Time Management in Academic Libraries

The study's purpose was to evaluate time management practices among directors of large aca-demic libraries. The 159 respondents to the survey provided information about their time, indi-cated to what degree they delegated authority, ranked their top ten time wasters, and re-sponded to a section on leadership style. Data analysis and interpretation provided a basis for evaluating the training of library managers, determining the need for additional research in the field, comparing the responses of directors to one another, and showing prospective direc-tors how existing management allocates time. oday ' s library managers are working under pressures that are unique to this period of time in our institutional and national development. Writers such as Alvin Tof-fler and John Naisbitt have made us aware of our change from an industrial nation to an information society. 1 The roles of all in