Table of Contents: “…Public library standards and PLA planning models / by Greta Southard -- Characteristics and trends of public libraries in public library data service statistical report / by Mijung Yoon and Lauren Teffeau -- No easy targets : six libraries in the economy's dark days / by Suzann Holland and Amanda VerPloeg -- Forming and funding public library foundations / by Benjamin Goldberg -- Advocacy basics / by Metropolitan Group with PLA @ Your Library Taskforce -- Advocate for more : focus on legislative funding / by Stephanie Gerding -- A+ partners in education : linking libraries to education for a flourishing future / by Valerie J. …”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Planning.…”

Table of Contents: “…The Planning Process -- Prepare: Planning to Plan -- Design the Planning Process -- Prepare Board, Staff, and Committee -- Imagine: Identifying Possibilities -- Determine Community Vision -- Identify Community Needs -- Design: Inventing the Future -- Select Service Responses -- Write Goals and Objectives -- Build: Assembling the Future -- Identify Preliminary Activities -- Determine Resource Requirements -- Communicate: Informing the Stakeholders -- Write the Basic Plan and Obtain Approval -- Communicate the Results of the Planning Process -- Implement: Moving into the Future -- Allocate or Reallocate Resources -- Monitor Implementation -- Public Library Service Responses -- Basic Literacy -- Business and Career Information -- Commons -- Community Referral -- Consumer Information -- Cultural Awareness -- Current Topics and Titles -- Formal Learning Support -- General Information -- Government Information -- Information Literacy -- Lifelong Learning -- Local History and Genealogy -- Tool Kit -- Groups: Identifying Options -- Groups: Reaching Agreement -- Library Communication -- Presenting Data -- Workforms -- Selecting Planning Committee Members -- Community Data -- Community Vision Statement -- SWOT Analysis of the Community -- Library Data -- Developing Your Own Service Response -- SWOT Analysis of the Library -- Writing Objectives -- Analyzing Activities--Effectiveness -- Analyzing Activities--Efficiency -- Gap Analysis -- Activity Budget -- Forced-Choices Process.…”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Planning.…”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Information technology -- United States -- Planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.…”

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Table of Contents: “…The Measurement Process. Measurement, Public Libraries, and Service to Children. Measurement and the Planning Process. …”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Administration.…”

Table of Contents: “…Do We Blacks Need Public Libraries? /…”

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Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Administration.…”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Personnel management.…”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Personnel management.…”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- United States -- Data processing -- Planning.…”

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