Return on Investment

The Valuation of Public Libraries

1. Public Library Benefits Valuation Study. St. Louis Public Library, April 2001.
   http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/using/ciba.htm
2. Library's Contribution to Your Community. Illinois Regional Library Systems, 2002/3. http://www.lcls.org/getcontent.asp?Folder=lctyc&File=main.shtml&Type=HTML
3. Libraries: How they stack up: An OCLC Report. OCLC, 2003.
   http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf
4. Taxpayer Return on Investment in Florida Public Libraries: Summary Report. September 2004. http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/bld/roi/pdfs/ROISummaryReport.pdf
5. New York Libraries: How They Stack Up! New York’s Libraries are good for the economy. Revised December 2006. http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/stackup.htm
   Printable brochure: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/stackup.pdf.
6. The Economic Impact of Public Libraries on South Carolina. January 2005.
   http://www.libsci.sc.edu/SCEIS/final%20report%2026%20january.pdf
7. Value of Public Library Service. Massachusetts Library Association, October 2003. http://www.masslib.org/LibraryValue.html
   Estimated retail value and Values explained: http://www.masslib.org/value/info.html
   
   The following have adapted the Massachusetts model to their situation:
8. Maine State Library’s Library Use Value Calculator. http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm
9. Vermont Library Association’s Library Use Value Calculator - What is your library worth to you? http://www.vermontlibraries.org/value.html
10. Bowling Green (Kentucky) Public Library’s Library Use Value Calculator - What is your library worth to you? http://www.bgpl.org/LibValCalc.htm
11. Value for Money: Southwestern Ohio’s Return from Investment in Public Libraries. November 2006.
    Report Summary: http://9libraries.info/ Full Report: http://9libraries.info/docs/EconomicBenefitsStudy.pdf
12. Worth Their Weight - An Assessment of the Evolving Field of Library Valuation. Americans for Libraries Council, May 2007.
    http://www.actforlibraries.org/alcreports.php
    This report summarizes all the various valuation projects from around the country.
13. Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development. Urban Libraries Council, January 2007.
    http://www.urbanlibraries.org/files/making_cities_stronger.pdf
14. The Role of Public Libraries in Local Economic Development Prepared for The Kansas State Library. http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/resrep/pdf/m260.pdf
15. The Americans for Libraries Council has released a report http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=r250991&si=u98431907&pc=m2061&ei=k125218