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Internet Librarian International 2011 Developing ourselves: Are you a twit? Using microblogging and social software to Get Things Done. Jo Alcock Evidence Base at Birmingham City University, UK [email protected] @joeyanne. Look familiar?. Online?. Productivity for librarians. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Internet Librarian International 2011
Developing ourselves:Are you a twit? Using microblogging and
social software to Get Things DoneJo Alcock
Evidence Base at Birmingham City University, UK
[email protected] @joeyanne
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Look familiar?
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Online?
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Productivity for librarians
• Information management a fundamental element of librarianship
• Crucial in today’s information age
• Productivity web tools often an integral part of 23 Things courses
• Even a book on topic!
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Getting Things Done (GTD)
• Record all ‘stuff’ so it’s out of your head
• Prioritise actions (and do them!)
• Create a trusted storage space for reference materials
• Schedule future tasks• Review regularly
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http://dots-loops.tumblr.com/post/8144103070/this-weeks-cpd23-thing-is-about-tools-for
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Filtering tools/techniques
http://www.flickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128
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Filtering email
• Set up labels (or folders)
• Keep inbox purely for incoming messages, not storage
• Establish rules for different types of email (do all need to go into inbox?)
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Filtering RSS
• Organise feeds into folders (topics or priority based)
• Weed feeds on a regular basis
• Don’t be scared of ‘mark all as read’ button!
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Filtering tweets
• Lists to focus on certain topics/areas– Work colleagues– Peers– Organisations
• Saved searches to follow topics of interest– #chartership– #mlibs
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Useful web tools for GTD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/galactic/2963937719/
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Nirvana (web)
• Rapid entry• Send to inbox
from email• GTD
functionality• Drag and drop• Focus list• Projects• Tags
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Evernote (web/desktop/mobile)
• Collect from email, web, and other tools
• Store text, images & audio
• Notebooks/tags• Sync across
multiple devices
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PlainText (iPad/iPhone)
• Use offline to make plain text notes
• Sync with Dropbox when online
• Great for distraction free writing
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TripIt (web/mobile)
• Store travel details (private or public)
• Generated automatically from emails (it can even collect itself!)
• Export to calendar• Local weather/info
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MeetingPad (iPad)
• Store meeting notes
• Record audio• Include images• Sketch
features• Attendees• Actions• Email minutes
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Nozbe (web/desktop/mobile)
• Collect via email, Twitter (and SMS)
• Record and schedule actions
• GTD functionality• Projects, labels,
contexts• Evernote notes• Dropbox docs
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I hope these tools and tips help you to get things done
Jo Alcockwww.joeyanne.co.uk