Speed reading and photo reading are utterly crap
However, they are also brilliant!
As long as you take the "reading" part out of the title.
Use the techniques, but not for reading comprehension
They are for food for imagination and thought. They can be excellent for searching for ideas in general. And they can give you a general (imperfectionism is healthy) overview.
So if you are knackered at the end of a day of lectures and library, just photoread a book that you feel might involve something inspiring to help you with your course.
Flick the pages, sniff them, lick them, sleep with the book under your pillow, whatever allows you to get into the basic notion of the book.
Get into a curious state of mind
Look at the general scenarios, locations, people, etc
Have a good search around the imagination
Have another flick around
Have a nice little mental wandering/think
Have another flick
Write down whatever ideas you have.
Go for a stroll around the library, smell the books, try not to read the labels on the spines, and kid yourself you can read a gazillion words per minute or a library per hour
Inspiring stuff! Basically SR and PR are just book supported imagination methods, with a bit of searching thrown in.
Handy enough if you know the real deal
One other thing is to point at the words with a finger/pencil. Doesn't do much of anything at all for your reading, but it looks flash!
Rich