Abstract: Students today save and retrieve many information items relating to their learning assignments in their PCs. Personal Information Management (PIM) is a research field that examines the activities of evaluating, selecting, storing, classifying and retrieving digital items for a variety of purposes. PIM activities have a central role in learning processes, as students save, categorize and retrieve the learning related information items for their assignments. PIM requires time and effort, and many users are dissatisfied with the way they manage their own personal information space. The study examined students' PIM goals and strategies in learning assignments. In-depth interviews were conducted with 41 students which revealed functional, cognitive and effective goals and piling, filing by course and filing by subject strategies. The paper presents the students' PIM goals and strategies, examines the relationships between them, and finally discusses the relationships between the student's PIM characteristics, his/her age and his/her learning assignment.