Recently business research firm Basex named information overload the “problem of the year” and estimated that it costs $650 billion annually.  According to a 2005 UK study, information overload can lower IQ by as much as 10 points.  Feeling overwhelmed by the deluge of information?  Lisa Spiro, director of the Digital Media Center, will provide practical tips for dealing with information overload as part of the Teaching with Technology brown bag series, which is sponsored by Fondren Library’s Digital Media Center and Information Technology’s Educational Technologies group.  She will discuss methods such as the “Getting Things Done” approach as well as computer-based tools for finding information, managing projects and to-do lists, organizing research, and more.   Free box lunches will be provided to the first 15 people who register online.