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WTPL Personal Savings Calculator

What is Your Library Worth to YOU?

Discover how much YOU would pay out-of-pocket for your library services!

Enter the number of times per month you or your family use each service in the left-hand column.
Estimated retail value of each service will be calculated on the right.
Total value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.
Tip: Enter numbers into the form only, and do not use commas.

Discover the Value of Library Services
Enter Your Use	Library Service	Value of Service
	Books Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audio Books Borrowed	$
	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan	$
	Meeting Room Use	$
	Adult Programs and Classes Attended	$
	Children's Programs Attended	$
	Hours of Computer Use (e.g., Internet, MS Word)	$
	Newspapers Viewed Online	$
	Use of Other Database Searches like PowerLibrary and other Databases	$
	Reference Questions Asked	$

TOTAL		$
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Whitehall Township Public Library thanks the Massachusetts Library Association and the Maine State Library for giving permission to adapt the calculator for our use.

The calculator worksheet has been adapted from the downloadable spreadsheet, originally provided by the Massachusetts Library Association and then adapted for the Web by Chelmsford Public Library. Maine State Library added extra accessibility coding and reformatting for ease of reading online. This spreadsheet requires either Microsoft Excel or the free Excel Viewer.