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Information behavior of small groups: implications for design of digital libraries

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We report findings of a study that investigates the information behavior of online small groups engaged in math problem solving and discuss the implications for designing digital libraries that can support learning of younger students and their broader information practices.

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    JCDL '07: Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
    June 2007
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    ISBN:9781595936448
    DOI:10.1145/1255175
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    1. CSCL
    2. digital libraries
    3. information behavior

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    JCDL07: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
    June 18 - 23, 2007
    BC, Vancouver, Canada

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    • (2012)The "City of Lit" digital libraryProceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital Libraries10.1145/2232817.2232856(203-212)Online publication date: 10-Jun-2012
    • (2009)Organisational challenges of the semantic web in digital libraries: a Norwegian case studyOnline Information Review10.1108/1468452091100194533:5(973-985)Online publication date: 25-Sep-2009
    • (2008)Behaviors and preferences of digital natives: Informing a research agendaProceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology10.1002/meet.145044013344:1(1-15)Online publication date: 24-Oct-2008

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