ROI | Community
Importance | Additional
Resources | Other State Initiatives
The resources below have been assembled for the Karla Harry Commission on Libraries in Rhode
Island, a special legislative commission appointed to study the strengths and
weaknesses of library services in the state of Rhode Island.
Return on Investment from Libraries (ROI)
- Return
on Investment Study. State Library & Archives of Florida,
September 2004.
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/bld/roi/publications.cfm
- The Economic Impact
of Public Libraries on South Carolina, a study
prepared by The School of Library and Information Science, University
of South Carolina, January 2005.
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/SCEIS/home.htm
- The
Economic Value of Vermont’s Public Libraries.
State
of Vermont, Department of Libraries, 2006.
http://www.libraries.vermont.gov/www5/libraries/misc/plvalue.pdf
- Economic
Benefit Study. Southwestern Ohio’s
Return from Investment in Public Libraries Nearly 4 to 1 (released
November 29, 2006).
http://www.9libraries.info
- Economic
Value and Today’s Public Library (pdf
of Powerpoint presentation November 1, 2004). John
E. Arnold.
http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/trustees/economic_value_20041101.pdf
- Placing
a Value on Public Library Services. St. Louis Public Library,
1999.
http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/restoc.htm
- Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh Unveils Results of Economic Impact Study (summary).
April 2006
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/economicimpact/pressrelease.html
Full
report: http://www.clpgh.org/about/economicimpact/
- The Seattle
Public Library Central Library:Economic Benefits Assessment.
Berk and Associates, 2005.
http://www.berkandassociates.com/spl.html
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Library Importance to the Community
- The
State of America's Libraries: 2006 was another full year for
America’s librarians and libraries. This report presents highlights
of the activities of a profession that has time and again shown itself
to have its communities’ interests at heart — and
the courage to act on its convictions. (American Library Association,
April 2007)
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/march2007/stateoflibraries.htm
- Long Overdue:
A Fresh Look at Public and Leadership Attitudes about Libraries in
the 21st Century. Prepared by Public Agenda with support from Americans
for Libraries Council and the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, 2006. (includes one
page summaries of: 5 Things Civic Leaders Should Know About Libraries;
Libraries & Business; Libraries & Technology; Libraries & Teens)
http://www.lff.org/long_overdue061306.html
- Public
Libraries and the Internet (from the 2006 Public Libraries and
the Internet Study funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
and the American Library Association). John Carlo Bertot, Ph. D.,
Charles R. McClure, Ph. D., Paul T. Jaeger, Ph.D. and J. D.
http://www.ii.fsu.edu/plinternet_reports.cfm
- Households'
Use of Public and Other Types of Libraries: 2002. National
Center for Education Statistics, 2007. (most recent compilation from
NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007327
- Making
Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic
Development . Commissioned by the Urban Libraries
Council and funded by the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, 2007.
http://www.urbanlibraries.org/files/making_cities_stronger.pdf
- School Library Impact Studies.
Library Research Service.
http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp
- Critical
Connectors. Ellen Perlman, Governing Magazine, December
2006:57 (During emergencies, citizens and even some disaster workers
depend on libraries for Internet connections to the world.)
http://www.governing.com/articles/12talk.htm
- Pew
Internet Online Health Search 2006
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/190/report_display.asp
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Additional Resources
Other State Initiatives
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