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Transforming work: collaboration, learning, and design

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 38 , Issue 9 (September 1995) table of contents

Pages: 36 - 44

Year of Publication: 1995

ISSN:0001-0782

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Patricia Sachs

NYNEX Science and Technology, 400 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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