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From: efam@nvuxr (elliott familant)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Issues regarding the storage of information
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Date: 8 Nov 90 14:05:26 GMT
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I am interested in why users store various kinds of information.  Now
I'm not talking about the storage of information that is directly
related to some task they are working on, but information that they have
some discretion over whether to sre it or not.  There are those of us
who are information pack rats who keep things around (I hypothesize) in
case we ever need it.  Does anyone know of research that has
systematically looked at this behavior.  I am interested in why it
occurs and what effects it might have on the ablility of users to manage
the information they control.  My own literature search has so far
turned up zilch.  

Elliott Familant