Browsing is a collaborative process Export

@article{citeulike:4486987, abstract = {Interfaces to databases have traditionally been designed as single-user systems that hide other users and their activity. This paper aims to show that collaboration is an important aspect of searching online information retrieval (IR) systems that requires explicit computerised support. A number of systems offering varied approaches to supporting collaboration are surveyed and a structure for analysing the various aspects of collaboration is applied. The dominant form of collaboration in digital libraries is likely to be remote and asynchronous. Collaborative work in the digital library requires that both the search product and the search process can be captured and communicated. The ARIADNE system is introduced as an example of computerised support for collaboration between browsers.}, author = {Twidale, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4486987}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00040-X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306-4573(97)00040-X}, doi = {10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00040-X}, issn = {03064573}, journal = {Information Processing \& Management}, keywords = {cscw, new}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {761--783}, posted-at = {2009-07-20 17:44:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Browsing is a collaborative process}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00040-X}, volume = {33}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4486987 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4486987 N2 - Interfaces to databases have traditionally been designed as single-user systems that hide other users and their activity. This paper aims to show that collaboration is an important aspect of searching online information retrieval (IR) systems that requires explicit computerised support. A number of systems offering varied approaches to supporting collaboration are surveyed and a structure for analysing the various aspects of collaboration is applied. The dominant form of collaboration in digital libraries is likely to be remote and asynchronous. Collaborative work in the digital library requires that both the search product and the search process can be captured and communicated. The ARIADNE system is introduced as an example of computerised support for collaboration between browsers. IS - 6 JF - Information Processing & Management SN - 03064573 EP - 783 TI - Browsing is a collaborative process VL - 33 SP - 761 KW - cscw KW - new AU - Twidale, M PY - 1997/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00040-X ER -