"What I Want, Where I Want:" Reference Material Use in Tabletop Work

Tang, A., and Fels, S. (2006). "What I Want, Where I Want:" Reference Material Use in Tabletop Work. In University of British Columbia.

Materials

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Keywords

Tabletop groupware, collaboration, reference material

BibTeX

@techreport{tang2006reference,
  year = {2006},
  url = {http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/tr/2006/TR-2006-05},
  type = {techreport},
  title = {"What I Want, Where I Want:" Reference Material Use in Tabletop Work},
  publisher = {Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia},
  pdfurl = {http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/tr/2006/TR-2006-05.pdf},
  number = {TR-2008-08},
  month = {July},
  keywords = {Tabletop groupware, collaboration, reference material},
  institution = {University of British Columbia},
  date-modified = {2014-01-24 04:00:26 +0000},
  date-added = {2014-01-24 03:59:13 +0000},
  author = {Tang, Anthony and Fels, Sid},
  annote = {Usable digital tabletop design hinges on a deep understanding of people's
natural work practices over traditional tables. We present an ethnographic
study of engineering project teams that highlights the use of reference material---artifacts
not the primary product or focus of work activity, but referred to or inspected
while the work activity is carried out---in tabletop work. We show how the
variety of reference material forms and their role in tabletop work suggest
that digital tabletop systems must recognize external artifacts and should
allow reconfiguration of external work surfaces and information. },
  address = {Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4},
}