This study has been undertaken to determine the library needs of Auburn, Massachusetts, and to analyze the existing library services. The community analysis includes use of the 1970 U.S. Census, interviews and other available data and the survey of the library includes samples of the circulation, registration, and shelf list, and analysis of the budget and past annual reports. Because the data gathering and analysis were carried out according to a prescribed pattern, the resulting information provides a comparison between the community needs and existing library services. In addition, the methodology permits comparison of various elements with other communities surveyed by the same technique. Evidence gathered from this study supports a rearrangement of space priorities in the library, the goal of increasing the ratio of professional staff to nonprofessionals and a greater emphasis on planning programs for adults in the library. (Author)