Collaborative information behavior
Subtitle: user engagement and communication sharing
By: Jonathan Foster, editor.
Contributors: Foster, Jonathan, 1965-
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hershey PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781615207978; 9781615207985
Subjects: Information behavior; Group work in research; Virtual work teams
Description: "This book coordinates and integrates current research and practices in the area of collaborative information behavior, providing information on empirical research findings, theoretical frameworks, and models relevant to understanding collaborative information behavior"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultivating the value of networked individuals / Wolf Richter, David A. Bray, William H. Dutton; title: Contributors and lurkers : obstacles to content creation in a professional online community / Anne Beamish; title: Living with new media technology : how the poor learn, share, and experiment on mobile phone / Andrew Wong; title: Collaborative information behavior : exploring collaboration and coordination during information seeking and retrieval activities / Madhu C. Reddy, Bernard J. Jansen, Patricia R. Spence; title: Informing traces : the social practices of collaborative informing in the midwifery clinic / Pamela J. McKenzie; title: Sharing information about the pain : patient-doctor collaboration in therapy and research / Richard Chalfen, Michael Rich; title: Why do we need to share information? : analysis of a collaborative task management meeting / Nozomi Ikeya, Norihisa Awamura, Shinichiro Sakai; title: It was only natural : a cross-disciplinary approach to a CMC study / Elizabeth Meyers Hendrickson; title: On the challenges of collaborative data processing / Sylvie Noel, Daniel Lemire; title: Designs for systems to support collaborative information behavior / Chirag Shah; title: Collaborative information behavior in completely online groups / Sean Goggins, Sanda Erdelez; title: Building a learning community : students teaching students using video podcasts / Philip Scown; title: Talking about information : understanding the role of peer talk in collaborative information behavior / Jonathan Foster.