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“Our librarians are area specialists who handle reference, collection development &management, and
instruction. Each of us was hired to work in all these aspects of librarianship.”
“Reference/public services is a major part of all our staffs’ duties, but there is not one designated reference
librarian or archivist.”
“The archivists and librarian handle reference service.”
“We have had a designated public services librarian in the past and hope to have one in the near future.”
11. Please indicate the total number of staff (FTE) who work in Special Collections at each staff
level. Indicate how many of these staff have primary responsibility for providing reference/
public service and how many have some responsibility for providing reference/public service.
N=77
Special Collections FTE N=77
N Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
Head of department/ unit/
library
76 0.50 9.0 1.3 1.0 1.2
Support staff 69 1.00 51.0 5.9 3.8 7.5
Librarian 65 0.75 32.0 3.5 2.0 4.3
Archivist 55 1.00 12.0 2.9 2.0 2.7
Undergraduate student
assistant
47 0.25 39.0 5.4 2.5 8.4
Graduate student assistant 37 0.25 12.0 2.3 1.0 2.5
Other professional 33 1.00 28.0 3.5 1.0 5.5
Other 16 0.40 23.0 3.2 1.6 5.4
Please describe other staff category.
Category FTE
Volunteer 0.4
Digital dedicated 1.0
Visiting Scholar 1.0
0.5 as other student assistant, 0.5 as intern 1
Volunteer 1
Interns 1.5
Conservator 1.5
Project staff and volunteers 1.75
Paraprofessional 2
Temporary 2
“Our librarians are area specialists who handle reference, collection development &management, and
instruction. Each of us was hired to work in all these aspects of librarianship.”
“Reference/public services is a major part of all our staffs’ duties, but there is not one designated reference
librarian or archivist.”
“The archivists and librarian handle reference service.”
“We have had a designated public services librarian in the past and hope to have one in the near future.”
11. Please indicate the total number of staff (FTE) who work in Special Collections at each staff
level. Indicate how many of these staff have primary responsibility for providing reference/
public service and how many have some responsibility for providing reference/public service.
N=77
Special Collections FTE N=77
N Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
Head of department/ unit/
library
76 0.50 9.0 1.3 1.0 1.2
Support staff 69 1.00 51.0 5.9 3.8 7.5
Librarian 65 0.75 32.0 3.5 2.0 4.3
Archivist 55 1.00 12.0 2.9 2.0 2.7
Undergraduate student
assistant
47 0.25 39.0 5.4 2.5 8.4
Graduate student assistant 37 0.25 12.0 2.3 1.0 2.5
Other professional 33 1.00 28.0 3.5 1.0 5.5
Other 16 0.40 23.0 3.2 1.6 5.4
Please describe other staff category.
Category FTE
Volunteer 0.4
Digital dedicated 1.0
Visiting Scholar 1.0
0.5 as other student assistant, 0.5 as intern 1
Volunteer 1
Interns 1.5
Conservator 1.5
Project staff and volunteers 1.75
Paraprofessional 2
Temporary 2
