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<div>The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be updating our Strategic Plan this year and we would like to gather some data before we begin. We are looking for a firm or consultant experienced in doing this type of work for public libraries. If
you know of someone whom you would recommend, or are a consultant who does market segmentation, we would love to hear from you. Please reply off list by September 2, 2014.</div>
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<div>The tasks include:</div>
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<li>Demographic analysis of the library service area</li><li>Online survey of library cardholders</li><li>Market segmentation analysis of the data—categorizing of patrons and their library usage patterns, comparing them to the community as a whole, and recommending types of services that would fit these patterns</li><li>Youth risk assessment-identification of areas in our service area with children most at risk for not passing reading proficiency tests.</li></ol>
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<div>Thanks in advance!</div>
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<div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy" size="2" color="teal"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b><i>Carolyn</i></b></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Carolyn Rawles</span></font></div>
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