Calculate The Value Of Your Library Use

What is your library worth to you?

How much would you pay out-of-pocket for your library services?

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 will be calculated on the right.
Total value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.

Input Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books borrowed @ $15 each	$
	Magazines borrowed @ $2 each	$
	Movies borrowed @ $4 each	$
	Audio books borrowed @ $10 each	$
	Music (CDs) borrowed @ $10 each	$
	Magazine use in library @ $2 each	$
	Interlibrary loans (ILL) @ $25 each	$
	Meeting room use @ $50 per hour	$
	Classes/training sessions @ $10 each	$
	Adult programs attended @ $10 each	$
	Children's programs attended @ $6 each	$
	Public computer use @ $12 per hour	$
	Reference questions asked @ $7 each	$

		$

The library use calculator has been adapted from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet originally provided by the Massachusetts Library Association. The spreadsheet was adapted for the web by Chelmsford Public Library.