Abstract
The following chapter presents and compares three empirical studies on Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS) within the context of leisure time and of work tasks. The focus lies on the methods, the results and a comparison between the studies. The first study was conducted in Malaysia and concentrates on the way Malaysian students execute their mobile search in a social setting. The following two studies focus on CIS in the context of work tasks. The first study deals with ad hoc CIS in a work task scenario and was conducted with German Information Science students. The second study refers to long-term CIS in relation with work tasks and was conducted in the same context. Apart from describing the test designs in the different scenarios, we discuss similarities and differences between leisure-based and work-based CIS, adapted from the results of the three empirical studies. In addition, we point out limitations given by the design and the different scopes of the surveys. With the help of the studies we hope to provide a deeper understanding of the way students execute their collaborative search in leisure-based and work-based scenarios. Furthermore, the description of the different test designs and the given limitations can help to conduct additional studies in the respective contexts.
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We thank Tanja Kußmann and Tobias Petersen for their valuable research and the students who participated in the studies for their time and effort.
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Elbeshausen, S., Mandl, T., Womser-Hacker, C. (2015). Collaborative Information Seeking in the Context of Leisure and Work Task Situations: A Comparison of Three Empirical Studies. In: Hansen, P., Shah, C., Klas, CP. (eds) Collaborative Information Seeking. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18988-8_5
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