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Digital libraries in a clinical setting: Friend or foe?

Adams, A; Blandford, A; (2001) Digital libraries in a clinical setting: Friend or foe? In: UNSPECIFIED (pp. 213-224). Green open access

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Abstract

Clinical requirements for quick accessibility to reputable, up-to-date information have increased the importance of web accessible digital libraries for this user community. To understand the social and organisational impacts of ward-accessible digital libraries (DLs) for clinicians, we conducted a study of clinicians. perceptions of electronic information resources within a large London based hospital. The results highlight that although these resources appear to be a relatively innocuous means of information provision (i.e. no sensitive data) social and organisational issues can impede effective technology deployment. Clinical social structures, which produce information. and technology. hoarding behaviours can result from poor training, support and DL usability.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Digital libraries in a clinical setting: Friend or foe?
ISBN-13: 9783540425373
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44796-2_19
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/5131
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