Category Archives: organizational tools

celebrating one year of our ERM

One year ago on this date we began the implementation process for our electronic resource management system, Innovative’s ERM. In the past year we have entered 352 resource records, which describe our databases, e-journal collections, and e-book collections. Through the … Continue reading

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your future is organized, and your calendar agrees!

a while ago i told you about how i use the last 15 minutes of my friday to set my schedule for monday (memory refresher), but i haven’t told you about how i manage past monday. my calendar is my … Continue reading

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“disorganization relief” candle

I suspect the creator of the “disorganization relief” candle reads my blog. “Bestow on me the faith to store reports and correspondence on my computer and not keep copies piled under my desk just in case.” Awesome. Get your own … Continue reading

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and here is how i’ve organized my computer’s desktop

…because it was too hilarious not to try. there are two more images linked from the daily what site that i haven’t tried yet. somehow this crudely drawn image was just the right amount of satisfying. (thanx, the daily what!)

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ATLAS.ti tames your data

i would have lost my mind by now if it weren’t for atlas.ti.  i’m working with a corpus of 24 scholarly articles published in information/library science journals, picking out examples of marketing techniques used to promote electronic resources at the … Continue reading

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i’m a paperless traveler

read how to travel without paper printouts of hotel confirmations, maps, or driving directions by reading my “paperless traveler” profile on the evernote blog.  they even included a picture of me with the profile!  the write-up includes instructions on how … Continue reading

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