A Needs Assessment of Texas 
Academic, Public, and School Libraries

Final Report
(October 2002)

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Title Page, Executive Summary, Acknowledgements and Table of Contents
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Section I:  Introduction and Overview
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Section II:  Summary of Data Gathering Activities
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Section III:  Results from the Surveys of Academic, Public and School Media Center Libraries
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Section IV:  Key Study Findings
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Section V:  Key Conclusions from the TIFB Needs Assessment Data Gathering
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Section VI:  Recommendations
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Section VII:  Near Term Funding Priorities for Grant Programs
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APPENDIXES

Appendix I: Framing Questions
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Appendix II: Summary of Focus Groups Transcripts
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Appendix III: TIFB Forum Summary 
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Appendix: IV.A: Summary of the Survey Results by Type of Library: Academic
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Appendix IV.B: Summary of the Survey Results by Type of Library: Public
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Appendix IV.C: Summary of the Survey Results by Type of Library: School
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Appendix V: Results of the 2 & 4 Year Comparison (Charts)
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Appendix VI: Proven Practices
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Appendix VII: Resources Consulted
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Appendix VIII: Study Participants
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Appendix IX.A: Survey Questionnaires: Academic
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Appendix IX.B: Survey Questionnaires: Public
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Appendix IX.C: Survey Questionnaires: School
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If you have any difficulty in accessing the sections of the report (offered both in MS Word and PDF formats), please contact William E. Moen <wemoen@unt.edu>, Principal Investigator.