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Groupware: Links


The Usability First™ Glossary's groupware category is a good resource for more information on groupware principles, applications, and widgets.

This page is intended to be as comprehensive an index as possible for Groupware resources.

CSCW or "Computer-Supported Cooperative Work" is the study of how people work together using computer technology. Typical applications include email, awareness and notification systems, videoconferencing, chat systems, multi-player games, and realtime shared applications (such as collaborative writing or drawing).

Updates and additions

Use the feedback form to let us know about any useful CSCW references that can be added to these lists.

Groupware links sections

Introductions and Overviews
Conferences and Workshops
Papers and Abstracts
Books
Journals
Types of Groupware and Groupware Issues
Products / Companies
Empirical Studies of Groups and Groupware Use
Research Centers and Educational Programs
Special Interest Groups, User Groups, and Working Groups
Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
Indexes
Quick Web Searches for CSCW and Groupware
Awards for this CSCW & Groupware Site

New! = This link is new in a recent update of this site.
! = This is a recommended page for really useful information.

Introductions and overviews

Conferences and workshops

Upcoming conferences (by date):

  • IUI 2006 Internatinoal Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 29 January 2006 to 1 February 2006, Sydney, Australia
  • CHI 2006 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 24-27 Apr, 2006, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
  • CSCW 2006 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 4-8 Nov, 2006, Location TBD


Prior conferences

  • CHI - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    • CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 24-29 Apr, 2004, Vienna, Austria
    • CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2-7 Apr, 2005, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • CHI 2003 5-10 Apr 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
    • CHI 2002 20-25 Apr 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    • CHI 2001 31 Mar - 5 Apr 2000, Seattle, WA, USA
    • CHI 2000 1-6 Apr 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • CHI 99 15-20 May 1999, Pittsburgh, PN, USA
    • CHI 98 18-23 Apr 1998, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • CHI 97 22-27 Mar 1997, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • CSCW - Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
  • ECSCW - European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
    • ECSCW 2005 9th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 18-22 Sep 2005, Paris, France
    • ECSCW 2003 8th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 14-18 Sep 2003, Helsinki, Finland
    • ECSCW 2001 7th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 16-20 Sep 2001, Bonn, Germany
    • ECSCW'97 7-11 Sep 1997, Lancaster, UK
  • Other conferences
    • COOP 2004 6th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, 11-14 May, 2004, French Riviera, France
    • GROUP 2003, 9-12 Nov 2003, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
    • CRIWG 2001 7th International Workshop on Groupware, 6-8 Sep 2001, Darmstadt, Germany, CRIWG 2002 8th International Workshop on Groupware, 1-4 Sep 2002, La Serena, Chile, CRIWG 2003 9th International Workshop on Groupware, 28 Sep - 2 Oct 2003, Grenoble (Autrans), France
    • GROUP 2001, 30 Sep - 3 Oct 2001, Boulder, CO, USA
    • GROUP'99 International Conference on Supporting Group Work, 14-17 Nov 1999, Phoenix, AZ, USA
    • WACC'99 International Joint Conference on Work Activities, Coordination, and Collaboration, 22-25 Jan 1999, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ozGROUP-98, Australian Workshop on Computer Support for Collaboration, 20-21 Sep 1998, Brisbane, Australia
    • DCSCW'98, Deutsche CSCW Tagung, 28-30 Sep 1998, Dortmund, Germany
    • COOP'96 Second International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, 12-14 Jun 1996, Juan-les-Pins, France, Coop'98, Third International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, 26-29 May 1998, Cannes, France
    • Desktop Collaboration Technology & Interoperability Conference 18 April 1996 (will be held again 16-17 April 1997)
    • ERCIM workshop on CSCW and the Web Sankt Augustin, Germany, February 7-9, 1996
    • WET ICE - IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WET ICE '96, 19-21 Jun 1996, Stanford University, CA, USA, WET ICE '97, 18-20 June 1997, Cambridge, MA, USA, WET ICE'98, 17-19 Jun 1998, Stanford University, CA, USA
    • WWW Conference '94: Computer Supported Cooperative Work section, including the Workshop on Wide-Area Collaboration and Cooperative Computing

