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.

作为社区系统图书馆服务价值研究的组成部分，本项目旨在分析美国公共图书馆地方资金公投数据。该项目将经历四个主要阶段：复制2020年出版物《选票上图书馆成功因素：2014-2018》（McNutt, Yang, Chrastka, 2021：https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/factors_of_success_report）；将复制扩展至2010-2022年的投票年份，并增加社区环境变量；利用选举区层面的数据对单一公投进行概率（对数优势）一致性分析，并尝试推导出支付意愿；若能够从单一公投中推导出支付意愿，则将这些结果进行共享。