Abstract
Hjørland proposes a typology of four epistemological views in analyzing professional knowledge organization systems. In this study, we identified all four views as components of personal information organization in the current hierarchical folder structures on personal computers. The typology enabled us to synthesize the varieties and commonalities within the large number of particular information organizational practices observed both within and between individuals over time. The study demonstrated that the typology is a promising analytic descriptive framework and can help illuminate problems in current folder systems.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2010 |
Keywords
- Empiricism
- Folders
- Historicism
- Hjørland's typology
- Information organization behavior
- Personal information management
- Pragmatism
- Rationalism
- Tags
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Library and Information Sciences