An index designed to measure the extent of a subject's involvement in twenty-seven library-related job tasks is reported, together with data obtained in a survey of 4,000 professional and nonprofessional library employees in 2,100 health sciences libraries. (4 references) (Author/NH)

Reviews conventional elementary school organization and staffing, describes some specific change attempts at one school, and summarizes some ingredients for effective staff development and utilization. (Author)

Describes the staffing pattern at Top of the World Elementary School, Laguna Beach, California. (Auhor)

Describes the differentiated staffing program at Mary Harmon Weeks Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. (Author)

Outlines two differentiated staff models and gives the views of three administrators on the problems of restructuring and redeployment of teaching personnel. (KJ)

Offers cost-saving suggestions for school management regarding staff, equipment and machinery, materials, and vandalism and theft prevention. (WD)

Suggests assignment of research duties and rotation of teaching and management roles for college administrators, to increase their effectiveness and diminish the negative effects of declining enrollments. (JD)

Describes a program of peer supervision, consultation and specialized training that was implemented when the supervisor of four caseworkers (providing services to children living at home) was laid off. (Author/RH)

As colleges and universities have started a trend toward the hiring of paid solicitors, others have begun to question the traditional role of volunteers as campaign solicitors. The long-range effects of the trend toward increased staff solicitation are discussed and suggestions for staff working with volunteers are offered. (Author/MLW)

This component of the project attempts to facilitate planning by furnishing models that manage cumbersome and complex data, supply an objectivity that identifies all relationships between elements of the model, and provide a quantitative model allowing for various forecasting techniques that describe the long-range impact of decisions. (Author/IRT)

Some form of individualized teaching helps to develop the potential of pupils and provides variety in the learning experience. (JD)

Examines the composition of the faculty and instructional staff in English, 1996-97 and examines the average percentage of undergraduate course sections taught. Analyzes the staffing of undergraduate courses in baccalaureate-, master's-, and doctorate-granting institutions. Considers the use of full-and part-time adjunct faculty members and the…