"What am I doing here?" : administration and management: Getting started ; Evaluating the situation ; Managing your staff - you! ; Creating policies
"What is this stuff?" : collections management: Acquisitions ; Appraisal ; Processing collections ; Working with other institutions
"How do I survive in the digital age?" : information technology issues for lone arrangers: Archival collections management systems ; Encoded archival description (EAD) ; Digital assets management systems (DAMS) ; Institutional repositories (IRs) ; Electronic document management systems (EDMS) ; Metadata ; Digitizing collections
"How am I going to get my work done?" : fundamental archival programs: Preservation planning ; Internship and volunteer programs ; Records management.
"Where do I put all of this stuff and keep it safe?" : facilities management and disaster planning: Space planning and management ; Planning a new facility ; Disaster planning
"You want what?" : reference and outreach: Managing reference requests ; Internal advocacy and outreach ; Using social media
"How am I going to pay for this?" : budgeting and financing your archives: Creating and setting up your budget ; Fundraising ; Grant writing ; Development ; Donor relations ;
Appendices : A. Selected readings ; B. Resources guide.
Case studies: The lone arranger in a local government archives setting / by John H. Slate
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum / by Michelle Ganz
Getting finding aids online / by Tamara Gaydos
Preservation planning for lone arrangers / by Jeremy Linden
Volunteers in the small nonprofit institution / by Peg Poeschl Siciliano
An archivist does what? / by Russell L. Gasero
Creating a records management program at Illinois Wesleyan University / by Meg Miner
It's who and what you know in managing electronic records / by Terry Baxter
The Caterpillar Inc. corporate archives / by Nicole L. Thaxton
Reference and outreach / by Alison Stankrauff
Chorally invited! : a case study in outreach / by Christina Prucha
Managing a grant project with minimal staff / by Barbara Austen.
