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Shared Print Cost/Value Calculator #2

– Shared Print Services –

This calculator attempts to capture the estimated costs of providing a wide variety of shared print services according to current best practices

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click for info about how the figures were calculated. Staff hourly wage was based on current Occupational Outlook Handbook estimate of $30/hour		 Value of
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Your Estimated Shared Print Collection Size

Some rates used to make estimates in this area will increase by the size of the collection.
Marking 583 fields in Bib Data (no. of staff hours)

Best practices recommend exposing commitment to retain in the bib data of each title
Governance and member relations labor (no. of staff hours)

Communication, managing elections, onboarding, etc.
Gap filling and/or other management of commitments (no. of staff hours)

Program-provided data about gaps in serials collections, titles for which need for commitments has been met, etc.
Ongoing collection analysis – staff time (no. of staff hours)

a separate cost from a one-time initial collection analysis, including the identification of unique or scarcely-held materials as they are acquired.
Ongoing collection analysis – software licensing

a separate cost from a one-time initial collection analysis, including the identification of unique or scarcely-held materials as they are acquired.
(i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)

function doCalculator(){ var booksValue = document.calculator.books.value * 30.00; document.getElementById(“booksResult”).value = booksValue.toFixed(2); var yaValue = document.calculator.ya.value * 30.00; document.getElementById(“yaResult”).value = yaValue.toFixed(2); var childValue = document.calculator.child.value * 30.00; document.getElementById(“childResult”).value = childValue.toFixed(2); var audiobooksValue = document.calculator.audiobooks.value * 30.00; document.getElementById(“audiobooksResult”).value = audiobooksValue.toFixed(2); var illValue = document.calculator.ill.value * 30.00; document.getElementById(“illResult”).value = illValue.toFixed(2); var totalValue = (document.calculator.booksResult.value*1)+(document.calculator.yaResult.value*1)+(document.calculator.childResult.value*1)+(document.calculator.audiobooksResult.value*1)+(document.calculator.illResult.value*1); document.getElementById(“totalResult”).value = totalValue.toFixed(2); } </script

The calculator worksheet has been adapted from original downloadable spreadsheet 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.

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