TY - BOOK AU - Grover,Robert AU - Greer,Roger C. AU - Agada,John TI - Assessing information needs: managing transformative library services SN - 9781591587972 (alk. paper) AV - Z678 .G75 2010 U1 - 025.1 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Santa Barbara, Calif. PB - Libraries Unlimited KW - Library planning KW - Local KW - Information society KW - Information services KW - Use studies KW - Planning KW - Libraries and community KW - Libraries and society KW - Needs assessment KW - Public services (Libraries) N1 - 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 -- Information needs of individuals -- Studying the information needs of groups -- Studying the information needs of agencies -- Lifestyles -- Implementing a community analysis -- Applying community analysis data to service design -- Planning information services -- Issues in implementation ER -