Chirag Shah
Gary Marchionini
Diane Kelly
ABSTRACT
While collaboration is a natural choice in many situations, there is a lack of specialized tools for collaboratively seeking information. We present design specifications and implementation of a collaborative information seeking system. We test this system through several pilot studies and cognitive walkthroughs. User interactions and feedback from these studies help us refine our design specifications for a better collaborative information seeking system.
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- Learning design principles for a collaborative information seeking system
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