{"id":4497,"date":"2021-10-22T20:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2021-10-22T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T04:35:36","slug":"the-one-person-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/the-one-person-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The One-Person Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I work in a one-person library.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have you seen <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better Call Saul? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember that episode where Saul Goodman works in an office in the back of a nail salon, and answers the phone in a fancy accent pretending to be his own secretary? That is what my job is like, and I love it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Being in a one-person library is a uniquely great experience, but it wasn\u2019t the original plan. There used to be two people in the library, me and the head librarian! And then just after I started working there, the head librarian faced health issues that left him on medical leave for a year. Then, it was just me. No one else at the school had any library experience, and it was tough finding an interim supervisor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the meantime, it was just me and the library. I learned more about overseeing a library as I took on new challenges and responsibilities. It was intimidating, but there were so many cool opportunities: I had full creative license in my role, and I could apply as much as I could from what I learned in my MLIS courses. And so the library became my sandbox where I could build and create new things: an Instagram page, video tutorials, interactive classroom lectures, webpage edits, MARC records from scratch, and thematic bulletin boards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the students and faculty at my campus are used to having a small library. And so it was exciting when I began expanding it with tutoring services and events and a consolidated collection of books (rather than small collections of books in different classrooms).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With professors and staff, this is how our conversations would normally go:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor: \u201cHuh. I didn\u2019t know the library could do that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me: \u201cYep, it sure can!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve found that a \u201cyep, sure can!\u201d goes a long way. When trying to expand the library, I\u2019ve learned that trying something new in itself is enough, because there is always room for improvement. In the process of trying and acting on my ideas, I\u2019ve become a better librarian. This has led to some great experience! And the library has changed so much since I started at this position!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/?p=4461\">Sadie Davenport<\/a> is ALASC&#8217;s co-chair\/webmaster. You can find her on instagram @sadiearabia or follow her library&#8217;s instagram @cnulibrary.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I work in a one-person library.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have you seen Better Call Saul? 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