Hardcover book: $24.99DVD: $19.99
Wii video game: $49.99
1-hour Internet access: $12.00
Getting everything free at your library: PRICELESS.
The Massachusetts Library Association (with a little help from the Maine State Library) has developed the Library Value Calculator to answer that inevitable question: just how much value does the public library provide? Whether you check out items, use computers, ask reference questions, or send your student for homework help, there is a monetary value to it. And that number doesn't even begin to cover the priceless value of literacy and early childhood education provided in a free public forum!
I saved over $3000 this past year by using the public library. Have you ever wondered how much money you could save? Most importantly, how much money can your students save by becoming lifelong library users? Check it out!
