Further, we consider some ways in which productivity and data management software fits into the larger idea of “ knowledge mobilization”, and how these systems can transforms the ways information is shared and used between groups of people.īroadly, knowledge mobilization involves moving knowledge into action for the common good.

The three authors reflect here as academics and Evernote users on the ways that this note taking, archiving, and data management software has changed the ways we work, and the ways we work with others. Academics also tend to be knowledge hoarders and sharers, collecting and distribution information and data between people and networks. Academics are knowledge workers, charged with finding ever more efficient ways of synthesizing and translating information. Finding the right application can transform the ways that people deal with information and task management, as well as creative workflows. Googling “Evernote-super-fan” yields over 1.3 million hits. Personal productivity software tends to attract fervent devotees. Evernote can be used for both sharing and storing information and can support and contribute to academic productivity and improved knowledge management practices. Anne Bergen, Gavan Watson and Caitlin Holton explore the relationship between academic data management and knowledge mobilization through the use of Evernote, the popular personal note-taking software.

Evernote taking students