After more than a decade of usage, social media have become a virtual environment where
meaningful content is created and kept, highlighting its potential to become part of personal …

The purpose of this study is to explore Personal Digital Archiving, and its practices, reasons,
and challenges in desktop and in ubiquitous environment such as desktop computers …

Digital data, from texts to files and mobile applications, has become a pervasive component
of our society. With seemingly unlimited storage in the cloud at their disposal, how do people …

This article reports findings from a survey of 110 writers' personal digital archiving practices.
The authors found that most writers neglect digital archival concerns, and consequently …

Abstract Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) is a field of
research concerned with studying how information and communication technologies (ICTs) …

Introduction. As both academic citizens and active participants in information society who
use information, students produce huge amounts of personal digital data and documents. It …

This study examined postgraduates' personal digital archiving (PDA) practices in China.
Based on a case study of the PDA practices of postgraduates in Wuhan University, many …

In recent years, big data has become a prevalent issue for information studies. In an era of
big data, can we contemplate research data that relies more on the context of creation than …

Personal digital archiving (PDA) is a type of personal information behaviour related to
personal memory and identity construction. The aim of this study is to discover and define …

This dissertation explores personal digital archiving practices, particularly in relation to the
construction of self. Personal digital archiving is an everyday practice through which people …