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Title:

Measuring your library's value : how to do a cost-benefit analysis for your public library / Donald S. Elliott ... [et al.].

Publisher:

American Library Association,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

vii, 181 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Public libraries--United States--Cost effectiveness--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Public libraries--Cost effectiveness--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Public libraries--United States--Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Public libraries--Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques--États-Unis--Coût-efficacité--Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques--Coût-efficacité--Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques--États-Unis--Évaluation--Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques--Évaluation--Guides, manuels, etc.

Other Authors:

Elliott, Donald S.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 your library -- Wrapping up your study : communicating your CBA findings -- Conclusions : evaluating what your CBA study accomplished.

ISBN:

9780838909232 (alk. paper)
083890923X (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006019911

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)