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Cummings, Martin M. – Library Administration & Management, 1989
Argues that librarians need to be concerned with cost analysis of library functions and services because, in the allocation of resources, decision makers will favor library managers who demonstrate understanding of the relationships between costs and productive outputs. Factors that should be included in a reliable scheme for cost accounting are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Financial Support
