* [Content management](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management "Content management"): taxonomy processes and desktop search tools that enable employees to subscribe to, find, organize and publish information that resides on their desktops * Just-in-time [canvassing](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvassing "Canvassing"): templates and e-mail canvassing lists that enable people to identify and connect with the appropriate experts and expertise quickly and effectively * Knowledge harvesting: software tools that automatically collect appropriate knowledge residing on subject matter experts' hard drives * Personal productivity improvement: knowledge fairs and 101 training sessions to help each employee make more effective personal use of the knowledge, learning, and technology resources available in the context of their work PKM has also been linked to these tools:[*[citation needed](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*] * Email, calendars, task managers * Knowledge logs (k-logs) * [Social bookmarking](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking "Social bookmarking") and [enterprise bookmarking](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_bookmarking "Enterprise bookmarking") * [Virtual assistants](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_assistant_(occupation) "Virtual assistant (occupation)") * [Wikis](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki "Wiki"), including [personal wikis](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_wiki "Personal wiki") and [semantic wikis](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_wiki "Semantic wiki") * [Web annotations](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_annotation "Web annotation") Other useful tools include stories and [narrative inquiry](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_inquiry "Narrative inquiry"), [decision support systems](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_support_system "Decision support system"), various kinds of [node–link diagram](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(discrete_mathematics) "Graph (discrete mathematics)") (such as [argument maps](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_map "Argument map"), [mind maps](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map "Mind map"), [concept maps](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map "Concept map")), and similar [information visualization](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_visualization "Information visualization") techniques. Individuals use these tools to capture ideas, expertise, experience, opinions or thoughts, and this "voicing" will encourage cognitive diversity and promote free exchanges away from a centralized policed knowledge repository.[*[citation needed](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*] The goal is to facilitate knowledge sharing and personal content management. Some examples of PKM tools include: * [Logseq](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logseq "Logseq") * [Notion](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notion_(productivity_software) "Notion (productivity software)") * remio * [Obsidian](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(software) "Obsidian (software)") * [Roam](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roam_(software) "Roam (software)") * Tana * [TiddlyWiki](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiddlyWiki "TiddlyWiki") * [Zim](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zim_(software) "Zim (software)") * [Joplin](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin_(software) "Joplin (software)")[[32]](#cite_note-32) * Anytype[[33]](#cite_note-33) * [Zettlr](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettlr "Zettlr") Recent scholarship emphasizes practical implementation of PKM tools. Reck (2023) provides evidence-based tips for building functional academic PKM systems, highlighting the importance of consistent capture routines and tool interoperability.[[34]](#cite_note-34) Fathizargan (2017) developed a Web 2.0 skill framework showing how tools such as wikis, social bookmarking, and digital collaboration platforms enable effective information filtering, knowledge sharing, and networked learning.[[35]](#cite_note-35) See also -------- [[edit](/w/index.php?title=Personal_knowledge_management&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: See also")] * [Adaptive hypermedia](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_hypermedia "Adaptive hypermedia") * [Card file](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_file "Card file") * [Commonplace book](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book "Commonplace book") * [Drakon-chart](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAKON "DRAKON") * [Memex](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex "Memex") * [Semantic desktop](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_desktop "Semantic desktop") * [User modeling](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_modeling "User modeling") References ---------- [[edit](/w/index.php?title=Personal_knowledge_management&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: References")]

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