl.ca

"Vancouver Public Library - Programs & Events". Vpl.ca. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

web.archive.org

"Sense Is Preferable to Sound" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
Town of Franklin (2010-06-29). "Town of Franklin - History of the Franklin Public Library". Franklinma.virtualtownhall.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
"History of the Library - Robbins Library". robbinslibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-06-11.

worldcat.org

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Humphreys, David (1730). An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Joseph Downing. p. 72. OCLC 228703300.

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Carolyn H. Leatherman, "Richmond Considers a Free Public Library: Andrew Carnegie's Offer of 1901." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 1988 96(2): 181-192. ISSN 0042-6636

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"YouTube". Alberta's Public Libraries - Celebrating 100 years. Chinook Regional Library Service. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

zenodo.org

Sherman, Mrs. John Dickinson (September 1906). "The Women's Clubs in the Middle Western States". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 28 (2): 49. doi:10.1177/000271620602800203. JSTOR 1010956. S2CID 144224361.