Includes bibliographical references and index.

Consult your stakeholders and prioritize with six sigma tools / Elizabeth Nelson -- Daily operations / Pamela O'Sullivan -- Feudal society of the stacks / Eric Owen -- Necessary sacrifices / LeEtta Schmidt -- Productive to the core : core competencies and the productive librarian / Jenny Dale and Lynda M. Kellam -- Rural librarians farm out your work / Michelle A. McIntyre -- Circulation staffing / Kimberly Wells -- Going, going, gone : management strategies for time and staff when there is little of either / Amber Lannon and Sara Holder -- Staff-level management of library reference services : not just personnel economy, an enhanced service system / Threasa Wesley -- Interns and volunteers : finding and deploying free labor / Portia Kapraun and Beth M. Sheppard -- Making the best of a reduced staff : utilizing student workers to reach library goals / Emy Nelson Decker -- Student workers on the job : maximizing output / Portia Kapraun and Beth M. Sheppard -- Developing and implementing a project chart / Jessica Shomberg and Daardi Sizemore -- Personal productivity for the busy librarian / John C. Gottfried -- A librarian's time management toolkit / Ellie Dworak -- Nimble project management for the time- and budget-challenged / Erin White -- A novel approach to project management : seven lessons from NaNoWriMo / Karen Munro -- Time management for busy academic librarians : strategies for success / William H. Weare, Jr -- Avoiding information overload / Meredith Selfon -- For every librarian a to do list / Sarah Troy -- Optimize small library efficiency with daily routines and organizational strategies / Stephanie Sweeney -- The power of lists / Meredith Selfon -- Tame your e-mail / Erin White -- Let's not meet : making the most of time with asynchronous collaboration / Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem and Jerry M. Spiller -- Making memory portable / Sanjeet Mann -- Social media as time drain : the myth of efficiency / Jennifer Nardine -- Managing professional and family commitments / Libby Gorman -- Time management, reducing stress, and getting organized / Linda Burkey Wade -- Working from home, or how to get it all done without going crazy / Elizabeth Nelson -- What personal life? / Pamela O'Sullivan -- Getting things done in the library / Sanjeet Mann -- The high road or easy street? : saving time by picking your battles / Kelli Hines and Deborah Farber -- When do I have time to be professionally active? / Robin Fay.