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

Elliott, Donald S. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 083890923X
  • ISBN: 9780838909232
  • Physical Description: 181 pages ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association, 2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction to cost-benefit analysis for public libraries -- Cost-benefit analysis fundamentals -- 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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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.
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