Scholarship in the Digital Age: Organization Tools

Messy Desk by Earthworm. Used under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Payment

• Will the free version be sufficient over time? 
• Are you willing to commit to a payment long-term?

Public or Private

• Is this for your personal use?
• Is this for professional development?

Workflow Preferences

• How does this tool fit into your preferred workflow?
• Does this add more work or make existing work easier?

Ease of Access

• Will this work on all the devices you want it to?
• Will this work from all the locatiosn you will need it to?

Create consistent and well-labeled folders, lists, tags from the beginning! If you try and implement an organizational schema once you've already added a lot of content, it will mean more work for you.