In order to meet the opening up in these areas, the budget for purchasing books has fallen dramatically at many libraries. Add this to the high cost of books, and the fact that book-buying budgets were low to start with, and you could say that it's robbing from Paul to pay Peter.
為了因應這方面的開支，現在很多圖書館買書的經費削減得厲害，加上書價又高，買書預算原就不足，可以說是「截短補短」。