Return on Investment (ROI) Materials
The Results
- PA's 630 library outlets, serving 12 million Pennsylvanians, provide a return on investment of $5.50 in benefits for every $1 of tax support
- If we didn't have public libraries, the economic loss would amount to $1.34 billion annually
- Of 9.1 million adults in PA, 51.6 percent visited a public library in person during a year's time, 13.2 percent connected with one online
- In all, public libraries in PA reported 40.8 million in-person visits in the year preceding the study
Local Library Action Kit Materials
Commonwealth Libraries ROI website