@inproceedings{c36b4ba2059c4e868c7b900391d6862e,
title = "Characterising personal information in the engineering domain",
abstract = "In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the importance of 'personal information' and there now exists a large number of personal information management tools. The concept of personal information is discussed in the context of engineering design and the shortcomings of current definitions are highlighted. To address this, an audit of the personal information used by engineers has been undertaken, showing the types used and how they are linked. The preliminary results indicate the importance of the logbook in linking and integrating information sources and it is suggested that because of this - and its importance in engineering design - it should be reconceptualised as a central tool to integrate the engineers' personal information world.",
keywords = "Information sources, Information use, Logbooks, Personal information",
author = "Hamish McAlpine and Ben Hicks and Steve Culley",
year = "2007",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "1904670024",
series = "Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design",
booktitle = "Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design",
note = "16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2007 ; Conference date: 28-07-2007 Through 31-07-2007",
}