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A survey of collaborative information seeking practices of academic researchers

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A survey of collaborative information seeking practices of academic researchers
Information seeking and management practices are an integral aspect of people’s daily work. However, we still have little understanding of collaboration in the information seeking process. Through a survey of collaborative information seeking practices of academic researchers, we found that researchers reported that (1) the lack of expertise is the primary reason that they collaborate when seeking information; (2) traditional methods, including face-to-face, phone, and email are the preferred communication mediums for collaboration; and (3) collaborative information seeking activities are usually successful and more useful than individually seeking information. These results begin to highlight the important role that collaborative information seeking plays in daily work. Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.3.3 Information search and retrieval General Terms: Human Factors
Patricia Ruma Spence, Madhu C. Reddy, Richard Hall
Added 26 Jun 2010
Updated 26 Jun 2010
Type Conference
Year 2005
Where GROUP
Authors Patricia Ruma Spence, Madhu C. Reddy, Richard Hall
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