Library Calculator

Library Calculator

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What is Your Library Worth to You?

Calculate the Value of YOUR Library Use

	Enter in the left hand column the number of times per month you or your family use each service.
	Estimated retail value of each service will be calculated on the right.
	Total value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.
	Tip: Tab between entries and do not use commas.


Input Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audio Books Borrowed	$
	Museum Passes Borrowed	$
	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan	$
	Meeting Room Use per Hour	$
	Auditorium Use per Hour	$
	Adult Programs and Classes Attended	$
	Children's Programs Attended	$
	Hours of Computer Use (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Massachusetts Newspapers Viewed Online	$
	Use of Other Database Searching	$
	Reference Questions Asked	$

		$

The calculator worksheet has been adapted from the downloadable spreadsheet, originally provided by the Massachusetts Library Association and then adapted for the web by Chelmsford Public Library.

Last modified 08/31/2007