This study was designed to determine: (1) whether the 5-year planning cycle described in the 1980 manual "A Planning Process for Public Libraries" is being used in North Carolina's public libraries; (2) whether output measures described in a second publication released in 1982 are being collected in the state's public libraries; (3) the levels of performance that are being achieved on the various output measures; and (4) whether variations in selected measures are associated with other underlying factors. The supposition that larger libraries should be adopting such innovations in planning and accountability as the methods described in "A Planning Process for Public Libraries" and "Output Measures for Public Libraries" at a faster rate than smaller libraries is also examined. Based on an analysis of the responses of 61 North Carolina libraries to a questionnaire distributed to the 106 library directors in the state, study results indicate that a quarter of the directors were using the recommended 5-year planning cycle, fewer than half of the directors were using at least some of the output measures, and no library collected data on all of the measures. It was tentatively concluded that North Carolina libraries appear to be following a national pattern of non-use of the two manuals, and it is recommended that steps be taken so that public libraries in North Carolina will recognize the importance of planning and evaluation. Study results are presented in nine tables, and nine footnotes are provided. (KM)