Goal: Demonstrate the cost of public library books vs. school library books.
Goal: To assist librarians in purchasing decisions.
Objective: To assist librarians with a dedicated budget to help make informed decisions on the purchase of library books 50 percent of the time.
Data
Visualization
Average Cost of Library Books
The above
graph depicts the average cost of books purchased for a public library during a
three year period from 2012 to 2014. As
you can tell by looking at the graph, during the three year period books
purchased for a public library have pretty much stayed the same. An example, 2012 Children’s Hardcover Titles
(all titles) cost an average of $17.82, in 2013 the average cost was $17.77 and
then in 2014 the average cost went up to $17.99. Averages are calculated by total number of
all book sales divided by the number of books sold.
The above
graph depicts the average cost of books purchased for a school library during a
three year period from 2012 to 2014. By
looking at the graph you can see that the cost of Adult Trade books, both
fiction and non-fiction, jumped up significantly in 2014. The cost of the remainder of the books stayed
relatively the same. Averages are
calculated by total number of all book sales divided by the number of books
sold.
This graph
depicts an overlay of the average book cost for a public library vs. a school
library. As you can see the cost of most
books runs the same for a public library as a school library with the exception
of adult trade books. Adult trade books
is significantly higher in price for a school library. All data was pulled from the School Library
Journal archives, produced in partnership with Baker and Taylor
publishers. Averages are calculated by
total number of all book sales divided by the number of books sold.
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