the study and practice of personal information management /
First Statement of Responsibility
William Jones
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 4-430 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. (chiefly col.) ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
The Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies
Series Title
The Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systems
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-421) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foundations. A study and a practice ; A personal space of information ; A framework for personal information management -- Activities. Finding and re-finding: from need to information ; Keeping and organizing: from information to need ; Maintaining for now and for later ; Managing privacy and the flow of information ; Measuring and evaluating ; Making sense of things -- Solutions. Email disappears? ; Search gets personal ; PIM on the go ; PIM on the Web -- Conclusions. Bringing the pieces together ; Finding our way in(to) the future
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book provides a comprehensive overview of personal information management (PIM) as both a study and a practice of the activities people do and need to be doing so that information can work for them In their daily lives." "Introductory chapters of Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management provide an overview of PIM and a sense for its many facets. The next chapters look more closely at the essential challenges of PIM, including finding keeping, organizing, maintaining, managing privacy, and managing information flow. The book also contains chapters on search, email, mobile PIM, web-based support, and other technologies relevant to PIM." --Book Jacket