TY - BOOK

T1 - Using studies of collaborative activity in physical environments to inform the design of digital libraries

T2 - Technical Report CSEG/11/1998

AU - Twidale, Michael

AU - Nichols, David

N1 - Presented at the Collaborative and co-operative information seeking in digital information environments Workshop at CSCW'98, Seattle, WA.

PY - 1998

Y1 - 1998

N2 - This paper considers how studies of collaborative activities in the real world can be used to aid in the design of digital libraries. We describe two studies of collaboration in physical environments. The first study examines behaviour at the enquiry desk in an academic library. The second study examines collaboration in an office environment - concentrating on 'over the shoulder learning'. The natural characteristics, or affordances, of these physical environments suggest that digital libraries should be designed to utilise the specific characteristics of digital environments.

AB - This paper considers how studies of collaborative activities in the real world can be used to aid in the design of digital libraries. We describe two studies of collaboration in physical environments. The first study examines behaviour at the enquiry desk in an academic library. The second study examines collaboration in an office environment - concentrating on 'over the shoulder learning'. The natural characteristics, or affordances, of these physical environments suggest that digital libraries should be designed to utilise the specific characteristics of digital environments.

KW - digial libraries

M3 - Other report

BT - Using studies of collaborative activity in physical environments to inform the design of digital libraries

PB - Lancaster University

ER -