Time and project management strategies for librarians

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Z682.35.T55 T46 2013
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Summary

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.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments p. vii
  • Foreword p. ix
  • Introduction p. xi
  • I Management Strategies p. 1
  • 1 Consult Your Stakeholders and Prioritize with Six Sigma Tools p. 3 Elizabeth Nelson
  • 2 Daily Operations p. 9 Pamela O'Sullivan
  • 3 Feudal Society of the Stacks p. 13 Eric Owen
  • 4 Necessary Sacrifices p. 23 LeEtta Schmidt
  • 5 Productive to the Core: Core Competencies and the. Productive Librarian p. 33 Jenny Dale and Lynda M. Kellam
  • 6 Rural Librarians, Farm Out Your Work p. 41 Michelle A. McIntyre
  • II Working with Staff p. 51
  • 7 Circulation Staffing p. 53 Kimberly Wells
  • 8 Going, Going, Gone: Management Strategies for Time and Staff When There Is Little of Either p. 61 Amber Lannon and Sara Holder
  • 9 Staff-Level Management of Library Reference Services: Not Just Personnel Economy, an Enhanced Service System p. 71 Threasa Wesley
  • III Students, Volunteers, and Interns p. 81
  • 10 Interns and Volunteers: Finding and Deploying Free Labor p. 83 Portia Kapraun and Beth M. Sheppard
  • 11 Making the Best of a Reduced Staff: Utilizing Student Workers to Reach Library Goals p. 89 Emy Nelson Decker
  • 12 Student Workers on the Job: Maximizing Output p. 97 Portia Kapraun and Beth M. Sheppard
  • IV Monitoring Time and Projects p. 103
  • 13 Developing and Implementing a Project Chart p. 105 Jessica Shomberg and Daardi Sizeinore
  • 14 How Many Hours in My Day? How Many Slices in My Pie? Personal Productivity for the Busy Librarian p. 115 John C. Gottfried
  • 15 A Librarian's Time Management Toolkit p. 125 Elite Dworak
  • 16 Nimble Project Management for the Time and Budget Challenged p. 135 Erin White
  • 17 A Novel Approach to Project Management: Seven Lessons from NaNoWriMo p. 141 Karen Munro
  • 18 Time Management for Busy Academic librarians: Strategies for Success p. 149 William H. Weare
  • V Getting Organized p. 159
  • 19 Avoiding Information Overload p. 161 Meredith Selfon
  • 20 For Every Librarian a To-Do List p. 167 Sarah Troy
  • 21 Optimize Small Library Efficiency with Daily Routines and Organizational Strategies p. 177 Stephanie Sweeney
  • 22 The Power of Lists p. 187 Meredith Selfon
  • 23 Tame Your E-mail p. 191 Erin White
  • VI Using Technology p. 197
  • 24 Let's Not Meet: Making the Most of Time with Asynchronous Collaboration p. 199 Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem and Jerry M. Spiller
  • 25 Making Memory Portable p. 209 Sanjeet Mann
  • 26 Social Media as Time Drain: The Myth of Efficiency p. 215 Jennifer Nardine
  • VII Work-Life Balance p. 225
  • 27 Managing Professional and Family Commitments p. 227 Libby Gorman
  • 28 Time Management, Reducing Stress, and Getting Organized p. 235 Linda Burkey Wade
  • 29 Working from Home, or How to Get It All Done without Going Crazy p. 245 Elizabeth Nelson
  • 30 What Personal Life? p. 251 Pamela O'Sullivan
  • VIII Professional Development p. 255
  • 31 Getting Things Done in the Library p. 257 Sanjeet Mann
  • 32 The High Road or Easy Street? Saving Time by Picking Your Battles p. 263 Kelli Hines and Deborah Farber
  • 33 When Do I Have Time to Be Professionally Active? p. 271 Robin Fay
  • Index p. 279
  • About the Coeditors and Foreword Author p. 287
  • About the Contributors p. 289

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