Library Value from Public Funding Referendums

As part of the Libraries in Community Systems study of library service value, this project examines data from US public library local funding referendums. It will go through four major phases: replicate the 2020 publication "Factors of Success for Libraries on the Ballot: 2014 - 2018" (McNutt, Yang, Chrastka, 2021: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/factors_of_success_report); extend replication to vote years 2010 - 2022 with additional community environment variables; analyze single referendums with precinct level data for probability (log-odds) consistency and attempt to derive willingness-to-pay; if willingness to pay can be derived from single referendums, those results are shared.