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Nebraska Library Commission workshop: how to build a community needs response plan for accreditation
Summary
NLC staff walked librarians through the seven required elements of the community needs response plan, methods for gathering community input (surveys, focus groups, key informant interviews), how to use census data and tips for writing SMART goals that the commission will evaluate.
Krista Porter, library development director at the Nebraska Library Commission, devoted the workshop’s second half to the community needs response plan — the separate document applicants must submit with the accreditation application. Porter said the plan is not a full strategic plan but a focused, community‑centered document that identifies recent community needs and lists a small set of specific goals to address them.
Porter told attendees the plan must contain seven elements: a mission statement, a community profile (demographics and context), an assessment…
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