Collaborative web search
Subtitle: who, what, where, when, and why
By: Meredith Ringel Morris and Jaime Teevan
Contributors: Teevan, Jaime
Series: Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services -- # 14
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA)
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781608451227; 9781608451210
Subjects: Subject access; Internet searching; Information retrieval; Web search engines; World Wide Web
Other titles: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Description: Today,Web search is treated as a solitary experience.Web browsers and search engines are typically designed to support a single user, working alone. However, collaboration on information-seeking tasks is actually commonplace. Students work together to complete homework assignments, friends seek information about joint entertainment opportunities, family members jointly plan vacation travel, and colleagues jointly conduct research for their projects. As improved networking technologies and the rise of social media simplify the process of remote collaboration, and large, novel display form-factors simplify the process of co-located group work, researchers have begun to explore ways to facilitate collaboration on search tasks. This lecture investigates the who, what, where, when and why of collaborative search, and gives insight in how emerging solutions can address collaborators' needs.
Notes: Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

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Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Credits; title: 1. Introduction: 1.1. Collaborative search in context; 1.2. Scenario: collaboration today; 1.3. Overview of lecture; title: 2. Who?: 2.1. Specific populations; 2.2. Relationships among collaborators; 2.3. Who: conclusions and future directions; title: 3. What?: 3.1. Collaborative search tasks; 3.2. Collaborative strategies and tactics; 3.3. What: conclusions and future directions; title: 4. Where?: 4.1. Remote collaboration; 4.2. Co-located collaboration; 4.2.1. Example: CoSearch; 4.2.2. Example:WeSearch; 4.3. Where: conclusions and future directions; title: 5. When?: 5.1. Asynchronous collaboration; 5.1.1. Example: S3 (storable, shareable search); 5.2. Synchronous collaboration; 5.2.1. Example: CoSense; 5.3. When: conclusions and future directions; title: 6. Why?: 6.1. Shared interest in a topic; 6.2. Shared social interests; 6.3. Introducing potential collaborators; 6.4. Why: conclusions and future directions; title: 7. Conclusion: how? : 7.1. Scenario: collaboration tomorrow; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Authors' biographies.