Collaborative Information Seeking

Compiled by world- class leaders in the field of collaborative information retrieval and search (CIS), this book centres on the notion that information seeking is not always a solitary activity and working in collaboration to perform information-seeking tasks should be studied and supported.

Covering aspects of theories, models, and applications the book is divided in three parts:

· Best Practices and Studies: providing an overview of current knowledge and state-of-the-art in the field.

· New Domains: covers some of the new and exciting opportunities of applying CIS

· New Thoughts: focuses on new research directions by scholars from academia and industry from around the world.

Collaborative Information Seeking provides a valuable reference for student, teachers, and researchers interested in the area of collaborative work, information seeking/retrieval, and human-computer interaction.

Provides a fresh look on collaborative information seeking and retrieval research and practices Combines aspects of theories and systems relating to collaborative search Discusses best practices and applications of collaborative work in information-intensive domains Provides a selection of in-depth chapter to be used in curriculum in different disciplines Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Editorial.- Part I: Best Practices and Studies.- Collaborative Information Seeking - From 'What?' and 'Why?' to 'How?' and 'So What?'.- Studying Collaborative Information Seeking: Experiences with Three Methods.- Situating CIS - The Importance of Context in Collaborative Information Seeking.- Procedures and Collaborative Information Seeking: A Study of Emergency Departments.- Collaborative Information Seeking in the Context of Leisure and Work Task Situations.- Part II: New Domains.- Learning through Collaborative Information Seeking.- A Proposed CIS Interface Based on the Analysis of Problem-Solving in Online Technical Support.- Collaborative Information Use with Technology.- Part III: New Thoughts.- A Probability Ranking Principle for Collaborative Search.- Affective Dimension in Collaborative Information Seeking.- Collaborative Information Seeking Around Big Data.