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Wiley, Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 1(44), p. 1-21, 2008

DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450440214

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Personal Information Management Strategies and Tactics used by Senior Engineers

Journal article published in 2008 by Christina K. Pikas ORCID
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Abstract

This paper reports the results of an exploratory qualitative study of how senior engineers in a research laboratory environment do personal information management (PIM). Responsive, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four senior engineers. Thirteen themes in four groupings emerged. The four groupings are: organization and retrieval, un-organized aspects, information keeping and preservation, and use of specialized tools. Themes not seen in other studies are: writing to remember and reporting to retrieve, and personal handbooks. The themes are described in detail. Implications for the design of information systems and future work are discussed.