基于成本-效益分析的公共图书馆经济价值研究

Research on Economic Value for Public Library Based on Cost-Benefit Analysis

公共图书馆的成本-效益分析(CBA)是一种新兴的,以经济学视角对图书馆经济价值展开的评价研究。公共图书馆总经济价值包括使用价值和非使用价值,较难确认和量化。但因体现公共图书馆价值的服务具备公共物品的性质,所以国际上主要采用经济学中的消费者剩余法、意愿支付法和时间成本法为代表的公共物品评价方法,保守地评价公共图书馆的经济价值。结果表明,通过上述方法可以测量公共图书馆的经济价值,且公共图书馆全部的经济价值要高于实际测量结果。这不仅对量化评估公共图书馆自身服务所形成的社会和经济效益有重要作用,从另一方面也向公众表明了公共图书馆服务效益对促进社会文化、经济发展的价值。

Cost - benefit analysis for public library economic value is a new evaluation research from the perspective of economics. The value of public library includes use value and non - use value, and is hard to identified and qualified. However, the services reflect the value of public library with the nature of public goods, hence the main methods used to measure economic value are consumer surplus, contingent value method and cost of time method which are on behalf of the measure methods of public goods, evaluating public libraries conservatively. The result proves that economic value for public libraries can identified and quantified in the form of monetary, and all economic values are higher than the actual measurement results. This not only plays an important role in quantitatively evaluating the social and economic benefits of public libraries formed by service, but also shows the value of public library services in promoting socio - cultural and economic development.