Library Value Calculator

July 2010

Libraries throughout the state of New Hampshire offer a variety of entertainment and educational materials to taxpayers at a very economical rate.

The average New Hampshire taxpayer contributes about $26 in taxes per year to fund public libraries and their services.1 But how much would they need to pay out-of-pocket if they purchased their books, movies and other library services in stores?

Use our calculator to find out!

Enter in the left hand column the number of times per month you and your family use each service.

The estimated retail value of each service will be calculated on the right.

The total monthly value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.

Tip: Tab between entries and do not use commas.

**Value of Library Services**
Services Used	LibraryServices	Value of Services
	Adult Books Borrowed	$
	Children and Young Adult Books Borrowed	$
	Paperback Books Borrowed	$
	Music CDs Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audiobooks Borrowed	$
	Museum Passes Borrowed (per person)	$
	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan Materials	$
	Hours of Meeting Room Use	$
	Adult Programs Attended (per person)	$
	Children's Programs Attended (per person)	$
	Hours of Computer Use (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Computer Classes Taken (i.e. Computer Comfort Class, Introduction to the Internet, etc.)	$
	Newspaper Articles Viewed Online	$
	EBSCO Database Searching (number of months used)	$
	Reference Questions Asked	$

		$

The Rye Public Library Use Calculator is based on the spreadsheet developed by the Massachusetts Library Association and adapted for web use by the New Hampshire State Library.

Know of other services that your library provides that we should add to the calculator? Email your ideas to me.

Find out how we calculated these figures.

Footnote #1: This figure comes from the 2006 New Hampshire Public Library Annual Report. As soon as the 2007 report is released, we will update this figure.