EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) Impact Manager Ugne Lipeikaite explains why community needs assessment is the key to developing successful programmes, and offers tips for implementing the two main components of community needs assessment - 

• Building a community profile, and 
• Identifying community needs.

The video includes an example of community needs assessment conducted for an EIFL-PLIP project in Uganda. 

‘EIFL-PLIP’s Small Bites: ‘Community Needs Assessment (6 minutes) is one of a series of short videos for public librarians and public library trainers produced by EIFL-PLIP. 

More EIFL-PLIP Small Bites on library performance and outcomes evaluation -

• ‘Outcomes of library programmes and services’ (6 min 45 sec)​
• 'Telling an evidence-based story about your library service' (6 min 50 sec)

Visit our YouTube channel, where you will find more EIFL-PLIP Small Bites videos, on the topics, Library project development and Organizing library training programmes.

Enjoy the ‘Small Bites’. Let us know if you found the format and content useful, or have any other feedback – plip@eifl.net