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

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : American Library Association, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.1
• Soggetto topico: Public libraries - United States - Cost effectiveness; Public libraries - Cost effectiveness; Public libraries - United States - Evaluation; Public libraries - Evaluation
• Altri autori: ElliottDonald S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Designed to serve large to medium sized public libraries, this book gives librarians the tools to conduct a defensible and credible cost-benefit analysis (CBA). This hands-on reference covers the economic basics with librarian-friendly terms and examples, preparing library leaders to collaborate with economist-consultants.
• Titolo autorizzato: Measuring your library's value
• ISBN: 0-8389-9826-7; 0-8389-9346-X; 0-8389-9915-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780603503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II