A Survey of Collaborative Information Seeking Practices of Academic Researchers

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dc.contributor.authorSpence, Patricia Ruma
dc.contributor.authorReddy, Madhu C.
dc.contributor.authorHall, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T11:43:54Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T11:43:54Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractInformation 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.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/1099203.1099216
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4802
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2005 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectgroup work
dc.subjectacademic researchers
dc.subjectsurvey
dc.subjectcollaborative information seeking
dc.titleA Survey of Collaborative Information Seeking Practices of Academic Researchersen
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage85–88
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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