![]() Hines first defines productivity from a librarian’s point-of-view and then discusses, in two chapters, motivation and procrastination and their effects on productivity. Rather, she provides for librarians a valuable and readable how-to manual of how to improve productivity. A caveat: Hines does not aim in her book to measure and quantify enhanced productivity in the “scientific management” style espoused by Frederick Taylor and other early efficiency experts. Samantha Hines has provided the library profession with a unique and long-overdue volume on how librarians can organize their work to improve their productivity. ![]() ![]() But what about librarians-can they, as professionals, improve their productivity at their jobs, no matter how different those jobs and tasks may be? Productivity, as defined and quantified over the last century, usually refers to how efficient (and effective) machinists, factory workers, and office works are at their jobs.
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