TY - BOOK AU - Elliott,Donald S. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Measuring your library's value: how to do a cost-benefit analysis for your public library AV - Z731 .M367 2007eb U1 - 025.1 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - Public libraries KW - United States KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Evaluation KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10194635 ER -