Measuring Your Library's Value

Name: Measuring Your Library's Value
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ISBN: 9780838909232

ISBN-10: 083890923X

ISBN-13: 9780838909232

Edition: 2007

Authors: American Library American Library Association

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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: American Library Association
Publication date: 1/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 181
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Introduction to cost-benefit analysis for public libraries



Fundamentals of cost-benefit analysis



Important considerations before commissioning a CBA study



Preparing to measure benefits



Measuring library benefits : identifying and sampling library users



Measuring library benefits : preparing the survey instruments



Measuring library costs



Measuring return to taxpayer and donor investment in the library



Wrapping up your study : communicating your CBA findings



Conclusions : evaluating what your CBA study accomplished



Measuring consumer surplus by contingent purchases of substitutes : a technical appendix for economists



Sampling cardholders



Survey instruments



Calculating and reporting survey response rates



Technical insights for project consultants