Part 1 How Do You Look at Time? Part 2 Learning to Use Time More Efficiently Part 3 Dealing with Job Stress Part 4 Strategic Planning Part 5 Prioritization
Judith A. Siess is a recognized expert in one-person librarianship and interpersonal networking. She is the author of two books, The SOLO Librarian's Sourcebook (1997), and The OPL Sourcebook (2001) and is working on a fourth book concerning advocacy and marketing for librarians.
Siess has written a super time management guide for librarians,
especially those with few support staff...Highly recommended for
all librarians.
*Library Journal*
The book helps any librarian learn how to avoid procrastination,
manage e-mail, become more efficient and effective, and deal with
stress.
*American Libraries*
This concise, compact handbook is almost a mini-management seminar
and should be required reading for every librarian who is a
manager, as well as those that aspire to management positions.
*Reference and User Services Quarterly*
A good addition to the professional shelf for use by the staff as
well as the administration.
*Catholic Library World*
Many overwhelmed librarians will find illuminating passages
throughout the book that will aid them in coping with the many
pressures of the profession.
*American Reference Books Annual*
Siess pulls together a multitude of systems and ideas from a
variety of sources – and is able to show how it all relates to
librarians...Of value to both neophyte and seasoned...If you are
looking for ways to be a more effective, efficient, productive and
valuable librarian, then this book is for you.
*Lisjobs.Com*
Finding enough time to set a course and forward direction for the
team can seem impossible. This book can help…[Siess's] step-by-step
model for conducting a strategic planning exercise is especially
useful, in that she identifies three cornerstones for visioning,
implementing, and analyzing the efforts, with carefully outlined
stages to be considered from beginning to end.
*Journal of Access Services*
...provides the reader with a smorgasbord of time management,
strategic planning, and prioritization tips....There is truly a
piece of advice for everyone in this work!...Short and compact,
it's a solid reference book to have on hand to remember the basics
for the times when life and work may seem overwhelming.
*The Leading Edge, Vol 16 No. 1, December 2003*
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