Calculating Patron savings
Posted by Jennifer on 13 August, 2008 in Library News
Tired of hearing about BOGO’s offers from places like Barnes and Noble, Borders and Netflix subscriptions as low as $6.99 to “checkout” 2 movies a month when the library, a several hundred year old establishment and business has offered savings since it’s birth? I know I am but how do we get the word out to patrons how much libraries can help them save money?
Well there is one solution Florida has done that Kara McClurken, a SOLINET instructor, just came across. The Florida State Library and Archives has adapted a wonderful tool (originally created by some folks in the Northeast) that allows a patron to calculate the monetary benefits of the library to them. Individuals can plug in the number of books borrowed, reference questions asked, hours of use of public computers, etc. to determine how much money the library is saving them. What a great tool to show our patrons how the library serves them!!!
So please check out this cool website tool!
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