TY - BOOK AU - Elliott,Donald S. TI - Measuring your library's value: how to do a cost-benefit analysis for your public library SN - 083890923X (alk. paper) AV - Z731 .M367 2007 U1 - 025.1 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - Public libraries KW - United States KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Evaluation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to cost-benefit analysis for public libraries -- Fundamentals of cost-benefit analysis -- Important considerations before commissioning a CBA study -- Preparing to measure benefits -- Measuring library benefits : identifying and sampling library users -- Measuring library benefits : preparing the survey instruments -- Measuring library costs -- Measuring return to taxpayer and donor investment in your library -- Wrapping up your study : communicating your CBA findings -- Conclusions : evaluating what your CBA study accomplished UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006019911.html ER -