I’m curious: if you are currently or have ever been in a graduate program, are you familiar with the concept of “personal knowledge management”?
@kimberlyhirsh I think we didn’t have such a thing in the 80s. We didn’t have computers or smartphones either. Maybe that’s why I never finished my dissertation. 🤔✍️✍️✍️✍️
@kimberlyhirsh yes, but not from grad school (in ed tech)—b/c the LIS dept. I'm in teaches classes on it
@kimberlyhirsh I’m familiar now, but I wasn’t in training. It’s an area I’m working to develop some small curriculum around for my trainees - we deal with large amounts of ever-changing data in healthcare, and having a system of finding, storing, and quickly recalling correct/up-to-date info is tremendously valuable.
@spgreenhalgh Is it taught as PKM or Personal Information Management? I've seen a lot of PIM in LIS but only encountered PKM poking around in the personal productivity corners of the web.
@kimberlyhirsh I suppose some items could be shared in a group wiki, but, since my trainees pursue individualized research, teach other trainees about topics that interest them, mold their research and references around different career paths, I think it’s definitely more personal. Especially since, having tried to graft my own interests on other people’s systems, that is not ideal. Rather teach some general frameworks, give examples, and work with them individually to build what works for them.
@kimberlyhirsh My citation manager was 3” x 5”, pre-formatted with blue lines, and came in packs of 100. 🤣
@kimberlyhirsh A related question since I'm thinking about this at work. Since you are also in academia and work with research teams, what collaborative work management tool/software do you use or have used? E.g. Asana, Smartsheet, Trello, etc. This is different from Slack type softwares.
@jean Yeah, I wrote that way in high school and undergrad. RefWorks in grad school was a revelation.
@pratik We haven't leveraged task management software much. I've worked exclusively on small teams, 3 or 4 people. So usually a collaborative document in Google Drive or Microsoft OneNote with a simple list of each person and what they need to do next.
@kimberlyhirsh No worries. Thought I ask given your question in the original post. Our teams are much larger and often span across universities. We're using Smartsheet right now which can be overwhelming for some.