The relation between keeping activities and acquisition

  • Non acquired information: I won’t acquire this information either because (keeping)
    • I won’t need it in the future or
    • I will need it but I will find it again somehow (retrieving/refinding)
  • Manually acquired information (acquisition):
    • I’ll need this information in the future (keeping) where will I store it (organizing)
  • Semi-automatically: I’ll need this in the future (keeping), decide where will I store it –
    • leave where it is (predefined folder ) or
    • file it (organizing)
  • Automatically acquired: It’s in my storage and I have to decide
    • I’ll need it in the future (keeping), decide where will I store it – leave where it is or file it (organizing)
    • I won’t need it in the future
      • delete it (keeping and maintaining)
      • file it (keeping and maintaining – archiving)