Stepping Back from Social Media To Take Time to Write and Reduce Stress

image of 5 dark flat rocks stacked on top of each other with leaves in the background. "Fostering Wellness in the Library Workplace" "Coming late 2020/early 2021 from ALA editions"

Like all of us, my world was thrown into chaos in March when libraries began measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. March 12th was the last day I was "in the office." I have a chronic cough, which was (understandably), making people nervous, and I could work from home, so I started before the … Continue reading Stepping Back from Social Media To Take Time to Write and Reduce Stress

My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 5. Evernote

I love Evernote, I've even written about it before, but I'll be the first to admit I'm not using it to it's full potential. I primarily use Evernote to take clips notes from my browser. By highlighting a section of a blog post or article online I can "clip" it and save it into Evernote. … Continue reading My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 5. Evernote

My “Perfect” System for Storing, Organizing, Reading and Annotating PDFs

I have been looking for the perfect pdf reader for a long time. You may remember that earlier this year I returned the Kindle DX after it failed to live up to my requirements. Here is what I was looking for: ability to highlight ability to make notes ability to export those notes & highlights (I … Continue reading My “Perfect” System for Storing, Organizing, Reading and Annotating PDFs

Why I’m Returning the Kindle DX or My Continued Search for the Prefect PDF Reader

Update 3/21/2012 I have since purchased an iPad specifically to read PDFs and wrote a post on the system I'm using - My “Perfect” System for Storing, Organizing, Reading and Annotating PDFs There is nothing exceptional or particularly exciting about my returning the Kindle DX . But I've been talking about how much I want … Continue reading Why I’m Returning the Kindle DX or My Continued Search for the Prefect PDF Reader

My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 4. Facebook

Yes its true. Facebook. Facebook is one of my favorite things and not just for checking up on what my out-of-town friends did last weekend. I use it for professional stuff a LOT! I follow a lot of professional organizations and websites on Facebook. I listed the top six of the library ones in my … Continue reading My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 4. Facebook