City Library Use Value Calculator

What is your library worth to you?

This handy calculator shows the value of your regular library use.

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

What is your City Library value?

We'd love to hear what value you arrived at and what it means to you. If you'd like to share, please let us know via the form below.

What's Your Usage Number?

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Where did these numbers come from?
 

We borrowed the 'value of library service' idea from Denver Public Library and Maine State Library's Library Use Value Calculator. For more information, see their explanation. We developed our own figures based on the New Zealand context. View more information on how these figures were calculated.
 

Other libraries: we built an open source easy to setup version of the library value use calculator here, use it yourself with acknowledgement as we did.

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