1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, via a network at a first client computer, a plurality of content items from one or more content sources, wherein each of the plurality of content items is a copy of a content item or a reference to a content item; presenting the plurality of content items in an organizational tool at the first client computer; receiving a first user's interactions with the plurality of content items via the organizational tool, wherein the first user's interactions comprise steps to organize the plurality of content items within a first local hierarchy of folders maintained by the organizational tool; and transmitting the first user's interactions, via the network, from the first client computer to a server computer, wherein a policy engine at the server computer determines whether to update a global hierarchy of folders comprising the plurality of content items based on the first user's interactions and interactions of at least one other user.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, via a network at a first client computer, a plurality of content items from one or more content sources, wherein each of the plurality of content items is a copy of a content item or a reference to a content item; presenting the plurality of content items in an organizational tool at the first client computer; receiving a first user's interactions with the plurality of content items via the organizational tool, wherein the first user's interactions comprise steps to organize the plurality of content items within a first local hierarchy of folders maintained by the organizational tool; and transmitting the first user's interactions, via the network, from the first client computer to a server computer, wherein a policy engine at the server computer determines whether to update a global hierarchy of folders comprising the plurality of content items based on the first user's interactions and interactions of at least one other user. 11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a request from the first user to organize the first local hierarchy of folders and automatically reorganizing the first local hierarchy of folders based on the global hierarchy of folders.