Crash course in time management for library staff

Title:

Author:

Hough, Brenda, 1969- author

ISBN:

9781440850677

Publication:

Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

Physical Description:

x, 99 pages : forms ; 28 cm

Series:

Crash course series (Westport, Conn.)

Contents:

Introduction to time management -- How do you spend your time? -- Goals and priorities -- Basic tools for time management -- Getting past procrastination -- Overcoming perfectionism : yours and others -- Dealing with distractions and interruptions -- Collaboration -- Helping others with time management -- Your personal plan.

Subject Term:

Library employees -- Time management.

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Available:

Library	Call Number	Material Type	Status
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Summary

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.

Author Notes

Brenda Hough has focused on professional development in libraries for more than 20 years.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

This addition to the "Crash Course" series discusses how to make the most of our limited time. Hough, who has been offering libraries professional development training for 20 years, provides a solid if unexceptional overview of the topic. Although advertised as time management for library staff, this book delivers tips that aren't specific to libraries. Readers will learn to set goals and priorities, track their time, manage group projects, handle interruptions, and coach others. The author emphasizes the need to develop a personal approach to time management and introduces a variety of tools, both paper and electronic, for developing and maintaining good habits. Readers unfamiliar with the subject will find many helpful hints here, but those looking for a more comprehensive guide might prefer David Allen's Getting Things Done or Julie Morgenstern's Time Management from the Inside Out. A lengthier resource list, including online resources, would have been welcome. VERDICT For readers new to the topic of time management.-Lydia Olszak, Bosler Memorial Lib., Carlisle, PA © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.