One-Person-Librarian 1. Job Quiz 2. Nature of the job 2.1 Personal background and work experience 2.2 Tasks of an OPL 2.3 Disadvantages of the job 3. Library organisation vs. library management 3.1 Studies on special libraries/OPL 3.2 Main requirements for an OPL 4. Tools to gain the big picture 4.1 Be sure of your role in your organisation 4.2 Know tasks and workflow in your library 4.3 Guidelines provide protection 4.4 Time management 4.5 Networking 4.6 Continuing education 4.7 Co-operation and outsourcing 5. Enjoy the big picture – advantages of working in a theological library By Elke Siemienski

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

Tasks of an One Person Librarian (2) Library using Responding to requests ( , 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”

Guidelines Provide Protection  Mission statement of the library  Collection development policy  Clear authority structures  Job description  Library regulations  …

Time Management 1)Siess, Judith: Time Management, Planning, and Prioritization for Librarians. Lanham, Md ) Patterson, Karen: Time Management. ok/time.htm 3)Peterson, Lisa C.: Time Management for Library Professionals. Chapel Hill, NC )Morgenstern, Julie: Time Management from the Inside Out. New York, NY. 2004

Networking Participating conferences and local meetings e.g. Conference for Theological Librarians discussion lists /Newsletters, e.g. Libnet Verband kirchlich-wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholisch-Theologischer Bibliotheken: Special Library Association (USA) Association of British Theological and Philosphical Libraries Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association (members only)

Networking Weblogs Library Associations General Library Associations Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e. V. American Library Association (ALA) Special Library Association (SLA) (Membership, discussion list free)

Networking Theological Library Associations American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Association of Bristish Theological and Philosophical Libraries Librarians‘ Christian Fellowship Fellowship of Christian Librarians and Information Specialists European Theological Libraries Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association

Continuing Education