With imagination and connections, camps can plan enjoyable educational programs on minimal budgets. Primary resources should include counseling staff, camp physical resources, and "special days." Local libraries, Red Cross, YMCA, social services, substance abuse centers, and other human service organizations often provide speakers,…

Northwestern University Library's 10 1/2 years of experience with computer support for technical services is used to provide a long-term view in this analysis of the impact of automation on staffing. Technical services staff allocations and reductions, the resulting improvements in services, and the savings in salaries are discussed. (Author/EM)

Eight field-tested staffing strategies for community-based programs for severely handicapped students are described. Advantages and disadvantages are summarized, and a decision-making process for selecting strategies is discussed. Among recommendations are the need to maximize coordination between school and nonschool instruction and to collect…

Discusses four potential problem areas in the employment of temporary librarians in a variety of positions in academic libraries--orientation, supervision, acceptance and integration, and utilization--and notes the influence of time limitations on the work environment. Solutions are suggested, and further research is proposed. Fourteen sources are…

A case is made for having two teachers work with each basic or remedial science or mathematics class; administrative arrangements are discussed. (DT)

This conference paper discusses the results of a study that investigated how the clients of the Chicago-based Satellite Family Outreach program are served by the social workers and family workers of Satellite. The Satellite Program is offered by Kaleidoscope, Inc., a child welfare agency that provides unconditional, individualized and, when…

Reports the findings and conclusions of a study that was undertaken to develop staff reduction policies. The study gathered information on staff reduction policies from 163 institutions in 14 states that represented all sections of the country for the years 1971-74. (Author)

Speculations about possible changes and developments likely to occur between 1975 and 1985 as a result of the probable influence of ECE on subsequent educational practice. (Authors/MB)

Some suggestions to help financial aid offices develop a rational system for coping with high traffic periods are offered. Creating a system to handle peak traffic periods involves three related components: planning, resource management, and evaluation. (MLW)

A study of staffing averages at institutions categorized by numbers of financial aid applicants provides a gauge by which institutions may evaluate staffing levels. The data are intended to be useful to financial aid administrators in evaluating the adequacy of the numbers and types of their staff. (MLW)

A health workshop for elementary and secondary school teachers, designed to help a South Carolina health department and district schools cope with health personnel shortages, is described. (JMF)

A model is presented that provides a basis for judgments concerning the efficiency of academic staff utilization, the equitable deployment of staff in matrix organizations, the utilization of staff in complex settings such as the professional school, and the assessment of spare, reallocable teaching capacity. (Author/MLW)

The ICA Communication Audit is described in detail as an effective measurement procedure that can help an academic institution to evaluate its internal communication system. Tools, computer programs, analysis, and feedback procedures are described and illustrated. (JMF)

The author contends that the prime danger posed by the trend toward greater accountability is that the responsibility for the outcome of social service intervention may have come to be seen almost exclusively in terms of worker accountability to agency management. (Author)

Successful use of college and university World Wide Web sites for institutional development requires attention to use of staff/staff time and to site design/content/maintenance. Suggestions include using student volunteers for insight into what makes a site attractive; presenting a development viewpoint; considering users' technological…