Use of time management techniques by librarians in Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Library Katsina for effective information service delivery

Abstract

This paper is on the use of time management techniques by librarians in academic libraries, specifically in Umaru Musa Yar’adua University library Katsina State. The main objectives of the paper are to determine the time management techniques used by librarians in delivering information services in the library and to identify how the techniques do affects their performance in the library. The results of the finding shows that most of the librarians in the library used making to do list as a technique for information services delivery in the library with 12 out of 40 respondents which is 30% of the whole responses. On the effect of time management techniques on the performance of librarians, the results show that it increases their productivity with 11 out of 40 responses. The paper concludes with recommendations that librarians should adopt time management techniques to ensure effective information services delivery to users and also librarians should be educated on the need for the application of time management techniques in information resources and services provision through seminars and workshops.