QUFA Workshops - Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, November 12, 2009
QUFA is happy to introduce a series of workshops to augment Member Services. We look forward to seeing you and to hearing your feedback.
Tips for Managing your Information: And some inconvenient truths!
(Gillian Barlow, Queen's Archives)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Noon - 1 pm
517 Watson Hall
Does your information overload make you feel like you are fighting a losing battle? Too much email getting you down?
In our every day lives, at work and at home, we create and receive more information than ever before, and technology has helped to drive this trend. Now our capacity to create, collect and disseminate information is in danger of outstripping our ability to manage it.
Don't let those positive and enabling information assets become an unwelcome burden and a drain on your precious time and resources. This workshop (offered from the perspective of a records manager) aims to address some of the problems you face in managing your information. It will tackle such topics as: organization of files for optimal retrieval, keeping your email inbox under control, practical issues around using Web 2.0 technologies, laptops and other mobile devices, access and privacy issues, safe disposal of sensitive information, techniques for keeping digital information long-term etc. It may help you understand and cope with unexpected issues that sometimes arise in your university life surrounding the information you hold; answer your real life questions and hopefully provide some practical, workable solutions.
An Academic with a Balanced Life: You must be kidding!
(Wendy Pentland, Queen's School of Rehabilitation Therapy)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
1:30 - 3 pm
B176 Mackintosh Corry, Seminar Room
Life balance isn't rocket science, but sometimes even contemplating it can feel that way. The academic career has roots in asceticism and devotion. Old values and habits die hard.
This workshop will begin with an invitation for you to consider a new perspective on life balance and fulfillment; one that is rooted in personal strengths and values. This will be followed by discussion and exchange among participants on:
- the challenges and stresses they face in balancing a life with an academic career component,
- suggestions and strategies for what works (and doesn't), and
- generating plans and recommendations for ongoing support and change toward balancing an academic career in the context of a life.