Library Value Calculator

As of 2019, the City of South Portland was paying approximately $28 per citizen, annually, for library services. You can use the form below to approximate whether your use of the library has paid for itself.

Value of Library Services

# of Items Checked Out	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed (Adult Collection)	$
	Books Borrowed (Young Adult Collection)	$
	Books Borrowed (Children’s Collection)	$
	Audiobooks Borrowed	$
	Interlibrary Loan Requests	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Video Items Borrowed (DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.)	$
	Music CDs Borrowed	$
	Park / Attraction / Museum Passes Borrowed	$
	Newspaper Use in Library	$
	Meeting Room Use per Hour	$
	Adult Programs Attended	$
	Children’s Programs Attended	$
	Computer Use per hour (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Reference Questions Asked	$
		$

The calculator worksheet has been adapted from original downloadable spreadsheet 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.