Open AccessCoagmento : A system for supporting collaborative information seeking
Author(s) -
GonzálezIbáñez Roberto,
Shah Chirag
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.2011.14504801336
Subject(s) - computer science , process (computing) , field (mathematics) , information seeking , world wide web , information system , knowledge management , engineering , information retrieval , mathematics , pure mathematics , electrical engineering , operating system
In this demo we introduce Coagmento , a tool for supporting interactive information seeking process of teams in various collaborative scenarios. Coagmento has been used in several laboratory and field studies to understand issues related to collaborative information seeking (CIS) and deriving lessons and guidelines for providing suitable support for people working in collaboration for information‐intensive projects. From its initial design, Coagmento has evolved through the introduction of new features and the support for both web‐based as well as mobile systems. Using appropriate research methodologies, Coagmento has proven to be a useful tool for collecting behavioral data of users enabling researchers to better understand different dimensions of the collaborative process of teams as well as single users while searching information online.