Publication Date(s)
April 1, 1979
Language
English
Keywords
Medical library, library support staff, research, case study
Journal
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1979 April; 67(2): 232–238.
Abstract
A representative committee of Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library staff and faculty, under the direction of the library administration, successfully redesigned a job classification system for the library's nonprofessional staff. In the new system all nonprofessionals are assigned to one of five grade levels, each with a corresponding salary range. To determine its appropriate grade level each job is analyzed and assigned a numerical value using a point system based on a set of five factors, each of which is assigned a relative number of points. The factors used to measure jobs are: education and experience, complexity of work, administrative accountability, manual skill, and contact with users. Each factor is described according to degrees, so that a job can be given partial credit for a factor. An advisory staff classification committee now participates in the ongoing administration of the classification system.
Recommended Citation
Pollak, Sally and Lyders, Richard A., "Classification of Support staff in a Consortium Medical Library: A Case Study" (1979). Library Press and Events. 5.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/library_press/5
Comments
PMCID: PMC226908