Browsing is a collaborative process

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...

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Published in:Information processing & management 1997-11, Vol.33 (6), p.761-783
Main Authors: Twidale, Michael B., Nichols, David M., Paice, Chris D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ariadne
Browsers
Browsing
Collaboration
Computer Interfaces
Cooperation
Electronic Libraries
Exact sciences and technology
Examples
Gateway Systems
Information and communication sciences
Information Retrieval
Information retrieval systems. Information and document management system
Information science. Documentation
Information Systems
Interfaces. Software
Online information retrieval
Online information services
Sciences and techniques of general use
Search Strategies
Searches
Studies
Support Services
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0306-4573
1873-5371
DOI:10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00040-X