Library Value Calculator

Washington Township Public Library | 37 E. Springtown Rd. | Long Valley, NJ | 908-876-3596

What is Washington Township Public Library saving you?
How much would you pay out-of-pocket for the library services you use?

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 (if purchased) will be calculated on the right.
Total value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.
Tip: Tab between entries and do not use commas.
Disclaimer: The values for the items in the calculator were derived from the Maine State Library calculator and adapted for New Jersey by Mount Laurel Public Library.

Input Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed	$
	Children's Books Borrowed	$
	Paperbacks	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Newspapers Browsed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audio Books Borrowed	$

	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan	$
	Meeting Room Use per Hour	$
	Adult Programs and Classes Attended	$
	Children's Programs Attended	$

	Hours of Computer Use (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Online Newspaper Article	$
	Use of Online Database Searching	$
	Information Research Requests Answered	$

		$

Acknowledgements:

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. This spreadsheet requires either Microsoft Excel or the Excel Viewer. Maine State Library added extra accessibility coding and reformatting for ease of reading online. Mount Laurel Public Library adjusted the categories and prices to better reflect the items and costs in New Jersey.

The Library provides wireless Internet that can be used by anyone with a wireless-enabled laptop. You do not have to be a patron. You should know how to connect your own laptop to a wireless network. There may not be anyone at the Library who can provide technical assistance. Your laptop may display a number of Library wireless networks; you can connect to a network if it has an “unlocked” symbol (an open lock) next to it. You don’t have to enter a password to connect to a network, and this means that the network is not secure. This is not a problem unless you need to transfer confidential information, such as passwords or credit card information, in which case you may want to wait until you have access to a secured network.

Washington Township Public Library is a member of the Morris Automated Information Network (M.A.I.N.),
which provides online information and access to the collections of all 37 member libraries.

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