How-To pages: Informal systems of expertise sharing

ECSCW 2007 - Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 391-410

  Torrey, Cristen ^a   McDonald, David W ^b   Schilit, Bill N ^c   Bly, Sara ^d  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^d Sara Bly Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EXPERTISE LOCATIONS; EXPERTISE SHARING; INFORMAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ON-LINE CONTENTS; PERSONAL PORTFOLIO; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72449194112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-031-5_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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