print email comment close Taxpayer Return-on-Investment (ROI) in Pennsylvania Public Libraries URL: http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/lib/libraries/PAROIreportFINAL7.pdf Description: This 2006 report studied the economic benefit to taxpayers of Pennsylvania public libraries, looking at factors such as recreation and entertainment services, personal and family information needs, education, and job-related services. The report concludes that the "Pennsylvania taxpayer return on investment (ROI) in public library is 5.5 to 1." Includes survey data. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, prepared for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Libraries. Publisher: University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science Extra Keywords cost-benefit LII Database Information: Record 24326 created by Jennifer English on 08/20/2007 Last modification on 08/22/2007 Published: 08/22/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24326