Metz, PaulScott, Elizabeth A.2014-03-212014-03-211981-03Metz, P., Scott, E. A. (1981). A proposed staffing formula for Virginia academic libraries. College & Research Libraries, 42(2), 127-133. http://crl.acrl.org/content/42/2/127.full.pdf0010-0870http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46764Formulas and standards play a needed role in the allocation of library resources, but it is difficult to devise formulas that accurately reflect the various factors that shape a library's needs. This report summarizes the means by which a subcommittee of the Virginia Library Advisory Committee devised a proposed staffing formula for its academic libraries. The subcommittee charged with devising a new formula reviewed past efforts as a means of determining criteria any new formula should meet . Based on this review and on its own research, the committee devised a draft formula , which is discussed.en-USIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttp://crl.acrl.org/content/42/2/127.full.pdf