How can I get my tuition money's worth from the library?
In academic year 2021-2022 (August 2021 to May 2022), a full time student paid about $308 of their tuition to support the UWF Libraries. We have assigned values (see the calculations used in a .pdf document below table) for our most-used services to help you "take advantage" of the University Libraries this academic year:
|
Service |
What You Can Do |
Value of the Service |
|
Study in the library |
study in the library for 60 minutes during the academic year |
$ 134.36 |
|
Ask a question of the Reference staff |
ask one reference question AND use two research guides |
$211.65 |
|
Use a print textbook on reserve |
borrow a print textbook |
$ 79.30 |
|
Access and download full text scholarly articles |
download 12 articles averaging five pages per article |
$ 180.00 |
|
Use the library’s proxy server to access and download full text articles while at home OR while at work |
save two trips to the Pace Library and two gallons of gas |
$ 6.00 |
|
Borrow books from the circulating collection |
borrow two books |
$35.22 |
|
Borrow ebooks from the collection |
borrow two ebooks |
$47.40 |
|
Borrow books from another library |
borrow one book rather than buying it |
$ 57.01 |
|
Stream a video for a course or entertainment |
stream one video |
$ 5.00 |
|
Borrow a laptop computer |
borrow a library laptop once |
$ 54.00 |
|
Use a library desktop computer to search for information |
use a library desktop computer once |
$ 5.00 |
|
TOTAL VALUE DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR |
$ 814.94 |
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