Public libraries´ services and their economic evaluation

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Public libraries´ services and their economic evaluation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The goal of public library is to meet the cultural, educational, and social demands and requests of local society by providing information services to their residents. Economic valuation of public libraries is being carried out more frequently in recent times. Since the mid-nineties researchers attempted to quantify the value of library services and asked users of these services for their opinions regarding the performance of public libraries. The economic value of public libraries for local residents in Czech Republic was measured in this paper. Data for the analysis were collected from 37 public libraries in the Czech Republic. The public libraries’ benefit/cost ratio was calculated and it is 5,86 – 6,17 %. That means, for every $1.00 spent on analyzing Czech public libraries, provides on average $6.00 benefit value to taxpayers. The resulting value ($6.00) is quite comparable to results from similar studies conducted in other developed countries. It was also found that the library size does not affect the final value of the public libraries services, thus the efficiency of spent public funds is comparable in both large and small libraries.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Public libraries´ services and their economic evaluation

Popis výsledku anglicky

The goal of public library is to meet the cultural, educational, and social demands and requests of local society by providing information services to their residents. Economic valuation of public libraries is being carried out more frequently in recent times. Since the mid-nineties researchers attempted to quantify the value of library services and asked users of these services for their opinions regarding the performance of public libraries. The economic value of public libraries for local residents in Czech Republic was measured in this paper. Data for the analysis were collected from 37 public libraries in the Czech Republic. The public libraries’ benefit/cost ratio was calculated and it is 5,86 – 6,17 %. That means, for every $1.00 spent on analyzing Czech public libraries, provides on average $6.00 benefit value to taxpayers. The resulting value ($6.00) is quite comparable to results from similar studies conducted in other developed countries. It was also found that the library size does not affect the final value of the public libraries services, thus the efficiency of spent public funds is comparable in both large and small libraries.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50602 - Public administration

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice - Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISSN

1211-555X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

41

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

90-101

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85038387755