I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book pertinent to Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services:

The Future of Personal Information Management, Part I:

Our Information, Always and Forever

William Jones (University of Washington)

Abstract | PDF (2128 KB) | PDF Plus (1903 KB)

We are well into a second age of digital information. Our information is moving from the desktop to the laptop to the "palmtop" and up into an amorphous cloud on the Web. How can one manage both the challenges and opportunities of this new world of digital information? What does the future hold? This book provides an important update on the rapidly expanding field of personal information management (PIM). Part I (Always and Forever) introduces the essentials of PIM. Information is personal for many reasons. It's the information on our hard drives we couldn't bear to lose. It's the information about us that we don't want to share. It's the distracting information demanding our attention even as we try to do something else. It's the information we don't know about but need to. Through PIM, we control personal information. We integrate information into our lives in useful ways. We make it "ours." With basics established, Part I proceeds to explore a critical interplay between personal information "always" at hand through mobile devices and "forever" on the Web. How does information stay "ours" in such a world?

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This title is available online, free of charge to members of institutions that that have licensed the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science. Use of this book as a course text is encouraged and the text may be downloaded without restriction at licensed institutions or after a one-time fee of $20.00 at non-licensed schools. To find out whether your institution is a licensed, visit <http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/licensed> or follow the links above and attempt to download the PDF. Additional information about Synthesis can be found through the following links. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me.

Available titles and subject areas
Information for librarians, including pricing and license
A review of Synthesis in the October 2011 issue of CHOICE
A review of Synthesis in ISTL

A print copy of this book can also be purchased directly from the Morgan & Claypool Bookstore for $35.00 USD or from Amazon and other booksellers worldwide.

Please write to request review or desk copies today!

Thank you and best regards,
David

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David Schlangen
Sales & Marketing Information Specialist
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
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