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By Elke Siemienski
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Tasks of an One Person Librarian (1)

• Acquisition
• Holdings check
• Information about new titles
• Bibliographic reference
• Applications
• Overdue notices
• Correspondence
• Delivery control
• Processing bills
• Processing of donations
• Exchange of publications
• Stock record
• Budget managing
• Annual closing of account
• Bookbinding lists
• Acquisition of periodicals
• Acquisition of continuation records and
  loose-leaf publications

• Stock exploitation
• Descriptive cataloguing
• Subject indexing (classification and subject
  heading)
• Shelf-register/Filing
• Serial cataloguing
• (Card catalogues card printing, filing)
• Book preparation
• Label printing
• Foliation

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Tasks of an One Person Librarian (2)

• Library using
• Responding to requests (e-mail, telephone, letter
  post)
• Literature research
• Acquisition lists
• Book circulation
• Shelving
• Searching for missing books
• Circulation file
• Reserve collections
• Reference service
• Library introduction
• User introduction
• Inter-Library-Loan
• Photocopying

• Collection maintenance and Miscellaneous
• Inventory
• Deacqusition
• Duplicate lists, duplicate exchange
• Book repair
• Databasemanagement
• Library regulation
• Public Relations
• Team Meetings in institute
• Annual, monthly reports
• Statistics
• Developing of forms
• Library planning (mission statement/overall
  concept)
• Collection development policy
• Developing of manuals
• Connecting with partner institutions
• Training for volunteers
• Office organisation corresponding, telephone
  calls, filing

Remember An OPL is NOT the downsized version
of a large library system but an
Allround-Business in One Hand
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Guidelines Provide Protection

• Mission statement of the library
• Collection development policy
• Clear authority structures
• Job description
• Library regulations

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• Time Management
• Siess, Judith Time Management, Planning, and
  Prioritization for Librarians. Lanham, Md. 2002
• 2) Patterson, Karen Time Management.
• http//www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis724/Specia
  lLibrariesHandbook/time.htm
• 3) Peterson, Lisa C. Time Management for Library
• Professionals. Chapel Hill, NC.1997
• http//alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review.old/5/peterson.
  html
• 4) Morgenstern, Julie Time Management from the
  Inside
• Out. New York, NY. 2004

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Networking

• Participating conferences and local meetings
• e.g. Conference for Theological Librarians
• Email discussion lists /Newsletters, e.g.
• Libnet
• libnet_at_bibliotekar.net
• Verband kirchlich-wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken
  / Arbeitsgemeinschaft
• Katholisch-Theologischer Bibliotheken
• kibib_at_yahoogroups.de
• Special Library Association (USA)
• www.sla.org/content/community/lists/index.cfm
• Association of British Theological and
  Philosphical Libraries
• http//www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/abtapl.html

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Networking

• Weblogs
• http//oplbb.blogg.de/
• www.webjunction.org
• http//opls.blogspot.com/
• http//sla-divisions.typepad.com/solo_division_blo
  g/
• Library Associations
• General Library Associations
• Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e. V.
• www.bib-info.de
• American Library Association (ALA)
• www.ala.org
• Special Library Association (SLA)
• www.sla.org (Membership, discussion list
  free)

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Networking

• Theological Library Associations
• American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
• www.atla.com
• Association of Bristish Theological and
  Philosophical Libraries
• www.abtapl.org.uk
• Librarians Christian Fellowship
• www.librarianscf.org.uk
• Fellowship of Christian Librarians and
  Information Specialists
• www.folis.org
• European Theological Libraries
• www.theo.kuleuven.be/beth
• Australian and New Zealand Theological Library
  Association
• www.anztla.org

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Continuing Education

• www.libraryhq.com/resources.html
• http//sla.learn.com/learncenter.asp?id
• www.plc.fis.utoronto.ca/courses_webbased.asp
• www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/F
  indInfo.html
• www.webjunction.org
• www.sirsidynixinstitute.com
• www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/dl/opportunities.html
• www.bibweb.de
• www.loc.gov/catworkshop
• www.loc.gov/marc/uma/

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