A methodology guide is presented for data collection and reporting for the West Virginia Facilities Inventory, which is the preliminary phase of the Higher Education Comprehensive Planning Project. The methodology described represents a convenient outline of techniques designed to accomplish--(1) a quantity and quality inventory of physical facilities in West Virginia colleges and universities, (2) a uniform evaluation of present conditions of space utilization, and (3) projections of enrollment and utilization conditions, with resulting building needs, to 1977. The data handling and analyses are planned for computer application. Included in the appendices are the classification and definition manual, data collection forms for the facility inventory, sample floor plans, space factor models, sample computer listings, and change report forms. (FS)