The Returns to Public Library Investment.¶
Gilpin, G., Karger, E., & Nencka, P. (2021). The Returns to Public Library Investment.
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Primes¶
- Latent Service Bundle
- Civic services: a municipal library delivers reading material, internet access, professional reference, day-shelter, child supervision, civic-event venue, and social-isolation buffering, while budget cuts evaluated on circulation-per-dollar miss most of the bundle.
This sourceQuantifies multi-category returns to public-library investment (children's program attendance, checkouts, visits, test scores, housing prices), evidencing benefits well beyond circulation that simple per-dollar metrics miss.
- Civic services: a municipal library delivers reading material, internet access, professional reference, day-shelter, child supervision, civic-event venue, and social-isolation buffering, while budget cuts evaluated on circulation-per-dollar miss most of the bundle.
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