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Lifestyles, Local Communities, and Libraries: A Partnership for the Future?

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Davis, Hazel M. – Public Libraries, 1993

Discusses psychographics, lifestyle characteristics, and the cluster system of targeted market analysis and their potential use by public libraries for correlating lifestyles in local communities and collection development. Preliminary studies are reviewed, data verification is discussed, future research is suggested, and six lifestyle tables are…

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Community Characteristics, Correlation, Library Collection Development

Evaluating LSCA: The Evidence from Prison Libraries.

Peer reviewed

Suvak, Daniel – Public Libraries, 1993

Discusses the impact of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) on state prison libraries. Evaluations of the LSCA are reviewed; the effectiveness of the LSCA in the areas of library budgets, staff, and book collection size is considered; and recommendations for further research are suggested. (22 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Federal Legislation, Grants