I am officially announcing my retirement effective August 1st, 2021.  As such, I will be sunsetting this blog in the near future. I would like to thank all of you who have been faithful subscribers and readers of the blog and wish you the very best in your successful and productive academic futures. Crystal The post Retirement! appeared first...

I have been using Evernote more and more as my research portal. The Evernote Web Clipper makes it so easy to clip whole blog entries or articles or even pages from the internet. Copying an article or set of PowerPoint slides in PDF form is also very cool. It will display the whole article one page at a time with the page turners at the top of the article....

As summer spreads throughout our region, educators are already turning their thoughts toward a new fall semester of classes, activities and students.  Stop with a tall glass of iced tea and take a look at some recent web posts. Productivity: Let us count the ways.. The SINGLE Most Powerful Productivity Tool. Only 2 Rules: How to Manage Your Projects...

If you are an academic librarian, you have been hearing about Data Curation, Content Curation, Information Curation or Digital Curation for years. And the terms can be applied in several different ways. There are the curation activities surrounding purchased library materials and the curation of faculty and student items (like theses and dissertations...

To get us started on the topic of notetaking, the blogger at Talking Concept recently posted a very nice summary article called the Ultimate Guide to Effective Notetaking. Notion: A couple of you have asked about my take on the productivity app, Notion, which touts itself as a competitor to Evernote.  Notion is a part note-taking, part task manager...

Productivity tools, books and podcasts proliferate today.  Time Management techniques, calendars and planners have never waned in popularity through the years.  The introduction of smart phones were widely touted as the ultimate way to remain plugged in and achieve the control of our work and home lives of which we always daydreamed.  So why does the...