Papers and abstracts

Bibliographies and collections



Individuals and labs

Books

Journals

Types of groupware and groupware issues

Products/Companies

  • Companies with Multi-User Editors (TUM, part of the unOfficial yellow pages)
  • Action Technologies - modeling methodology and design tools for BPR
  • Antarya - Web collaboration application suite
  • Attask - Project Management Software
  • Avalon Business Systems - Lotus Notes groupware development
  • Axista.com - Maker of Xcolla, web-based collaborative project management software
  • bizOA - messaging and groupware solution
  • Blackboard - support for collaborative classrooms
  • BPS - Project management software & business process automation
  • Communiqu Web Conferencing - Web conferencing solutions
  • CommunityZero - web-based community development and hosting services
  • Collaborative Strategies - a consulting firm
  • Convea - Groupware solution
  • Corporacion UNISOL - Top-Report - internet-based executive report for organizations, esp. construction (in Spanish)
  • Cybozu - web-based office groupware running on a LAN, a variety of applications
  • DCASoft - makes BrightSuite KM and collaboration software that allows a corporation to deploy its entire knowledge base
  • Deep Woods - consulting firm specializing in organizational technology and culture
  • Foraker Design - usability consulting firm with ample experience in groupware and website design, offering both user interface design and usability evaluation
  • eBeam - turns whiteboards into digital collaborative workspaces using infra-red and ultrasonic technology
  • eGroupware - Enterprise collaboration suite
  • Enterprise Solutions: MeetingWorks
  • Business Collaborator - collaborative knowledge management system
  • EPIware - EPIware is an efficient portal solution allowing any size organization to easily share information and effectively collaborate on documents in a browser-based environment.
  • eShare - chat, discussion forums, etc.
  • Facilitate.com - virtual internet meeting area supporting discussions with various tools such as brainstorming, organizing, voting, surveying, or chat.
  • Ferris Research - publications on messaging
  • GFI Communications - email based workflow software
  • GMD FIT-CSCW Research Group - BSCW (Basic Support for Cooperative Work) - a web-based shared workspace, The Social Web
  • Group Performance Systems (GPS) - includes some definitions and links to other sites
  • Group Systems—The Leader in Group Intelligence and Decision-Making Technology - E-collaboration software to enable workgroup success by combining technology, methodologies, and expert services New!
  • GroupMind Express - set of online work tools that connect people across geography, functions and time.
  • GroupVille - a web-based collaboration solution
  • HelpMeeting.com - data conferencing service
  • iCohere - provides a collaborative web environment that integrates knowledge management and collaboration tools with principles of group dynamics and learning
  • ILINC - LearnLinc, a collaborative learning system
  • Infowit - web-based project management software solution
  • Inovie Software - TeamCenter, a real-time collaborative project management system
  • INTERnetOFFICE - web-based GroupWare solutions for today's small to mid size companies
  • JDH Technologies - Web-4M - comprehensive distance learning and collaboration environment
  • KMtechnologies - makes work2gether, which is a simple and flexible environment for the instant setup of light multilingual Intranets and Extranets
  • Level 8 Systems, Inc. - messaging tools and component-based enterprise integration frameworks
  • Lotus - Notes, etc.
  • Lucane - Free Collaborative Platform
  • mArratech AB - mStar - a comprehensive tool suite for scalable distributed teamwork and network-based learning
  • Microsoft - Exchange, NetMeeting
  • NeoJapan International - iOffice2000 - groupware application suite
  • NetIQ - software for management of network server applications
  • Net Perceptions - GroupLens Toolkit
  • Netscape - Communicator
  • OPMcreator - a web based team collaboration system
  • phpGroupWare - multi-user web-based groupware suite written in PHP which also provides an API for developing additional applications
  • PHProjekt - open source groupware suite for the Internet and Intranet
  • PicturePhone: videoconferencing
  • PictureTalk Inc - cross-platform visual conferencing
  • POLYCOM - videoconferencing
  • projectplace.com - Web service for project collaboration that includes shared document archives, discussion forums, task lists, shared calendars etc.
  • RoboHead - a web tool designed exclusively for Marketing and Creative Project Management
  • SMART Technologies - world leader in interactive whiteboards
  • SoftArc Inc - FirstClass, a multiplatform electronic mail and group collaboration product
  • Spoke.net - build websites where people interact and contribute
  • StageDirector - a method and workflow engine; includes a white paper on the method
  • STRAKT - modular collaboration and business process applications
  • Teamsoft - TeamAgenda - a cross platform group scheduler
  • Teamspace - Online service for teamwork and collaboration
  • TeamWave Software Ltd - TeamWave Workplace
  • ThinkVirtual - delivers advanced technology and services for implementing communication and process solutions
  • TUTOS - multilingual, web-based team organization software
  • TrabaJunto - Intranet/Extranet collaboration tool for advertising agencies with online asset management and project management features
  • Tracker Suite, Tracker Office - Project management solution
  • GroupSystems—The Leader in Group Intelligence and Decision-Making Technology - meeting-support software
  • VSOffice - software solution that allows organizations to set up an intranet, or add functionalities to an existing intranet
  • WebCal - group web calendar
  • Working by Wire - an online course for building online virtual teams. It teaches people to use groupware and CSCW products for business benefit.
  • WorkZone - web-based shared documents and archived reports for advertising and other professionals
  • YEdit - Web Content Management and Collaboration

Empirical studies of groups and groupware use

Research centers and educational programs

Special interest groups, user groups, and working groups

Newsgroups and mailing lists

  • ! comp.groupware is a newsgroup that discusses CSCW and groupware issues.
    Read their FAQs for more info.
  • comp.groupware.lotus-notes.misc
  • The CSCW-SIG mailing-list is for discussion about CSCW & CSCW SIG notices (e.g. of meetings):
    To subscribe, send a message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
    Include one line in the body of the message that says:
    JOIN cscw-sig firstname(s) lastname
    (Don't forget to substitute your first & last names.)
  • The GSS-L (Group Support Systems List) Listserv is for discussion among group support systems researchers, covering issues such as research, products, facilitation, and conferences.
    To subscribe, send a message to listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu
    Include one line in the body of the message that says:
    subscribe GSS-L your-first-name your-last-name
  • LNOTES-L (The Lotus Notes users mailing list)
    To subscribe, send a message to lnotes-l-request@wums.wustl.edu
    In the body of the message, enter SUBSCRIBE LNOTES-L.

Indexes

Human-computer interaction


General CSCW/groupware indexes

Awards for this CSCW & groupware website

MCB University Press PC Webopaedia Outstanding Page Award Scout Report Selection
Scout Report Selection
ITM Web Five Star Selection LookSmart editor's choice

Last updated 26 July 2005

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