Observations of information retrieval (IR) system user experiences reveal a strong desire for
collaborative search while at the same time suggesting that collaborative capabilities are …

Abstract" Collaboration plays an important role in the information seeking and retrieval
activities within a team setting. However, there is little explicit support of collaboration in …

Synchronous collaborative information retrieval (SCIR) is concerned with supporting two or
more users who search together at the same time in order to satisfy a shared information …

The developers of collaborative information seeking (CIS) systems face many unique
challenges, above and beyond the issues raised by traditional single-user information …

Collaboration plays an important role in the information seeking and retrieval activities within
a team setting. In this research, we examined the impact of collaborative design features in …

This article attempts to lay down theoretical groundwork for information retrieval (IR) that
involves the combined efforts of several users. It is argued that the fundamental intellectual …

Most information retrieval (IR) interfaces are designed for a single user working with a
dedicated interface. We present a system in which the IR interface has been fully integrated …

This paper revisits some of the established Information Retrieval (IR) techniques to
investigate effective collaborative search strategies. We devised eight search strategies that …

Most of the previous approaches surrounding collaborative information retrieval (CIR)
provide either a user-based mediation, in which the system only supports users' …

Abstract Synchronous Collaborative Information Retrieval refers to systems that support
multiple users searching together at the same time in order to satisfy a shared information …