Staffing levels must be reviewed to accommodate changing work functions . This process needs to be proactive rather than reactive which will avoid unnecessary stress and morale problems. The VLPC wanted to acknowledge that the process of change would also impact the operations of a complex library system. It is inevitable that the implementation of the virtual library would cause significant changes within each department across the libraries and campuses. The coming of the virtual library will significantly impact the culture of libraries, especially among the staff.
Cultural models are as much an issue in libraries as in corporations and academia.
The cultural constructs by which the various types of librarians and staff view the worlds of work and patron had to be considered in the redesign of the current environment. Very little is known about the working conditions or institutional and organizational practices that will make digital libraries most usable by library faculty and staff. Most of the emphasis on users has been on the library patron. The VLPC also wanted to ensure that the recommended actions be a long-term commitment by the libraries' administrations to their staff. This is seen as a primary commitment for upper and middle level administration.