Collaborative Information Behavior: User Engagement and Communication Sharing - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 161520797X ISBN 13: 9781615207978

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2010

Synopsis

Although it has become commonplace for users and organizations alike to regularly collaborate during the seeking, searching, retrieval and use of information, a definitive work on the behaviors, practices, and systems that enable this Collaborative information behavior has been sorely lacking. Collaborative Information Behavior: User Engagement and Communication Sharing fulfills that urgent demand by presenting current research and practices in the area of collaborative information behavior. Providing empirical research findings, theoretical frameworks, and models relevant to the myriad aspects of collaborative information behavior, this book is an ambitious and important work for professionals, educators and researchers in the fields of information science, knowledge management, human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work.

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About the Author

Jonathan Foster is a lecturer in Information Management at the Information School, University of Sheffield. Prior to this he worked in a London-based electronic publishing house. His research interests are in information management and educational informatics. He has worked on a number of research projects in the areas of computer based collaborative group work and learning. He is currently investigating the implementation and evaluation of interactive archives for new media artworks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161520797X
• ISBN 13: 9781615207978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 281
• Editor: Foster Jonathan