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The publications listed below are available to Washington State city/town/county officials and staff to borrow at no charge through the MRSC Library Loan Request Form. If you are not a Washington city/town/county official or employee, we suggest you contact your local public library or law library for information or research direction.
Featured Library Acquisitions
Titles from our new acquisitions that we feel will be particularly interesting to our site's visitors.
We Don't Make Widgets : Overcoming the Myths that Keep Government from Radically Improving
(Governing Books, 2006). Written for middle- and senior-level managers in state, city and county government, We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving explodes the myths that prevent dramatic improvement in government operations.
Extreme Government Makeover : Increasing Our Capacity to Do More Good
(Governing Books, 2011). In his latest book, management expert Ken Miller discusses how the processes of government became so complicated and inefficient - and how to start cleaning up the mess. With his typical irreverent and funny tone, Ken lays out the simple ways that public-sector leaders can tear down all the twisted, broken parts of government and rebuild it stronger, leaner and better equipped to help citizens. Full of clear, concise tips on increasing government’s capacity, Extreme Government Makeover is essential reading for everyone in government, from top-level executives to managers and employees on the front lines.
All New Library Acquisitions
This is a listing of new materials received by the Municipal Research & Services Library.
Also see our bibliographies of selected library holdings. These bibliographies contain current and exemplary materials relating to subjects of municipal interest are also available.
These publications are available to Washington State city/town/county employees and officials to borrow at no charge through the MRSCLibrary Loan Request Form. If you are not a Washington city/town/county official or employee, we suggest you contact your local public library or law library for information or research direction.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Main street renewal : a handbook for citizens and public officials / edited by Roger L. Kemp. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2000 [ED 5.3400 M35 2006]
Making business districts work : leadership and management of downtown, main street, business district, and community development organizations / David Feehan, Marvin D. Feit, editors. New York : Haworth Press, 2006 [ED 5.3400 M351 2006]
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Extreme government makeover : increasing our capacity to do more good / Ken Miller Washington, DC : Governing Books, 2011 [ G 9.1500 E88 2011]
We don't make widgets : overcoming the myths that keep government from radically improving / Ken Miller. Washington, D.C. : Governing Books, 2006 [G 9.1500 W4 2006]
PLANNING
The creative community builder's handbook : how to transform communities using local assets, art, and culture / by Tom Borrup ; with Partners for Livable Communities ; foreword by Robert McNulty. Saint Paul, MN : Fieldstone Alliance, 2006 [PL 4.0000 C74 2006]
Lasting value : open space planning and preservation successes / Rick Pruetz. Chicago, IL : APA Planners Press, 2012 [PL 5.2800 L37 2012]
Planning paradise : politics and visioning of land use in Oregon / Peter A. Walker, Patrick T. Hurley. Tuscon : University of Arizona Press, 2011 [PL 1.0000 P53 2011]
Takings law in plain English / Christopher J. Duerksen and Richard J. Roddewig. 4th ed. Washington, D.C. : National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2011 [PL 5.6100 T356 2011]
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Special events and festivals : how to plan, organize, and implement / Angie Prosser, Ashi Rutledge. State College, PA : Venture Publishing, 2003 [PR 5.0000 S74 2003]