Using Personal Information Management to Strengthen Information Literacy at Work

Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar; Rehman, Sajjad Ur; Al-Sughair, Lulwh

doi:10.20533/ijels.2046.4568.2015.0054

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“…A mindful combination of IL skills and PIM practices will help the information users to save their time, cost, energy and efforts (Majid et al , 2013; Chaudhry et al , 2015). In addition, IL skills coupled with PIM enables information users to manage their digital information in their personal spaces in a way that it can be retrieved easily when needed.…”

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Bonding between information literacy and personal information management practices: a survey of electronic media journalists

Haider

Batool

Malik

et al. 2022

ILS

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Purpose Reporters are considered unique in terms of their information needs and seeking from other groups of masses. As they are running information business, the purpose of the study is to know about their skills of seeking, evaluating and engaging with information effectively and efficiently. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was conducted with electronic media reporters from 20 news channels to assess their information literacy skills (IL) and personal information management practices (PIM). Findings The results indicated that the study’s participants considered themselves as information literate. They perceived themselves competent and confident in IL skills for the overall scale and on its all sub-dimensions as well. Interestingly, the study findings show that IL skills affect PIM practices positively. However, they were less competent in advanced searching techniques (i.e. use of Boolean logic, truncation etc.) and cloud-based storing tools and applications. Practical implications The study has inferences for information professionals, educators, media owners and other stakeholders. Policymakers in electronic media, particularly media libraries should offer training opportunities by organizing workshops, seminars etc. to enhance their advanced IL as well as PIM skills at workplace. Originality/value Very few studies investigated the IL phenomenon beyond its skills and assessment aspects. The present study uniquely identified impact of IL on PIM practices of working electronic media journalists.

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Bonding between information literacy and personal information management practices: a survey of electronic media journalists

Haider

Batool

Malik

et al. 2022

ILS

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“…The data collection instruments used in several previous studies helped prepare lead questions. These studies include those by Al-Omar and Cox (2016), Ellis (2016), Chaudhry et al (2016), and Majid et al (2010). A list of lead questions was prepared to facilitate conversations and semi-structured interviews with potential participants.…”

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“…This shows that information-finding activities are context-based. Chaudhry et al (2015) reported that corporate sector professionals gather information from company websites, vendors, manufacturers, social media, instant messages and email attachments. Diekema and Olsen (2011) reported that teachers use a variety of information sources for various reasons in different work contexts.…”

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“…In this paper, personal information refers to documents owned by individual workers and that are under their direct control, but that do not necessarily contain information about them. Chaudhry et al (2016) suggested that the personal information of corporate sector employees was mainly their “e-surroundings.” These included copies of documents downloaded from institutional information systems or sent as email attachments by other professionals, or links to papers, events or contacts through social media and professional and personal networks.…”

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“…Several studies have examined PIM practices by focusing on groups of professionals in various domains, such as private-sector employees (Chaudhry et al , 2015), scholars (Al-Omar and Cox, 2016; Yasmin et al , 2020), information professionals (Al-Rukbani and Chaudhry, 2019), writers and artists (Krtalić and Dinneen, 2022) and students (Forkosh-Baruch and Alon, 2020). Chaudhry et al (2015) reported that employees in the private sector in Kuwait gather information using company sources, social media and websites. They saved information that they thought was important by using e-folders, bookmarks or favorites in Web browsers.…”

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Personal information management practices: how scientists find and organize information

Chaudhry

Alajmi

2022

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Purpose To take full advantage of the unprecedented availability of information on networks and digital systems, professionals need to be comfortable finding information relevant to the tasks at hand. This study was conducted at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research to investigate scientists’ personal information management (PIM) practices. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach was used. Critical incidents were collected to probe information about PIM activities. The PIM-related critical incidents were gathered through extended conversations in the form of semi-structured interviews. Findings Extended conversations revealed that scientists were aware of the importance of information organization and management. They collected and received information from various sources regarding their tasks and saved part of the information for future use. Scientists organized saved information into named folders using the categories of projects, clients and planning. The files were updated by regular deletion and cleaning. Different strategies were used to retrieve the information. These included searching by keywords and file names, and browsing using the folder structure. Scientists have used various PIM tools. They reported that time pressure, information overload and anxiety due to information fragmentation were major challenges in PIM. Originality/value This study recommends a compilation of guidelines to assist scientists in the efficient management of personal information. As there are only a few studies currently available in the literature on scientists’ PIM, this study makes a valuable contribution to the relevant professional literature.

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Information Behavior of Financial Professionals in the Arabian Gulf Region

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2016

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Using Personal Information Management to Strengthen Information Literacy at Work

Abstract: Personal information management (PIM)

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Bonding between information literacy and personal information management practices: a survey of electronic media journalists

Bonding between information literacy and personal information management practices: a survey of electronic media journalists

Personal information management practices: how scientists find and organize information

Information Behavior of Financial Professionals in the Arabian Gulf Region

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