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Author Elliott, Donald S

Title Measuring Your Library's Value : How to Do a Cost-Benefit Analysis for Your Public Library
Published Chicago : ALA Editions, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis for Public Libraries; Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Cost-Benefi t Analysis; Chapter 3: Important Considerations before Commissioning a CBA Study; Chapter 4: Preparing to Measure Benefi ts; Chapter 5: Measuring Library Benefits: Identifying and Sampling Library Users; Chapter 6: Measuring Library Benefits: Preparing the Survey Instruments; Chapter 7: Measuring Library Costs; Chapter 8: Measuring Return to Taxpayer and Donor Investment in the Library; Chapter 9: Wrapping Up Your Study: Communicating Your CBA Findings
Summary Designed to serve large to medium sized public libraries, this book gives librarians the tools to conduct a defensible and credible cost-benefit analysis (CBA). This hands-on reference covers the economic basics with librarian-friendly terms and examples, preparing library leaders to collaborate with economist-consultants
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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
Public libraries -- Cost effectiveness
Public libraries -- Evaluation
United States
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author Holt, Glen E
Hayden, Sterling W
Holt, Leslie Edmonds
ISBN 9780838998267
0838998267