Needs Assessment
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Needs Assessment / Population Data
Federal Sources
U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/ This is the most extensive site for both the 1990 Census and the newly released information from the 2000 Census. Information is added daily. Check here for Statistics on Income, Poverty, Population Projections.
American Fact Finder - http://factfinder.census.gov/ This site includes many data sets derived from Census information. Easy to search in that data is arranged both alphabetically and geographically. Includes information on Population, Housing, Economics and Geography.
FEDStats - http://www.fedstats.gov
Utah Sources
Utah Demographics: http://www.governor.utah.gov/dea/People.html
21st Century Library Needs Assessment, Facilities Technical Report, Young, Burningham, Bayer, Carlton, Jones, Utah State Library Division, Project LW9060, 2002.
Long-Range Planning for Utah Public Libraries, Salt Lake City, UT, Utah State Library Division, Department of Community and Economic Development, 2003.
21st Century Library Needs Assessment Executive Summary (pdf)
21st Century Library Initiative Final Report (Request a CD-ROM copy by email)
Community Analyses Resources
ALA Community Scan Indiana Community Analysis Resources on the WWW, prepared specigically for HOOSIER Librarians by Roberta Brooker, the State Data Center Director at the Indiana State Library and Carol O. Rogers, Information Services Director at the Indiana Budiness Center at IU.
Community Needs Assessment Part of Collection Development Training website for Arizona Public Libraries. Sponsored by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Examples of Library Needs Assessments
Norfolk Public Library Building Needs Assessment (Massachusetts, 1996)
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