Supporting cooperative working using shared notebooks.

Turner, Phil; Turner, Susan

Authors

Phil Turner

Susan Turner

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of a shared cooperative notebook by a group of software engineers and support staff distributed over two sites. The design: of the notebook is described and results of the pilot trial reported It was found that the system was an effective means of sharing information for the non-technical staff but required much greater integration with other information systems and the actual rather than perceived working practices of users Issues which appeared to influence the results were the distinction between formal and informal information and the parallel rather than genuinely cooperative work patterns of the technical staff

Citation

Turner, P., & Turner, S. (1997). Supporting cooperative working using shared notebooks. In Proceedings of the fifth conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (281-295)

Start Date	Sep 7, 1997
End Date	Sep 11, 1997
Publication Date	1997
Deposit Date	Sep 13, 2010
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Pages	281-295
Book Title	Proceedings of the fifth conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
ISBN	0-7923-4638-6
Keywords	shared cooperative notebook; information sharing; formal/informal; cooperation;
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3144