id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-9905 Muller, Hans The Management of College Library Book Budgets 1941-09-01 7 .pdf application/pdf 5012 358 75 , there was only a single case in which book funds were not centralized.5 It seems, therefore, that the trend is definitely in the direction of centralization. w n ; 9 ( d ) it guards the librarian against the possible charge that the expenditure of book funds has been unjust to some departments; (e) it prevents the clash of personalities;10 ( f ) it curbs the exercise of an excessive degree of discretionary power and arbitrariness on the part of the librarians.11 Disadvantages of Apportionment As to the disadvantages of the appor- tionment plan we note that Randall and Goodrich regard it as a necessary evil.12 7 A Survey of Libraries in the United States. cache/crl-9905.pdf txt/crl-9905.txt