This document presents the campus statistics of the University of California, Berkeley, for the fall quarter 1972 and the year 1971-72. Statistics for fall 1972 include campus enrollment, continuing and returning students, fulltime, and parttime students, undergraduate and graduate students by department, home locality at time of admission,…

The principal purpose of the survey was to acquire data on U. S. and Canadian transportation library expenditures, staff, processing capacity, modal specialization and geographic distribution. Information was also requested on interaction between libraries and users outside the sponsoring organization, and viewpoints were solicited on needs for…

Reviews the development and evolution of differentiated staffing (D/S) concepts, discussing reasons for the widespread rejection of vertical role differentiation and the absorption of horizontal role differentiation into wider programs focused on individualized instruction and open education. Predicts that D/S will not be widely adopted in the…

Cuyahoga Community College's governing board was reorganized on the basis of three committees--Planning and Evaluation, Management, and Community Affairs--with clear guidelines for each. The board has come through two years of problem-solving with good results and attributes much of the success to adequate committee staffing. (Author/LBH)

This study at an academic library used a simulation technique (1) to analyze the extent to which queues develop at a reference desk during peak periods, (2) to propose alternative staffing models to reduce queues, and (3) to examine the cost effectiveness of the alternatives. (Author/JAB)

Delegation involves responsibility and authority for each staff member in the 4-H program. (ABM)

Offers suggestions to high school newspaper staffs for designing effective advertisements for local businesses and then selling them to the businesses. Notes that carefully planned advertisements can increase the appeal and value of a publication. (GW)

This selected bibliography includes articles on the management of library technical services published from 1980 to the present. Citations are divided among automation, education, personnel management techniques, managing external constituents, and the role of technical services in the library. (Author/CLB)

The first Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools (CREM) report describes the structures and practices currently used at all school levels for staffing, grouping, and scheduling. The report assesses the effects of departmentalization, tracking, ability grouping, and grade spans on student learning and development. (MLH)

Suggestions from a personnel director of a large university include weekly meeting with section heads, route callers to staff specialists, personnel form review for time-saving improvements, updated procedures manuals, etc. (MLW)

Relates three aspects of library and information personnel system to situation in Australia--planning, production (development of adequately educated personnel), utilization of personnel. Lack of personnel planning in Australia, unofficial attempts at library personnel planning, studies examining supply and demand situation, and emergence of…

College administrators must understand staff development as an integral part of the total process of organizational or institutional development. A six-stage paradigm is suggested as one conceptual framework within which a college may identify and act upon its staff development needs. (Editor/LBH)

This handbook suggests that public schools should be reformed in fundamental ways. It outlines the structure of public schools, focusing on administrative units, school boards, administrators, the "mini-laws" that govern the school society, and the three R's of the student: responsibility, respect, and reward. The book emphasizes the importance of…

Discusses the goals and functions of differential supervision and describes and contrasts six supervisory models used by the Chicago Child Care Society. (Author/NJ)

Discusses three critical areas of the supervisory function -- curriculum reconstruction, staff development, and humane environment. (JF)