Staffing the CMC for Success

Librarians, paraprofessionals, and student workers employed in the curriculum materials center (CMC) require specialized skills to assist preservice and in-service teachers and faculty. As technology continues to drive changes in services, CMC staffing plays a vital role in delivering new technology-driven services while maintaining traditional ones. This chapter discusses the development of a CMC staff whose members possess unique skills necessary to deliver services successfully based upon the following factors: determining staffing needs, reviewing existing staffing patterns, creating new job descriptions and competencies for future services, developing a long-range staffing plan, hiring technology- and team-driven staff, retaining staff, utilizing performance evaluation as an effective staffing tool, and valuing the CMC staff