Time Management Planning And Prioritization For Librarians
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Time Management Planning and Prioritization for Librarians
Author | : Judith A. Siess |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : UOM:39015055572591 |
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One of the most critical problems for the librarian in a small library is not enough time. This book offers hundreds of practical ways to maximize limited time, based on actual experiences of the author and other practicing librarians. It explains how to use planning and prioritization to determine what to do and what not to do. It also provides techniques to make the most efficient and effective use of your limited schedule. All of these suggestions, which have been developed and proven by working librarians, are accompanied by specific examples from corporate, hospital, law, government, and association libraries. Topics Include: Determining the difference between efficiency and effectiveness Avoiding procrastination Managing email Organizing the workspace Dealing with job stress Optimizing the time spent at conferences Also includes an extensive annotated list of resources, including books, articles, web sites, and electronic lists. A valuable resource for any librarian working in a school, small public, or special library.
Time and Project Management Strategies for Librarians
Author | : Carol Smallwood,Jason Kuhl,Lisa Fraser |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2013-05-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780810890534 |
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As budgets for libraries continue to shrink, the key challenge facing the 21st century librarian is finding how to do more with less. Learning how to increase productivity within the constraints of a difficult economy, librarians can benefit from the insights of fellow professionals and others who have succeeded in making the most of what they have. Time and Project Management Strategies for Librarians features more than thirty essays that provide valuable tips for the professional who must cope with increasing demands upon their resources. Librarians will get tips on how to: identify the most important tasks for the library eliminate non-essential functions and processes increase reliance on volunteers, interns, and students optimize daily routines and schedule staff effectively increase productivity through the use of social media and email increase project and time management skills and personal productivity through setting and meeting goals With productivity tips for all librarians—from the newly hired to the most seasoned veteran—this volume will help libraries provide better service to their users and also show librarians how to give this service without losing their personal lives and their sanity.
Productivity for Librarians
Author | : Samantha Hines |
Publsiher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2010-03-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781780630304 |
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Productivity for Librarians provides tips and tools for organizing, prioritizing and managing time along with reducing stress. The book presents a resources guide for continued learning about and exploration of productivity in relation to individual circumstances featuring motivation, procrastination and time management guidelines. Addressing the unique challenges faced by librarians, the author supplies a balanced view of a variety of tools and techniques for dealing with overwork and stress. There are many books on productivity, but none specifically targeted at library workers. We face unique challenges in our profession and this book will address these This book will not espouse a single approach to dealing with overwork and stress, but will instead present a balanced view of several tools and techniques that are of assistance This book provides a resource guide for continued learning about and exploration of productivity as applied to the reader’s individual circumstances. The author has also created an online community for readers to share information and continue their work
The Small Library Manager s Handbook
Author | : Alice Graves |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2014-10-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781442230149 |
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The Small Library Manager’s Handbook is for librarians working in all types of small libraries. It covers the everyday nuts-and-bolts operations that all librarians must perform. This handbook, written by experts who are small librarians themselves, will help all small librarians to do multiple jobs at the same time.
Crash Course in Time Management for Library Staff
Author | : Brenda Hough |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Library & Information Science |
ISBN | : 9798400633126 |
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This book offers time management tools, tips, and techniques for busy librarians, so they can better serve their communities and feel greater satisfaction with work and life. Being short on resources is now "the new normal" for libraries--and having too little money and too few staff members always brings library staff to the same predicament: not enough time. While it is not possible to create more time, by making use of the right time management tools and techniques, it IS possible to make huge improvements in your productivity--and as side benefits, a decrease in job stress and frustration and a greater sense of work satisfaction. This book shows how to apply powerful time management strategies so you can get more done, deliver the best service possible to your patrons, and enjoy being in an environment that fosters greater creativity and workplace satisfaction. Topics include time tracking, task management, identifying goals and priorities, beating the obstacles of procrastination and perfectionism as well as distractions and interruptions, and staying on top of time management when collaborating. Quotes and stories from individuals who work in libraries illustrate key points and concepts throughout the book. The final chapter explains how to set a personal plan for time management--using the awareness of your own patterns, obstacles, and goals, and the experience you have gained with various time management techniques and tools--to create your own unique time management strategy and make time management an ongoing, long-term priority.
The Librarian s Career Guidebook
Author | : Priscilla K. Shontz |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0810850346 |
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Sage advice and career guidance is offered by sixty-four information professionals from diverse positions and workplaces. This practical guide addresses a wide variety of career issues. The advice is aimed at librarians in various stages of a career: prospective librarians, M.L.S. students, and entry-level librarians, as well as experienced information professionals. Covers: - Career options - Education - The job search - On-the-job experience - Professional development - Essential skills and strategies for enjoying your career
The New OPL Sourcebook
Author | : Judith A. Siess |
Publsiher | : Information Today, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1573872415 |
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This updated and expanded edition of the essential guide for small and one-person libraries (OPLs) covers virtually every key management topic of interest to OPLs. In addition to offering a wealth of practical tips, strategies, and case studies, author Judith Siess takes an international perspective that reflects the growing number of OPL's worldwide. The book's in-depth directory section lists important organizations, publications, vendors and suppliers, discussion lists, and Web sites.
The Role of the Academic Librarian
Author | : Anne Langley,Edward Gray,K T L Vaughan |
Publsiher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2003-10-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781780630601 |
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This book covers the practical side of being an academic librarian – a role that has undergone a large degree of change in recent years. It outlines and describes the skills necessary to succeed in these large, and often complex, organisations. The book includes tools and techniques for an academic librarian for managing time, meetings, projects, publishing and research, communications (paper and electronic), the basics of supervision, and how to work in a large organisation. The impact of the growth of electronic formats on the role of the academic librarian are discussed in detail. Explains how, in practical terms, to stay organised, communicate successfully, network and navigate through an often politicised environment Applies business practices to the field of librarianship Shows how to use organisational behaviour techniques to manage yourself and your work