One of the presentations shared during the 2010 ALA Annual meeting. The program hosted by LLAMA - MAES was called " Myth Busting: Using Data to Challenge Assumptions". Speaker: Mary Wilkins Jordan, Simmons College, Assistant Professor Presentation: Researching Communities to Prepare for the Future, Illinois State Library LSTA Grant Report, Lewis and Clark Library System Program abstract: What services are actually valued by your users? Which online resources are good investments? Is texting the best way to reach your young adults? Libraries often hold false assumptions or beliefs which have not been challenged with actual data. Find out how different libraries have used data to challenge their assumptions and long-held beliefs.

1. Researching Communities to Prepare for the Future Illinois State Library LSTA Grant Report Lewis and Clark Library System Mary Wilkins Jordan Assistant Professor, Simmons College [email_address]

9. Researching Communities to Prepare for the Future Illinois State Library LSTA Grant Report Lewis and Clark Library System Mary Wilkins Jordan Assistant Professor, Simmons College [email_address]