Time Management in Library and Information Centres: Key to development and success

Abstract

This paper reflects on what time management is and its importance to the librarians and Library and Information Centres. It also explains some strategies to be followed to have proper management of time for the libarian. Further, it narrates the various techniques used to attain time management in LICs to achieve its goal and objectives. It concludes with a suggestion to focus on efficiency and effectiveness for the librarian and how library can achieve productivity by eliminating time wasters. It is also observed that time management is an individual choice of applicable strategies: “To be effective, time management must be personal. Librarians must adopt and adapt the various time management techniques to fit their own situations. No particular methodology or techniques works universally.