Re: Systems Librarian Staffing
Isabel Danforth (danforth@tiac.net)
Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:31:24 -0500
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:31:24 -0500
Message-Id: <3.0.4.32.19971209075258.007f31b0@sunspot.tiac.net>
From: Isabel Danforth <danforth@tiac.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: Systems Librarian Staffing
At the suggestion of Donna Miller of Avon Public Library, I called Laurel
Goodgion of the Portland public library. She was the source of my hearsa=
y
about the ratio of 1 full time staff person for 50 computers.
This summer she attended the "Leadership in Technology Institute". There
Diane Mayo, of Information Partners Inc. spoke about managing technology
under the topic of writing technology plans.
A paraphrase of her quote was:
As a rule of thumb, you need one full time employee for every 50 compute=
r
in the library. If you become a =91network nazi=92 and insist that all
machines are identical, then 1 person for every 100 machines may suffice.
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Isabel L. Danforth Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
danforth@tiac.net Coordinator of Librarians' Online Support Team
http://www.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/=20
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