This paper describes the current status of my doctoral research. In my work I am developing a novel approach to studying division of workload in collaborative tasks, with a particular focus on exploring division of labour in collaborative information seeking. My approach is based on the application of an economic game to the problem of workload division. Using this game as a theoretical and emp...

Professional search in an engineering context includes users on different stages from novice to expert. We discuss how searching as learning can help to understand searching in a larger information seeking, workspace, and learning environment, giving users the tools and understanding to become experts over time. We present some findings of user interaction with engineering domain retrieval syst...

The study investigated the process of information channel selection of Jewish studies scholars in Israel according to two theoretical frameworks, the ‘cost–benefit ratio’ that focused on the quality of the information provided by the channel and the ‘least effort principle’ that focused on the accessibility of the channel. The study sought to identify which of the two parameters, quality of inf...

ashura tragic event and the martyrdom of imam hussein (as) are considered the greatest events in the history of islam after ghadir event because imam (as) held the great epic in ashura day and sacrificed himself and his family, near kin and his companions for the survival of islam. this human event had influence on poets’ souls as they made an attempt to compose lyrics about imam (as). some of ...