Sep 8, 2026

Efficiency by Design

Transforming Libraries and Archives Through Process Management

Joy M. Perrin

Hosted by Michael LaMagna

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Summary

Efficiency by Design: Transforming Libraries and Archives through Process Management (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Joy M. Perrin offers library and archive professionals a comprehensive guide to optimizing processes, with a focus on improving efficiency, speed, effectiveness, and reliability. Professionals in libraries and archives often are asked to take on decades old processes and are not provided the tools to rework those processes. This book gives readers practical insight into how they can analyze and re-design their work processes to be more efficient, faster, more effective, and more reliable. Readers will learn methods for getting more done while reducing stress and burnout. Librarians, archivists, and paraprofessionals who find themselves managing a process will find this book an excellent companion. By integrating process management techniques with the specific needs of libraries and archives, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice, providing actionable strategies to streamline workflows. Ultimately, Efficiency by Design contributes to making library and archive management more productive, sustainable, and mindful of the challenges professionals face today.

Guest: Joy M. Perrin is the Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Texas Tech University Libraries, where she leads initiatives related to digital collections, institutional repositories, scholarly communication, and digital preservation. Her research interests include digital libraries, accessibility, artificial intelligence in libraries and archives, and workflow optimization. She holds a Master of Information Science from the University of North Texas.

Host: Dr. Michael LaMagna is a Professor of Library Services and served for ten years as the Information Literacy Program and Library Services Coordinator at Delaware County Community College.