Toward Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS)
Abstract
It is natural for humans to collaborate while dealing with complex problems. In this article I consider this process of collaboration in the context of information seeking. The study and discussion presented here are driven by two dissatisfactions: (1) the majority of IR systems today do not facilitate collaboration directly, and (2) the concept of collaboration itself is not well-understood. I begin by probing the notion of collaboration and propose a model that helps us understand the requirements for a successful collaboration. A model of a Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS) environment is then rendered based on an extended model of information seeking.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0908.0709,
title = {Toward Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS)},
author = {Chirag Shah},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.0709},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Presented at 1st Intl Workshop on Collaborative Information Seeking, 2008 (arXiv:0908.0583)