%0 Generic
%A Kostkova, P
%A Souza, D
%C Vienna, Austria
%D 2005
%F discovery:10084402
%K Agents; digital library; healthcare; knowledge management;  information retrieval.
%T Agents in Online Healthcare Digital Library Management of the National Resource for Infection Control
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084402/
%X In this paper, we describe a specification for the use of agents  within the National Resource for Infection Control (NRIC -  www.nric.org.uk) in the UK.  The National Resource for Infection Control is an Internet  medical digital library that provides a single point of access to  quality appraised, evidence based information within the field of  infection control.  One of the most important aspects of running an online healthcare  digital library is the improvement of the functionality provided to  the users, in order to facilitate the transfer of information in as  useful a manner as possible. Software agents can help solve some  of the problems involved in this process in an efficient manner.  The methods by which agents may be used in this scenario to aid  the improvement of this digital library are detailed here.
%Z This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.