Re: Systems Librarian Staffing
Carol A. Kubala (carol.kubala@snet.net)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 08:56:03 -0500
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 08:56:03 -0500
Message-Id: <348E9D00.24DA@snet.net>
From: "Carol A. Kubala" <carol.kubala@snet.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: Systems Librarian Staffing
Isabel Danforth wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Isabel L. Danforth Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
> danforth@tiac.net Coordinator of Librarians' Online Support Team
> http://www.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/=20
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At Saxton B. Little we have 9 computers, 5 public access. I guess this
means we need 1/5th of a person or something like that to take care of
them :)!
Carol Kubala
Saxton B. Little / Columbia