Description
With different digital devices (personal computers, cameras, tablets, smart phones) and services (Facebook, Flickr, Twitter), personal information management has become more challenging than ever before. At first digital technologies bring several advantages (taking a photo takes just a few seconds, copying information is simple, sharing as well). However, in the long run the future of information preservation looks bleak: services close down, proprietary unsupported formats cannot be open as there is no software available, the media change and deteriorates, etc. Several studies have shown that users do not have adequate procedures in place when it comes to long-term preservation and future generations will not be able to browser our shoeboxes full of memories. Our recent study shows that on personal computers even short term preservation seems to distract users from the actual work they are doing — even if automatic and persistent technologies exist, users still rely on manual backup procedures. The backup of mobile devices is generally even less frequent than the backup of personal computers. So digital information is thus in danger to be lost not only because we have a vast amount of it but also because we do not take good care of it. The question of how do we move from here is in place. The talk will present some more details behind personal information management activities, preservation problems, current solutions and possible future.
Primary authors
Dr
Klen Čopič Pucihar
(University of Primorska)
Dr
Matjaž Kljun
(University of Primorska)
