id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14875 Palmini, Cathleen C. The Impact of Computerization on Library Support Staff: A Study of Support Staff in Academic Libraries in Wisconsin 1994-03-01 10 .pdf application/pdf 4875 264 61 In The Role, Status, and Working Conditions of Para- professionals, Larry R. Oberg et al. pro- vide an excellent review of the literature on support staff as well as information on paraprofessionals in academic libraries based on administrators' responses to a nationwide survey.1 In Job satisfaction among Support Staff in Twelve Ohio Aca- demic Libraries, Coleen Parmer and Den- nis East explore support staff satisfaction in five job dimensions (supervision, co- workers, work, benefits, and pay), but they do not isolate computerization as a factor in job satisfaction.2 In 1987Dorothy E. Jones surveyed support staff in three academic libraries to determine their attitudes toward technology in what she terms the the technology-acquisition period.3 SURVEY RESULTS Length of Employment When asked about longevity on the job, library support staff in Wisconsin proved to be a stable group. cache/crl-14875.pdf txt/crl-14875.txt