Re: GEN:Book replacement cost

[April Johns <aljohns@HOME.COM>]

Phyllis and others,

Am at home and can't quite remember, but believe the Sept issue of
School Library Journal does a yearly spread on library costs (salaries,
budgets, costs of books, etc.)  Check there.

Also, I hope you are looking at current replacement costs, rather than
what you actually paid for the books 20+ years ago!  Consider (if
allowed) adding the cost of processing the books -- the physical stuff
(spine label, jacket cover, pocket, etc.), the electronic stuff (cost of
disk and/or man-hours to input), and the human stuff (time spent
unpacking, checking invoice, customizing MARC records, preparing the
books [physical stuff], and shelving).

Ask anyone who's been through a flood or opened a new library -- there's
a lot more than just buying new books.

Good luck,

April Johns, LMS
Larkin High School
Elgin, IL
aljohns@home.com

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