Personalization Needs Extension towards Task Stages in Collaborative Research Work Tasks

People have various goals and intentions while interacting with information items. The intentions are derived from larger, motivating work tasks, and the intentions during the stages of task performance may vary. Further, the information activities are often conducted in collaborative work settings. We present preliminary findings on a collaborative research task process indicating that task-stages are also observable in collaborative tasks. We show that trust building and common understanding of the task emerge and discuss the implications to evaluation of information interaction. Based on our understanding, we claim that the personalization based on individuals’ past actions is not necessarily enough, but needs extension towards task stages in collaborative research tasks.