PROFESSIONAL BOOK OF THE WEEK

Title: The New OPL Sourcebook: A Guide for Solo and Small Libraries
Author: Judith A. Siess

Summary:
Siess grew to fame with the One Person Library Newsletter when she took it over in 1998. In 2001, she compiled the first edition of The OPL Sourcebook and it instantly became a must have book for professional collections. This expanded and revised edition is broken into two main sections: “The Basics” and “Resources”. “The Basics” includes discussions on what constitutes an OPL, general management concepts, time management, financial management, communication and marketing, technology, the future of the one person library, and a host of other topics. The resources section is broken into topic areas such as business, medical, government, technology, humanities, law and copyright, “libraryland”, and the sciences. This book is specifically written for libraries of a certain size without regard to general focus area (public, academic, special).