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Tips & TricksAmerican Society for Information

Science & TechnologyUW Chapter

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Ben DeCrease, Co-Chair

Caroline Rogers, Co-Chair

Shilpa Allimatti, Vice-Chair

Shirish Munshi, Finance

Ross Donaldson, Marketing

Nishant Satanekar, Webmaster

Tips & Tricks Topics

1st Days Classes Textbooks Libraries Studying Personal Organization Group Work Presentations/Presenting Student Leadership Jobs/Internships/DFWs Cashing In Additional Resources

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First Days

Use the m.UW mobile app

Bus Delays - OneBusAway.org (app available)

Get to know your classmates/cohort

Figure out system for note-taking, organizing files and emails ASAP so you can focus on your studies

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Classes

Get inside information before registering Peer feedback - talk to us! Review past course evaluations

http://ischool.uw.edu/courses/evaluations https://www.washington.edu/cec/l-toc.html

Registration starts earlier than you think (have those SLN numbers ready!)

Develop and maintain a relationship with your student services advisor

Read about professors and their areas of interest/research http://webserv.ischool.uw.edu/directory/faculty/

Take advantage of courses available in other departments Evans (MPA), Jackson (International), DXARTS, Engineering (Computer

Science, HCDE), Foster (Business), Communications (MCDM) asis+t uw

Textbooks

Online discount vendors Half.com, Amazon.com,Powells.com Addall.com (navigate to the

OOP search)

MLIS Textbook Exchange (Catalyst Tool)

UW-Bookstore rents books! http://rent.ubookstore.com/

Share with a classmate/PDF important chapters Scanners available to check out in Suzzallo & Allen

Use the reserve copy (usually in Odegaard)

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Libraries

Spend time in the Z’s!

Make sure to have some $$ on your Husky card for last-minute assignment printing, soda machines, Suzzallo Market, etc.

Make use of the plethora of tools available from the library’s website Subject guides for department-specific researching ResearchWorks Service Tutorials (i.e., Research101, How Do I…?) Computer workshops in Odegaard (http://www.washington.edu/lst/workshops/)

Carrels available to reserve at Suzzallo

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Studying

Reading groups More reading than 1 person can do alone break it up! 3-5 people is ideal Create a Catalyst GoPost, Google Doc or other collaboration tool and

post reading summaries Meet once a week to discuss/share

Find a favorite study spot Don’t be afraid to use another department’s library Dozens of local coffee shops Odegaard open 24 hrs/day 6 days/week

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Organization

Citation Resources Connotea, Zotero,

RefWorks, EndNote

Cloud Space Make friends with your H drive Dropbox.com, Windows Live

SkyDrive, etc.

Calendar Use it frequently!

Bookmarks Delicious.com Google

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Group Work

Study rooms available to reserve in libraries (http://ow.ly/2Leoo)

Be a Catalyst super-user MGH 440 is a “Team Computer Lab” (talking permitted) Research Commons in Allen South Online tools

Google groups/docs

SharePoint

Doodle (meeting scheduling)

PBWorks

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Presenting Tips

Philosophy Slide-as-notes vs. Slide-as-aid Keep. It. Simple.

Terse slides, consistent visuals, no animation ever. Keep the audience on you.

Technology Suck it up: PowerPoint

Don’t abuse it! Prezi if you must

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Presenting Tips

Technique Look at your audience!

(Bridge of nose is best.) Leave the podium! Be brief.

Etiquette Open with: Introductions, T. of C., Recap Handoff between presenters End every presentation the same way: “Thank you. Any questions?”

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Student Leadership

Groups abound (iServe, iBros, iBallers, iHike, IUGA, et al)

Anyone can… Reserve MGH 310 & 420 for meetings or events Start a listserv Create a special interest group

Get official iSchool recognition Find sponsorship

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Jobs/Internships/DFWs/Capstone/Culminating Experiences

Subscribe to iStuJobs/iProJobs Get to know your favorite faculty members Check the Husky jobs website

https://washington-csm.symplicity.com/students/ The Career Center is in MGH!

http://careers.washington.edu/ http://tinyurl.com/ischooljobsautumn (Autumn events)

Career Week in January (hosted by ASIS&T) GSA openings are announced each Spring & Summer Schmooze!

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Cashing In

Use the IMA (you already pay for it!)

Tons of free software UWare – http://uw.edu/uware/

MS Office Windows 7

MSDNAA - http://tinyurl.com/ischoolmsdnaa MS Project & Visio OneNote Visual Studio Expression Suite and many more MS softwares…

Take classes at the ASUW Experimental College! http://www.exco.org/

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Additional Resources

Practical Technology Advice from Students https://courses.washington.edu/mlisprep/blog/2010/09/practical

-technology-advice-from-students/

iPrep Video Tutorials https://courses.washington.edu/mlisprep/blog/

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