Financial Planning for Libraries, Hardcover by Martin, Murray S. (EDT), ISBN 0367371294, ISBN-13 9780367371296, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book, first published in 1983, stresses the need for libraries to weed out expenditures which do not contribute to their basic role – the collection and organization of information – when planning where and when to spend money. It illustrates how priorities change in accordance with changes in libraries’ roles.