Collaborative Information Seeking: Best Practices, New Domains and New Thoughts

by Preben Hansen (Editor), Chirag Shah (Editor), Claus-Peter Klas (Editor)

 Compiled by world- class leaders in the field of collaborative information retrieval and search (CIS), this book centres on the notion that information seeking is not always a solitary activity and working in collaboration to perform information-seeking tasks should be studied and supported. Covering aspects of theories, models, and applications the book is divided in three ·         Best Practices and providing an overview of current knowledge and state-of-the-art in the field. ·         New covers some of the new and exciting opportunities of applying CIS ·         New focuses on new research directions by scholars from academia and industry from around the world. Collaborative Information Seeking provides a valuable reference for student, teachers, and researchers interested in the area of collaborative work, information seeking/retrieval, and human-computer interaction.

244 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 2015