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Timely content– news about developments in the library world, updates on Michael’s life, etc.

August…a few days off

Karen speaks the truth: “But the French have it right: taking a breather in August is a good idea. September will come, and with it the usual efforts. Folks..I have a semester to finish including a paper and a proposal to the IRB for a Web Survey we’ll discuss this fall, some presentations to draft and some pondering to do. I’ll be back before Labor Day..but for now, TTW is unplugged for awhile. Sit back…relax…breathe… see you soon!

Getting Things Done – David Allen (Updated)

My empty inbox this am: That David Allen is so hot right now! I guess David and his GTD tipped while I was on leave… have you read it? Listened? Thanks to David King for turning me on to Allen and his book “Getting Things Done” back in June. Here are some cool links from our new Coordinator of Information Technology at SJCPL, Nancy Korpal, who totally gets this stuff: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68103,00.html http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,68110,00.html Advanced Workflow PDF: http://www.davidco.com/pdfs/gtd_workflow_advanced.pdf Cool E-Mail link (A Mac site but useful for all): http://www.macworld.com/2005/04/features/tipsinbox/index.php

Conference Presentations by Michael Stephens

Library Presentations Effective Use of Search Engines – Indiana Library Federation April 1997 Ready Reference on the WWW Indiana Library Federation District 2, September 1997 Search Engine Savvy – Indiana Library Federation April 1998 Training Library Staff for Net Results – Indiana Library Federation April 1998 Developing a WWW-Based Reference Resource – Indiana Library Federation April 1999 Methods for Training Library Staff – Indiana Library Federation April 1999 Developing a WWW-Based Reference Resource – Indiana Library Federation District 2, October 1999 Developing a WWW-Based Reference Resource – Indiana Library Federation District 1 October 1999 The Nuts & Bolts of SJCPL’s […]

With That, Friends…TTW is Unplugged

I’ve caught up a bit with that ALA post so i am unplugging to focus on school and relaxation during the next week and a half. I am writing up my preliminary research proposal, working on a group project and pondering a web survey I’ll tell you about soon. I’m Up North until the 20th of July. Be well. I’ll be back to blogging around the 20th.

TAGGED: Music

LibraryMan tagged me! Here goes: Total Volume of music files on my computer: 5568 Songs, 18 days, 31.11GB The last CD I Bought Was: Moby “It’s Raining Again” UK CD Single The last Song I bought at iTunes was: “I’ll Give You My Skin” Indigo Girls & Michael Stipe Song playing right now: “Farmer’s Daughter” Fleetwood Mac Tusk (Bonus Material/Demos, Roughs, and Outtakes) Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me: Mean a lot: 1. ?Sara” Fleetwood Mac “All I ever wanted was to know that you were dreaming…and the wind became crazy…” 2. […]