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- ↑ Libraries, Archives, and Museums An Introduction to Cultural Heritage Institutions through the Ages. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
- ↑ Suzanne M. Stauffer. Louisiana State University, School of Information Studies
- ↑ Conference: Library History Seminar. H-Net Network for the practice and study of bibliographic and library services
- ↑ IFLA 82nd World Library and Information Congress, 2016. “From Saigon to Baton Rouge: East Baton Rouge Parish Library and Vietnamese Refugees, 1975-1985.”
- ↑ Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association , 2023. “Featuring Your Favorite Stars : Whitman Authorized Editions Project the Movies."
- ↑ SHARP Annual Conference, 2019,“Imagining the Empire: Images of ‘The Other’ in British Children’s Books, 1815-1914.”
- ↑ ALISE 2016 “The Work Calls for Men: The Social Construction of Librarianship and Education for Librarianship.”
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