Revised annually by the Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries, this report identifies goals and assigns priorities for the implementation of library services. It emphasizes the services of public libraries and services to the disadvantaged but also encompasses the needs of academic, school, institutional, and special libraries in order to form a…

In 1995, a questionnaire was sent to Tennessee public and academic libraries with book collections of more than 5,000 volumes. The response rate was 48% and the sample included 44 public, 23 four-year academic and 7 community college libraries. Forty-three (56%) of these libraries collect local government publications. While, the earliest…