Personal information management: From information consumption to curation

Annual Review of Information Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-62

  Whittaker, Steve ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84877118421     PISSN: 00664200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/aris.2011.1440450108     Document Type: Article

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