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The new OPL sourcebook : a guide for solo and small libraries / Judith A. Siess.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Medford, N.J. : Information Today, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 427 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 157387955X
  • 9781573879552
  • 9781573879613
  • 1573879614
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New OPL sourcebook.DDC classification:
  • 025.1/97 22
LOC classification:
  • Z675.S57 S54 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
What is an OPL? -- Management : general concepts -- Time management, planning, and prioritization -- Financial matters -- Communication, marketing, and advocacy -- Along the information superhighway : the OPL and technology -- Other issues : education, downsizing and outsourcing, and knowledge management -- The future of one-person librarianship -- Business, management, and economics -- Computers and the Web -- Government -- Journalism and news -- Language, literature, and the arts -- Law, legal libraries, and copyright -- Libraryland stuff -- Medicine, health, nursing, and medical libraries -- Science, engineering, and technology -- Social sciences -- Miscellaneous -- Bibliography and sources cited.
Abstract: "This updated and expanded edition of the essential guide for small and one-person libraries (OPLs) covers virtually every key management topic of interest to OPLs. In addition to offering a wealth of practical tips, strategies, and case studies, author Judith Siess takes an international perspective that reflects the growing number of OPL's worldwide. The book's in-depth directory section lists important organizations, publications, vendors and suppliers, discussion lists, and Web sites."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-413) and index.

What is an OPL? -- Management : general concepts -- Time management, planning, and prioritization -- Financial matters -- Communication, marketing, and advocacy -- Along the information superhighway : the OPL and technology -- Other issues : education, downsizing and outsourcing, and knowledge management -- The future of one-person librarianship -- Business, management, and economics -- Computers and the Web -- Government -- Journalism and news -- Language, literature, and the arts -- Law, legal libraries, and copyright -- Libraryland stuff -- Medicine, health, nursing, and medical libraries -- Science, engineering, and technology -- Social sciences -- Miscellaneous -- Bibliography and sources cited.

Print version record.

"This updated and expanded edition of the essential guide for small and one-person libraries (OPLs) covers virtually every key management topic of interest to OPLs. In addition to offering a wealth of practical tips, strategies, and case studies, author Judith Siess takes an international perspective that reflects the growing number of OPL's worldwide. The book's in-depth directory section lists important organizations, publications, vendors and suppliers, discussion lists, and Web sites."-- Provided by publisher.

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