Personal information in the digital age

Abstract

Personal information has manifested itself as an unexplored field of library and information science, both from an epistemological and methodological perspective. Through this analytical-descriptive proposal, conceptual approaches are studied, showing a precise uncertainty about devoid of scientific terminology and accurate typology of personal documents. Under such circumstances, the paper considers a number of methodological issues in the management of personal information projects, recommending practical aspects of documentary organization through traditional library science fundamentals and various computational tools, thus showing the need, benefits and challenges proposals involves applying for registration, storage, control and dissemination of personal information in professional, research and academic.