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Library Use Value Calculator

What is Mount Laurel Library saving you?
How much would you pay out-of-pocket for the library services you use?

  • Enter in the left hand column the number of times per month you or your family use each service.
  • Estimated retail value of each service (if purchased) will be calculated on the right.
  • Total value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.
  • Tip: Tab between entries and do not use commas.

 

Input Your
Use

Library Services

Value of
Services

Books Borrowed

$

Children's Books Borrowed

$

Paperbacks

$

Magazines Borrowed

$

Newspapers Browsed

$

Movies Borrowed

$

Audio Books Borrowed

$

Magazine Use in Library

$

Interlibrary Loan

$

Meeting Room Use per Hour

$

Adult Programs and Classes Attended

$

Children's Programs Attended

$

Hours of Computer Use
  (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)

$

Online Newspaper Article

$

Use of Online Database Searching

$

Information Research Requests Answered

$

$





Acknowledgements:

The calculator worksheet has been adapted from the downloadable spreadsheet, originally provided by the Massachusetts Library Association and then adapted for the web by Chelmsford Public Library.  Maine State Library added extra accessibility coding and reformatting for ease of reading online. This spreadsheet requires either Microsoft Excel or the Excel Viewer.

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Comments

We'd love to hear what value you arrived at!   Send a note to the Info Desk at refdesk@mtlaurel.lib.nj.us

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