I think I might have blogged about these studies previously but I wanted to get them both into a posting for my memory usage. I’m old and I forget stuff ;-). It’s always get to get some non-North American perspectives too.
Enriching communities: The value of public libraries in New South Wales (2008)
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/publications/docs/enriching_communities.pdf
This research uses a methodology for calculating BOTH the economic activity and the economic benefit a library generates for its community.
Dollars, sense and public libraries: The landmark study of the socio-economic
value of Victorian public libraries (2011)
This report used economic modelling to demonstrate the economic benefits of public libraries in Victoria (Australia)
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/public-libraries
The growing corpus of library value studies is wonderful. Now let’s mine the soundbites and stories to with them.
Stephen
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