Multitasking in libraries: librarians and users Available to Purchase

“Multitasking involves a series of tasks each with a specific goal in mind. Responding to a text message might be a task with a specific goal, but it becomes a distraction when it takes away from another goal-oriented task. If an employee is texting a friend during a team meeting, he is distracted, not multitasking”. – This quote from an article by Rohini Venkotraman in a post on the www.inc.com page in 2018, opens this column’s discussion on multitasking in libraries archives and museums. Venkotraman described the process of multitasking as one that involves a series of tasks each with...