'Safety in numbers': calculation and document re-use in knowledge work

  • Authors:
  • Richard Harper;Rob Procter;Dave Randall;Mark Rouncefield

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Surrey, UK;University of Edinburgh, UK;Manchester Metropolitan University, UK;University of Lancaster,UK

  • Venue:
  • GROUP '01 Proceedings of the 2001 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This paper presents detailed examples of document use and re-use, through an ethnographic study of the knowledge work associated with road safety audit in a civil engineering consultancy The paper incorporates some detailed observation of practices, conversations, and other activities occurring around document re-use in everyday work. It outlines some aspects of the everyday use and re-use of engineering documents in the practical accomplishment of everyday knowledge work as the first stage in considering how these activities can be technologically supported.