Personal Information Management (Paperback)

~ William Jones (Editor), Jaime Teevan (Editor)

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In an ideal world, everyone would always have the right information, in the right form, with the right context, right when they needed it. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. This book looks at how people in the real world currently manage to store and process the massive amounts of information that overload their senses and their systems, and discusses how tools can help bring these real information interactions closer to the ideal. Personal information management (PIM) is the practice and study of the activities people perform to acquire, organize, maintain, and retrieve information for everyday use. PIM is a growing area of interest as we all strive for better use of our limited personal resources of time, money, and energy, as well as greater workplace efficiency and productivity. Personal information is currently fragmented across electronic documents, email messages, paper documents, digital photographs, music, videos, instant messages, and so on. Each type of information is organized and used to complete different tasks and to fulfill disparate roles and responsibilities in an individual's life. Existing PIM tools are partly responsible for this fragmentation. They can also be part of the solution that brings information together again. A major contribution of this book is its integrative treatment of PIM-related research. The book grows out of a workshop on PIM sponsored by the National Science Foundation, held in Seattle, Washington, in 2006. Scholars from major universities and researchers from companies such as Microsoft Research, Google, and IBM offer approaches to conceptual problems of information management. In doing so, they provide a framework for thinking about PIM as an area for future research and innovation.

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"Jones and Teevan have put together a fabulous resource on the subject of managing personal information. With the excellent contributions of their notable guest authors, they look at all angles of the problem of keeping track of everyone and everything in their lives. They've done a thorough investigation and it shows that we have a long journey ahead to handle the torrent of emails, calendars, contacts, bookmarks, and everything else that deluges us regularly. This book will become the seminal reference for anyone thinking about how we solve this critical problem." -Jared M. Spool, User Interface Engineering --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: University of Washington Press (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0295987375
• ISBN-13: 978-0295987378
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #718,118 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Table of Contents, October 3, 2007

By	Jaime Teevan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I edited the book Personal Information Management with William Jones, so my opinion of it is, not surprisingly, glowing. Below is the table of contents, to help you make a more informed purchasing decision. Each chapter is written by one or more leading researchers in the chapter's subject area, and is worth reading independent of the book. However, the book also holds together well as a whole, with many common themes, and even common characters, being woven throughout.

1. Introduction
William Jones (University of Washington)
Jaime Teevan (Microsoft Research)


Part I. Understanding Personal Information Management

2. How People Find Personal Information
Jaime Teevan (Microsoft Research)
Robert Capra (University of North Carolina)
Manuel Pérez-Quińones (Virginia Tech)

3. How People Keep and Organize Personal Information
William Jones (University of Washington)

4. How People Manage Information over a Lifetime
Catherine C. Marshall (Microsoft)

5. Naturalistic Approaches for Understanding PIM
Charles M. Naumer (University of Washington)
Karen E. Fisher (University of Washington)


Part II. Solutions for Personal Information Management

6. Save Everything: Supporting Human Memory with a Personal Digital Lifetime Store
Desney Tan (Microsoft Research)
Emma Berry (Addenbrooke's Hospital and Microsoft Research)
Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft Research)
Godon Bell (Microsoft Research)
Jim Gemmell (Microsoft Research)
Steve Hodges (Microsoft Research)
Narinder Kapur (Addenbroke's Hospital)
Brian Meyers (Microsoft Research)
Nuria Oliver (Microsoft Research)
George Robertson (Microsoft Research)
Ken Wood (Microsoft Research)

7. Structure Everything
Tiziana Catarci (Universitŕ di Roma "La Sapienza")
Luna Dong (University of Washington)
Alon Halevy (Google)
Antonella Poggi (Universitŕ di Roma "La Sapienza")

8. Unify Everything: It's All the Same to Me
David R. Karger (MIT)

9. Search Everything
Daniel M. Russell (Google)
Steve Lawrence (Google)

10. Everything through Email
Steve Whittaker (University of Sheffield)
Victoria Bellotti (PARC)
Jacek Gwizdka (Rutgers)

11. Understanding What Works: Evaluating PIM Tools
Diane Kelly (University of North Carolina)
Jaime Teevan (Microsoft Research)


Part III. PIM and the Individual

12. Individual Differences
Jacek Gwizdka (Rutgers)
Mark Chignell (University of Toronto)

13. Personal Health Information Management
Anne Moen (University of Oslo and University of Washington)


Part IV. PIM and Other People

14. Group Information Management
Wayne G. Lutters (University of Maryland)
Mark S. Ackerman (University of Michigan)
Xiaomu Zhou (University of Michigan)

15. Management of Personal Information Disclosure: The Interdependence of Privacy, Security, and Trust
Clare-Marie Karat (IBM TJ Watson)
John Karat (IBM TJ Watson)
Carolyn Brodie (IBM TJ Watson)

16. Privacy and Public Records
Michael Shamos (CMU)


17. Conclusion
William Jones (University of Washington)
Jaime Teevan (Microsoft Research)

Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Contributors
Index

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive and Groundbreaking, October 9, 2007

By	Bob Boiko (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This book is well over due. The subject of PIM is still new but really important to all of us who are overwhelmed by the flow of information through our personal and professional lives. Jones and Teevan do a good job of bringing together a host of opinions and approaches. I can't wait for Jones's own book in the subject to come out!