Time Management Strategies for Improving Librarians’udProductivity

摘要

The global financial crisis has aff ected all aspects of human endeavor; the library is noudexemption. Consequently libraries of all types are experiencing budget and staff cuts. Fewerudlibrarians are required to carry out more tasks. Librarians therefore, need to develop survivaludstrategies that will enable them meet their organizational objectives. This paper focuses onudtime management strategies to improving librarians’ productivity, in a bid to beat budget andudstaff cuts. It examines the eff ects of budget and staff cuts on libraries, highlights the relationshipudbetween time management and productivity and importance of time management to librarians.udIt also discusses the concept of multitasking. The paper posits that good time managementudpractice among librarians is a sure survival strategy in coping with staff and budget cuts.