This report provides Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) leaders and the
academic community with a clear view of the current state of the literature on value of …

The major impediment to performing a benefit–cost analysis in many fields of applied
economics, such as those dealing with culture, environment, health, and transportation, is …

Discusses public libraries' role and value in the age of digital technologies. Reassessments
of their role due to technological development and widespread public use of the Internet are …

Libraries are one of the most representative institutions of cultural heritage in that they are
charged with safeguarding information, fostering knowledge and activating memory. Over …

This dissertation explores how perceived challenges and changing conditions for public
libraries are translated and enacted in a local library setting. In 2008, Malmoe City Library, a …

Constraints on public budgets oblige libraries to document their value. This paper presents a
contingent valuation study eliciting how a random sample of Norwegian citizens values …

This paper summarises the findings of a report commissioned by the Chartered Institute of
Library and Information Professionals'(CILIP) Library and Information Research Group …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to compare the perceived benefits of public libraries
between five culturally different countries: Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, South Korea …

This paper reports on a study that investigated the relationship between social capital and
public library use in small towns in Ontario, Canada. Comparisons were also made with the …

Pressure on public budgets makes it important to quantify the value of public libraries to
citizens and society. Public library services cause both direct and indirect benefits …