Comments on: Email 9-1-1 and the 80% http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/10/27/email-9-1-1-and-the-80.html shifting libraries at the speed of byte Fri, 16 May 2008 02:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Cloned Milkmen http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/10/27/email-9-1-1-and-the-80.html#comment-534 Cloned Milkmen Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:53:38 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/10/27/email-9-1-1-and-the-80.html#comment-534 On the issue of keeping up with a heavy stream of emails (and other communications) I recommend Thomas Limoncelli's "Time Management for System Administrators." Sysadmins and Librarians have a *lot* in common and Sysadmins have a long history of dealing with large work volumes, constant interuptions, complex problems, multiple masters/stakeholders, and limited time. Limoncelli's book is practical and concise. It isn't about applying technology to the problem, its about solving the problem in a human-centered-context. I suspect that any librarian that reads "Time Management for Sysadmins" will wonder why it wasn't titled "Time Management for Librarians." Indeed it applies well to most knowledge workers. On the issue of keeping up with a heavy stream of emails (and other communications) I recommend Thomas Limoncelli’s “Time Management for System Administrators.” Sysadmins and Librarians have a *lot* in common and Sysadmins have a long history of dealing with large work volumes, constant interuptions, complex problems, multiple masters/stakeholders, and limited time.

Limoncelli’s book is practical and concise. It isn’t about applying technology to the problem, its about solving the problem in a human-centered-context. I suspect that any librarian that reads “Time Management for Sysadmins” will wonder why it wasn’t titled “Time Management for Librarians.” Indeed it applies well to most knowledge workers.

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