The Virtual Notebook System (VNS) is a distributed collaborative hypertext system that has made a successful transition from research prototype to commercial product. Experience in developing and deploying the VNS in diverse settings including biomedical research, undergraduate education, and collaborative system prototyping has developed insight into the use of systems for computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). This paper provides a brief overview of the VNS, discusses some of its strengths and weaknesses with respect to collaboration, and draws some conclusions about the impact of metaphor and extensibility on the collaborative process.

Article Computer support for biomedical work groups Share on Authors: G. Anthony Gorry Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasView Profile , Andrew M. Burger Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasView Profile , R. Jesse Chaney Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasView Profile , Kevin B. Long Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasView Profile , Christina M. Tausk Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasView Profile Authors Info & Claims CSCW '88: Proceedings of the 1988 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative workJanuary 1988 Pages 39–51https://doi.org/10.1145/62266.62270Online:01 January 1988Publication History 13citation304DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations13Total Downloads304Last 12 Months5Last 6 weeks1 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 SiteGet Access