Personal Savings Calculator

Provided by the Palm Beach County Library System and the State Library and Archives of Florida.

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.
Tip: Use the "Tab" key to move between entries. Enter numbers into the form only, and do not use commas.

Value of Library Services
Input Your Use	Library Service	Value of Service
	Books Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audio Books Borrowed	$
	Paperbacks Borrowed	$
	Magazine and Newspaper Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan Requests	$
	Meeting Room Use (per hour)	$
	Hands-on Computer Class Attended	$
	Adult Programs or Computer Lecture Classes Attended	$
	Children's Programs Attended	$
	Hours of Computer Use (e.g., Internet, MS Word)	$
	News Articles Viewed Online: NY Times, WSJ, PB Post	$
	Other Subscription Databases Searched Online	$
	Live Homework Help Online Service (per half-hour)	$
	Information, Computer or Research Assistance	$

		$

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 free Excel Viewer.

For more information

How these figures were calculated
How to customize and use on your local library Web site
Feel free to link to this calculator for patrons in your library's service area

Posted: 11/27/07

Personal Savings Calculator

Provided by the Palm Beach County Library System and the State Library and Archives of Florida.

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