Title :
Investigating Collaborative Sensemaking Behavior in Collaborative Information Seeking
Author :
Yihan Tao ; Tombros, Anastasios
Author_Institution :
Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
Collaborative sensemaking is an important but under-studied aspect of collaborative information seeking. A better understanding of collaborative sensemaking behavior as it relates to online searches and the support needed to perform collaborative information-seeking tasks will lead to improvements in system designs for these activities.
Keywords :
groupware; information retrieval; collaborative information seeking; collaborative sensemaking behavior; online search; Collaboration; Computer science; Information retrieval; Knowledge discovery; Knowledge engineering; Online services; Search methods; collaborative information seeking; sensemaking; user behavior; user study;