Library Use Value Calculator

What is your CMRLS Library worth to you?

CMRLS Libraries, which serve approximately 200,000 citizens in Rankin, Scott, Simpson,

and Smith counties, circulated 836,448 items to the 750,109 citizens that visited CMRLS

Libraries during the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Many of these citizens attended one or more

of the 3,073 programs, asked one of the 137,388 reference questions, volunteered one or

more of the 5,574 hours, or used the public access computers for 172,000 hours of Internet use

at one of the 20 CMRLS Libraries during the same year.

Your Library is invaluable to your community!

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.
Tip: Tab between entries.

Input Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audio Books Borrowed	$
	Music CD's Borrowed	$
	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan	$
	Meeting Room Use per Hour	$
	Use of Reference Books (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.)	$
	Adult Programs and Classes Attended	$
	Children's Programs Attended	$
	Hours of Computer Use (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Newspaper Use in Library	$
	Use of Database Searching (MAGNOLIA, Ancestry, HeritageQuest, Online Reference Books, Online Book Clubs)	$
	Reference Questions Asked	$

		$
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.