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Library Use Value Calculator

What is your library worth to you?

How much would you pay out-of-pocket for your library services?

	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.

Value of Library Services
Input Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audio Books Borrowed	$
	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan	$
	Children's Programs Attended	$
	Hours of Computer Use (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Use of Database Searching like OCLC First Search Databases	$
	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. (This downloadable spreadsheet requires either Microsoft Excel or the Excel Viewer.) Then the Maine State Library added extra accessibility coding and reformatting for ease of reading online. The calculator on this page relies on a javascript.

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