by Beth Staats
Quick Summary
You may have already seen or heard of it but this super slick tool is new to me. The Library Value Calculator, created by the Massachusetts Library Association, l
You may have already seen or heard of it but this super slick tool is new to me. The Library Value Calculator, created by the Massachusetts Library Association, lets you see how much you or your patrons have saved on library materials and services. For example, if a patron has borrowed 6 audiobooks, placed 2 interlibrary loan requests, downloaded 3 ebooks, and attended 5 children's programs, the monetary value of that use is $189.70. The cost figures for library services were derived by the Massachusetts Library Association based on the average cost from companies like Amazon.com, Audible, Netflix, iTunes, etc.
