Mesa County Public Library | Return on Investment Calculator

Individual Return on Investment Calculator

Please enter the number of times you use the following library services each month

Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed per Month	$
	Magazines Borrowed per Month	$
	Videos Borrowed per Month	$
	Audio Books Borrowed per Month	$
	In-Library Magazine Use per Month	$
	Interlibrary Loans per Month	$
	Meeting Rooms Use (Hours per Month)	$
	Program/Class Attended per Month - Adult	$
	Program/Class Attended per Month - Child	$
	Computer Use (Hours per Month)	$
	Databases Used per Month (Number of Separate Databases)	$
	Reference Questions Asked per Month	$
Value you receive monthly from your library:		$
For every $1.00 in taxes you spend on your library, you receive $ of value in return*

Where did these numbers come from?
Typical taxpayer contributions are determined from the library's local income per capita. For libraries in Colorado, this can be found at http://www.lrs.org/pub_stats.php. We borrowed value of library service figures from Maine State Library's Library Use Value Calculator.

*Your personal return on investment is based on your responses and the typical annual tax contribution for Mesa County Public Library District. You see a returned value of $ for every one dollar invested. Visit http://www.lrs.org/pub_stats.php to find Local Income per Capita for Colorado's public libraries.