Indratmo, IndratmoVassileva, Julita2017-04-242022-05-282022-05-282008Indratmo & Vassileva, J. (2008). A review of organizational structures of personal information management. Journal of Digital Information, 9(1). Retrieved from https://journals.tdl.org/jodi/index.php/jodi/article/view/251/200https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/820Personal information management (PIM) covers a large area of research fragmented into separate sub-areas such as file management, web bookmark organization, and email management. Consequently, it is hard to obtain a unified view of the various approaches to PIM developed in these different sub-areas. In this article, we synthesize and classify existing research on PIM based on the approach used to organize information items. We classify the organizational structures into five categories: hierarchical, flat, linear, spatial, and network. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each structure along with examples showing how to deal with the weaknesses. Finally, we provide design recommendations and a framework for researchers to experiment with various ideas for developing novel PIM tools.125.14 KBPDFenAll Rights Reservedpersonal information managementPIMArticle