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Informal communication in collaboratories

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Airong Luo,

Judith S. OlsonAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '06: CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125650

Published: 21 April 2006 Publication History

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Recent years have seen an increasing use of collaboratories in distributed scientific work. This study examines the role of collaboratories in informal scientific communication. Hypotheses relating to potential opportunities for informal communication afforded by collaboratories are tested with data from in-depth interviews.

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DOI:10.1145/1125451

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