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crl-13138	Maag, Albert F.	Library Budgeting: Critical Challenges for the Future (Book Review)	1978-03-01	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1559	85	54	i I 1 of us are acutely aware of the escalating cost of delivering library services and of the sta- tic and declining budgets of libraries; likewise, we are aware of the many man- agement techniques that can be used to realign libraries' objectives and activities and to rationalize the budget process. Briefly, these principles are: li- braries are created by society; libraries are conserved by society; libraries are for the storage and dissemination of knowledge; li- braries are centers of power; libraries are for all; libraries must grow; a national library should contain all national literature, with some representation of other national litera- tures; every fiook is of use; a librarian must be a person of education; a librarian is an educator; a librarian's role can only be an important one if it is fully integrated into the prevailing social and political system; a librarian needs training and/or apprentice- ship; it is a librarian's duty to increase the stock of his or her library; a library must be arranged in some kind of order, and a list of its contents provided; since libraries are -- Recent Publications I 151 storehouses of knowledge, they should be arranged according to subject; practical con- venience should dictate how subjects are to be grouped in a library; and a library must have a subject catalog.	cache/crl-13138.pdf	txt/crl-13138.txt