@inproceedings{f7f53c9b7b624bdea5b6c226b3bd46a0,
title = "Factors affecting the utility of technology-mediated collaboration in science and engineering",
abstract = "There is significant interest in scientific and industrial collaboration and the CSCW technologies to support it. What is missing, however, is a means for systematic assessment of prospective users, in order to determine what tools are needed and how organizational factors encourage or discourage collaboration. This study proposes development and deployment of a survey instrument measuring social and organizational factors that will likely affect the utility of collaboration for scientists in 3 fields. Results will drive the design of other types of tools for assessing group needs, and specific recommendations about tools likely to be useful under different conditions.",
keywords = "CSCW, Collaboration Tools, Collaboratories, Science",
author = "Jeremy Birnholtz",
year = "2004",
doi = "10.1145/985921.985971",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "1581137036",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
pages = "1045--1046",
booktitle = "Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004",
note = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004 ; Conference date: 24-04-2004 Through 29-04-2004",
}