Workshop: Getting and Staying Organized at Work

Getting and Staying Organized at Work (So You Can Relax and Enjoy Your Job!)

Presenters: Denise Dale and Sandie Bradley

Date: Friday, September 18, 2009

Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (lunch is not included but there will be a break)

Location: Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
Alma Van Dusen Room (Lower Level)
350 W. Georgia Street
Vancouver

Cost:
BCLA Members: $95
Non-Members: $125

Description: In growing numbers, library personnel are suffering from stress and burn-out at work. By changing your habits and practices at work, you can move yourself from calamity to serenity. Getting organized will save yourself time, and your organization money and space. More important, you will avoid embarrassment, frustration and stress, and will be able to enjoy your job!

Who should participate: Any library personnel who feel disorganized or who want to improve the efficiency and organization of their work spaces and processes.

Outcomes: Participants will learn basic organizing techniques, and develop a system that keeps track of personal work schedules, information, email, and electronic and paper documents. The presenters will provide action plans, strategies, tips, and pointers to ensure that participants will understand the full benefits of getting organized, and also have practical activities and strategies to facilitate and streamline their work spaces and their roles.

About the Presenters: Denise Dale holds a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies. She is Reference Services Coordinator at Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library and is also responsible for the Institutional Archives. She has taught numerous workshops on organizing personal documents and information. Publications include articles published in magazines such as MoneySense and Reader's Digest. Denise and co-author Alexandra (Sandie) Bradley have written two books, At Your Fingertips! A Household Filing System that Works for You and At Your Fingertips in the Office: Information Management for the Small Business.

Alexandra (Sandie) Bradley is a librarian and certified records manager. She is the president of Harwood Information Associates Limited, a records and information management consulting company based in West Vancouver, and has been collaborating with Denise on records management issues since 1999. In addition to operating her consulting practice, she is an educator and trainer in records and information, and has been an adjunct professor since 1983 at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Columbia. She is currently an academic co-investigator for the InterPARES 3 Project at UBC, the multi-year research project to examine the long-term preservation of authentic records created and/or maintained in digital form.

Class size: 30

Registration deadline: 9 am, Tuesday, Sept. 15th. Please register as soon as possible, as this session is likely to sell out!