The SROI figures are extremely useful for providing evidence of the additional benefits resulting from investment in libraries in a succinct and understandable manner. Such data is being used in policy briefings and Ministerial communications to provide evidence of the value of investing in libraries. Library services will also be able to utilise the research for their own purposes. The SROI findings and the evaluation report's findings as a whole are also extremely useful in showing the wider use, value and impact of libraries and especially the views of non users or lapsed users. The findings have already helped inform future policy development for the next libraries strategy for Wales (Libraries Inspire) which will run from 2012-16. This is the first time SROI has been deployed to evaluate a library strategy in Wales but its findings will be relevant to libraries across the UK and beyond.
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