The survey revealed that libraries have used a number of successful staffing models for their audio reserves service. Most services are launched with little or no increased staffing. Roughly three quarters of the respondents were able to launch a digital audio reserves project by redeploying existing staff out of necessity; it is often a decision between adjusting job assignments of existing positions or not taking on the project at all.
For those libraries that did receive an increase in support for the project, the added staff ranged from one 20-hour per week student assistant to 1 FTE support staff and five student assistants. In several cases, the work for the project initially was absorbed by existing staff, but once the project was established and grew in scope, a case could be made with the libary administration for adding staff.