Measuring your library's value [electronic resource] : how to do a cost-benefit analysis for your public library / Donald S. Elliott ... [et al.].
Publication details: Chicago : American Library Association, 2007.Description: vii, 181 p. : illISBN:- 083890923X (alk. paper)
- 9780838909232 (alk. paper)
- 025.1 22
- Z731 .M367 2007eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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