Widening the net

ACM SIGCHI BulletinPublished 1 July 1997Open access

Steve Whittaker, Ellen Isaacs, Vicki L. O’Day

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The main discussions and high~gh" of a workshop held at the CompUkr Supported CO()p~rari~ Wktr:k conference in Boston, on November 16'1' and 17"'. 1996 arepan.

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article Free Access Share on Widening the net: workshop report on the theory and practice of physical and network communities Authors: Steve Whittaker View Profile , Ellen Isaacs View Profile , Vicki O'Day View Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGCHI BulletinVolume 29Issue 3July 1997 pp 27–30https://doi.org/10.1145/264853.264867Online:01 July 1997Publication History 56citation84DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations56Total Downloads84Last 12 Months26Last 6 weeks4 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

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