Assessing information needs : managing transformative library services / Robert J. Grover, Roger C. Greer, and John Agada.
By: Grover, Robert.
Contributor(s): Greer, Roger C | Agada, John.
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TextPublisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : Libraries Unlimited, c2010Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781591587972 (alk. paper); 1591587972 (alk. paper); 9781591587989 (ebook); 1591587980 (ebook).Subject(s): Library planning | Public services (Libraries) -- Planning | Needs assessment | Libraries and society | Libraries and community | Information services -- Planning | Information services -- Use studies | Information societyDDC classification: 025.1 Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Libraries in society--past and present -- Knowledge systems in society -- The theoretical framework for community analysis -- Gathering data for decision-making -- The information needs of individuals -- Studying the information needs of groups -- Studying the information needs of agencies -- Lifestyles -- Implementing a community analysis -- Extrapolating meaning from community analysis data -- Planning information services -- Issues in implementation.