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

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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 wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Elliott, Donald S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : American Library Association, 2007.
Temas:
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.
Bibliothèques publiques > États-Unis > Coût-efficacité > Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques > Coût-efficacité > Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques > États-Unis > Évaluation > Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques publiques > Évaluation > Guides, manuels, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Administration & Management.
Public libraries > Cost effectiveness.
Public libraries > Evaluation.
United States.
Handbooks and manuals.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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