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The price estimates on this page are conservative. More than likely, purchasing most of the services described from a commercial establishment would cost more than the prices listed.
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808,969 books, audio cassettes, video cassettes, CDs and DVDs were borrowed. Estimated average cost per item = $10.00
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$8,089,690.00
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33,925 children attended library programs in 2004. If admission
equal to a child's movie ticket at Tinseltown had been charged
for these programs ($5.25), the cost to you would have been
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$178,106.00
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17,940 hours of free access to computers and the Internet. At
an internet café rate of $3.00/hour your cost would have totaled
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$53,820.00
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16,332 reference questions were answered for free. Figuring an average
of 15 minutes per question, multiplied by the average hourly rate paid
to a library staff member assigned to the reference desk, your
cost would have been
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$42,300.00
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GRAND TOTAL
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$8,363,916.00
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The value of services divided by cost of services yields ROI (Return on
Investment): $8,363,916 divided by $1,689,213 = 495%
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YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY - YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK!
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