#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Jun 4 2018 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Time Management for the Busy and Engaged Library Professional

Let me start off by apologising for how late this chat topic is being released. That would be me, Lauren, dropping the ball. I was off on vacation last week and didn't even think about #LISprochat being tomorrow until Leigh asked on Thursday night if I had a topic...and then I was so busy I promptly forgot again. And therefore I decided that it was time for a chat on time management for library professionals! I believe this is a topic we've covered before, but it's one of those ones that never hurts to have another look at. This is especially true because we as library professionals are so busy - between our jobs at the library, committees, associations, and publishing for those that have to, we're all super busy people, and that's not even accounting for our personal lives! So, here are a few articles on the topic to check out:

Time Management Tips for Librarians
Time and Task Management for the Library Professional
The Librarians' Most Critical Skill: Time Management
Making Every Hour Count - Librarians and Time Management

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE TIME TO 8:30PM ET!

While you're here please consider checking out our new feature for 2018: #LISPROCHAT Reads, our professional development book club. The next book club session will be running next Monday, June 25, at 8:30 pm ET.

QUESTIONS

We post the questions here in advance of the chat so you can decide whether or not this topic is of interest to you and/or prepare your answers in advance.

Q1 What is your go-to strategy for managing your time at work and in your volunteer life (if you volunteer)? What works for you and what categorically does not?

Q2 When you find yourself over-committed at the library & in your association involvement(s)? How do you handle re-evaluating your commitments to better manage your time?

Q3 What do you do when your time management strategies fail and you drop the ball(s)?

Q4 What advice/resources can you suggest to people who might need help learning how to better manage their time at work and/or in their volunteer lives?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 8:30 PM ET NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 4 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG.