Calculator Adult Books BorrowedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of adult books borrowed$Based on national averagesYoung Adult Books BorrowedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of young adult books borrowed$Based on national averagesChildren's Books BorrowedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of children's books borrowed$Based on national averagesAudiobooks Borrowed (e.g. Books-on-Tape, Audiobook CDs)Cost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of audiobooks borrowed$Based on national averageseBooks/Audiobooks DownloadedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, Information technology (IT), professional development, technical services Total cost of eBooks/Audiobooks Downloaded$Based on national averagesMovies BorrowedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of movies borrowed$Based on national averagesCDs BorrowedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of CDs borrowed$Based on national averagesMusic Tracks DownloadedCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, collection development and management, information technology (IT), professional development, technical services Total cost of Music tracks Downloaded$Based on national averagesNewspapers ReadCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of newspapers read$Based on national averagesMagazines ReadCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, collection development and management, professional development, technical services Total cost of magazines read$Based on national averagesDatabase Searches (e.g. EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.)Cost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, collection development and management, information technology (IT), professional development, technical services Total cost of database searches$Based on national averagesNumber of WiFi Hotspots Borrowed (per day)Cost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, information technology (IT), professional developmentTotal cost of WiFi hotspots borrowed (per day)$Based on national averagesComputer Use (per hour)Cost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, information technology (IT), professional developmentTotal cost of computers use (per hour)$Based on national averagesPages printedCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, information technology (IT), professional developmentTotal cost of pages printed$Based on national averagesOnsite WiFi Use (per hour)Cost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, information technology (IT), professional developmentTotal cost of Onsite WiFi Use (per hour)$Based on national averagesMuseum Passes BorrowedCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, outreach and community engagement, professional developmentTotal cost of museum passes borrowed$Based on national averagesNumber of Interlibrary Loan TransactionsCost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, interlibrary loan, professional developmentTotal cost of interlibrary loan transactions$Based on national averagesReference AssistanceCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, professional development, referenceTotal cost of reference assistance$Based on national averagesAdult Programs AttendedCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, outreach and community engagement, professional development, programming, teaching and instructionTotal cost of adult programs attended$Based on national averagesChildren's Programs AttendedCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, outreach and community engagement, professional development, programming, teaching and instructionTotal cost of children's programs attended$Based on national averagesMeeting Room Use (per hour)Cost of materials$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, information technology (IT), outreach and community engagement, professional developmentTotal cost of meeting room use (per hour)$Based on national averagesCurbside Service TransactionsCost of material$Cost of labor involved$Cost of labor includes administration and management, circulation, outreach and community engagement, professional developmentTotal cost of Curbside Service Transactions$Based on national averages Your library visit was worth$Based on national averagesHow surprised were you to learn about 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