Managing the One-Person Library

Managing the One-Person Library will provide a useful and needed resource that solo librarians can use when confronted with the challenges of running a small library over a wide array of different types of libraries.

Larry Cooperman (Author)

9781843346715, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2014

88 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 0.8 cm, 0.13 kg

Managing the one-person library provides a useful and needed resource for solo librarians confronted with the challenges of running a small library. The author uniquely focuses on topics encountered by solo librarians, such as IT troubleshooting and library security. Chapters on library management, collection development, serials management, and library marketing are included to enable solo librarians to easily manage day-to-day operations in these areas, and advise on how to respond to any challenges that should (and will) arise. This book will provide a much-needed resource manual that will allow solo librarians of all backgrounds, and paraprofessionals, to manage their collections as effectively as their larger librarian counterparts.

• Dedication
• About the author
• Preface
• 1: Who is a one-person, or solo, librarian? And how do they manage to do what they do?
  • Abstract
  • Time management
  • Organizational management strategies
  • Change management strategies
  • Stress management
  • People management
  • Case studies
  • To summarize
• 2: Marketing your library
  • Abstract
  • Resources and strategies
  • Case studies
  • To summarize
• 3: Professional development
  • Abstract
  • Meetings and networking
  • Webinars and podcasts
  • Social media and networking
  • Writing
  • Teaching
  • Case studies
  • To summarize
• 4: Collection development
  • Abstract
  • How does a solo librarian learn collection development skills?
  • What constitute good collection development skills?
  • What materials do solo librarians include in their collection development?
  • Tips and techniques on purchasing items at a lower cost
  • Case studies
  • To summarize
• 5: IT resources, troubleshooting, internet security, and library security
  • Abstract
  • IT resources and troubleshooting
  • Internet security
  • Library security
  • Case studies
  • To summarize
• 6: Cataloging and serials management
  • Abstract
  • Cataloging
  • Serials management
  • Case studies
  • To summarize
• 7: Staffing the one-person library
  • Abstract
  • Staffing strategies for solo librarians
  • Training staff
  • Assessing staff
  • To summarize
• 8: Final thoughts on solo librarianship and the future of solo librarians
  • Abstract
• Useful websites
• Index

Subject Areas: Library, archive & information management [GLC], Library & information sciences [GL]