Judy Calhoun, Director Southeast Arkansas Regional Library & Anna Bates, Assistant Director...

THE POWER OF ONE

Judy Calhoun, DirectorSoutheast Arkansas Regional

Library&

Anna Bates, Assistant DirectorStuttgart Public Library

And yet it takes a dynamic duoto present this program

1 In 3 Librarians in the world works in a

One Person Library – Siess, 2006

SUPERPOWERS

Time Manipulati

on

Duplication

Summoning

Merging

Omniscience

Mind Control

10 TRAITS LIBRARIANS SHARE WITH SUPER HEROES

1. Superheroes never give up.2. Superheroes always get the job done.3. Superheroes are the best at what they do.4. Superheroes have a purpose that is crystal clear.5. Superheroes are NOT flawless.6. Superheroes do not seek glory. 7. Superheroes help others. 8. Superheroes can do it by themselves, but are more powerful in teams.9. Superheroes’ true strength comes from their character.10. Superheroes accomplish huge feats.

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Books Smallwood, Carol & Clapp, Melissa. (2011). How to

Thrive as a Solo Librarian. Scarecrow Press. Lewis, Linda. (2013). Effective Time Management

(Management Skills). Vizenio S.R.L. (Free to read on Amazon Prime).

Siess, Judith. (2006). The New OPL Sourcebook: A Guide for Solo and Small Libraries. Information Today, Inc.

St. Clair, Guy & Williamson, Joan. (1995). Managing the New One-Person Library (Information Services Management). Bowker-Saur.

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Blogs The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian -

http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/ Flying Solo (SLA Solo Librarians Division) -

http://solo.sla.org/ OPL Plus (not just for OPL’s anymore) -

http://opls.blogspot.com/

Wikis http://wiki.sla.org http://wiki.sla.org/display/Toronto/Solot+Librarians

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Listservs: SOLOLIB-L:

http://listserv.silverplatter.com/archives/sololib-l.html ARSL: ARSL_MEMBERSHIP@listserv.amrms.com ALA: http://www.ala.org Association for Library Service to Children:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/ Young Adult Library Services Association:

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/

Your State’s Library Association listserv

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Websites Fantastic Fiction - http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ Order in the Library -

http://web.archive.org/web/20070127034103/http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/utopia/library4/src/library4.swf

Organizations: SOLO Librarian Division, Special Libraries Association

Suggested Continual Reading: Library Journal Your State’s Library Association publication

CONTACT US!

Judy Calhoun dirsearl01@gmail.com

Anna Batesstuttgart006@centurytel.net

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