Setting up a ‘One‐Man Band’ library in a commercial environment

This article describes the preliminary stages of establishing a ‘One‐Man Band’ library for a commercial marketing department, highlighting some characteristics of this type of information work. The ‘One‐Man Band’ entity—which can be defined as a special library or information unit operated by one person—is well recognised as a type of service with its own features, and has been a topic of interest in library circles for some time.