Measuring your library's value how to do a cost-benefit analysis for your public library /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Elliott, Donald S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10194635
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300 |a vii, 181 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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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