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- ↑ "Social Responsibilities Round Table; Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)". Ala.org. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- ↑ Lesley S. J. Farmer (30 December 2011). Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States. Scarecrow Press. pp. 290–. ISBN 978-0-8108-8226-3.
- 1 2 Congressional Record, Volume 152, Part 18, December 7, 2006 to December 27, 2006. Government Printing Office. pp. 298–. GGKEY:S00DZGT3FYP.
- ↑ Alfred Kagan (26 March 2015). Progressive Library Organizations: A Worldwide History. McFarland. pp. 256–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6400-5.
- ↑ Jackson, Andrew P. (2016). "Memories of Dr. Miriam R.G. Braverman (1920-2002)". Progressive Librarian. 44: 120–123.
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