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CSCW & Groupware Index

Let me know of any useful CSCW references I can add to this. Tom Brinck, brinck@umich.edu

CSCW or "Computer-Supported Cooperative Work" is the study of how people work together using computer technology. Typical topics include use of email, shared databases and hypertext that include awareness of the activities of other users, videoconferencing, chat systems, and realtime shared applications, such as collaborative writing or drawing. Here's another definition. CSCW is often divided into the domains of synchronous (or realtime) work, which considers people who are working together at the same time (such as with videoconferencing), and asynchronous work, which considers people coordinating their efforts across longer periods of time (such as with email). Here's a definition of CSCW from an asynchronous perspective. "Groupware" is often used to specifically denote the technology that people use to work together, whereas "CSCW" refers to the field that studies the use of that technology.

General Indexes

Overviews

Conferences

Papers and Abstracts

Publications

Types of Groupware

Products/Companies

Evaluation of Groupware

Research Centers

Miscellaneous

Tom Brinck, brinck@umich.edu
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