HIT: two more time management tips

[Jan Hylen <jhylen@LIB.NMSU.EDU>]

Hi,
After I posted my time management hit, I received two more. Here they are,
and thanks again. I will gladly accept more, and post more hits.
Jan

Date:    Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:26:51 -0700
From:    Bonnie Keyser <bkey@MILLENIANET.COM>

I have found that using the jobbers websites (like Follett &
Bound-to-stay-bound) to create my orders is a huge time saver.  Our building
secretary likes it better, too, as I print-out my order to attach to the
purchase order.
I highlight in SLJ what I wish to buy, then I, or my aide, enters it into my
list.  I set up various lists depending on what is in them: state
recommendations, curriculum recommendations, etc.  I then edit the list to
make sure that nothing is ordered which I already have.  This is much faster
for me than page through huge catalogs and squinting at all those tiny order
codes!Bonnie Keyser
Library Media Specialist
East Bradford Elementary School
820 Frank Rd.
West Chester, PA 19380
WEST CHESTER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
bkeyser@wcasd.k12.pa.us
WEBSITE:
www.wcasd.k12.pa.us/district/schools/EastBrad/default.htm
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From: "Joanne Ladewig" <shatz1@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:36:26 -0700

Jan,

Here's a tip I've shared a lot and found very helpful myself:

On a small piece of paper (mini Post-it size), write the toll-free number
for your automation tech assistance, AND your authorization number. Tape
this securely on your telephone right under the receiver. This was a
life-saver for me AND for my district tech people - they knew how to reach
the automation assistance whenever they needed to, even if I had left for
the day.

And because my room backed up to the teachers' work room, I was constantly
pestered by people "borrowing" my supplies. I finally emptied one drawer
near the door, labeled it "The Borrowing Drawer" and put spare supplies
(labeled "return to the Library Borrowing Drawer") like a stapler,
scissors, etc. (You could use a basket or plastic tote box).

-Joanne Ladewig
formerly of Fairgrove Academy,
now "Library Lady" at Lawrence Elementary School Library
(as of Sept. '01), Garden Grove, California


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Jan Hylen
Assistant Professor/Education Librarian
University Library, MSC 3475
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30006
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006
(505) 646-6927     fax: (505) 646-3390
jhylen@lib.nmsu.edu

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