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Library Materials and Equipment
The following table provides unit costs for library materials. Based on the information
provided by the IRC Library System, the weighted average price of library materials is
$44.14.
Table VI-11
Library Material Unit Costs (1)
Description # of Items Unit Cost Total Cost
Weighted
Average Cost
Books:
Gifford Youth Activities Center Library 972 $25 $24,300
Law Library 15,600 $80 $1,248,000
Main & North
Reference, Genealogy, Non Fiction Books 138,010 $80 $11,040,800
Adult Fiction Books 85,929 $25 $2,148,225
Juvenile/YA Reference Books 1,126 $80 $90,080
Juvenile/YA Non Fiction Books 54,577 $25 $1,364,425
Juvenile/YA Fiction 38,836 $20 $776,720
Paperbacks 15,431 $9 $138,879
Books On Tape/CD 12,152 $75 $911,400
Electronic Books 28,812 $0 $0
Books -- Total 391,445 $17,742,829 $45.33
Online Resource Subscriptions: 68 $4,094 $278,392 $4,094
Other Library Items:
Music CDs 7,622 $15 $114,330
DVDs 2,557 $20 $51,140
Videos 19,308 $15 $289,620
Print Subscriptions 1,775 $39 $69,225
Other Print Materials 19,661 $50 $983,050
Other Library Items -- Total 50,923 $1,507,365 $29.60
All Library Materials -- Total 442,436 $19,528,586
(1) Source: General Services Department, Division of Library Services, IRC
$44.14
The following table provides the unit costs for library equipment. Of these, the unit cost
for computers is $900, while the weighted average unit cost for other equipment is
$3,118.
Table VI-12
Library Equipment Unit Costs
Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.
Indian River County
May 2005 VI-12 Impact Fee Study