Financial Planning for Libraries, Hardcover by Martin, Murray S. (EDT), ISBN 0367371294, ISBN-13 9780367371296, Like New Used, 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.