Madle, G;
Kostkova, P;
Mani-Saada, J;
(2004)
Evaluating the Online Activity and Searching Behaviour of Users of a Medical Digital Library.
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Proceedings of the Healthcare Digital Libraries Workshop - HDL 2004.
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
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Abstract
The National electronic Library of Infection (NeLI) is a UK-based resource, providing free access to current best-available evidence in Infectious Disease for the public and professionals alike. The content of the NeLI is intended to be developed and maintained by an online community of professionals. The library is currently running as a pilot website and analysis of the behaviour of current users, in particular professionals in the field of infectious disease is necessary to inform development of the new NeLI website. A web log analysis was undertaken for the period January 2002 to June 2003. In particular use by hospital/National Health Service (NHS)-based users was evaluated. Results indicate an increase in activity during the period and an increase in the number of hospital/NHS-based users. Hospital/NHS-based users were more likely to return to the site, spend more time on the site and to view more pages than other users. In addition, a free text search facility was added in July 2003 and an analysis of the queries entered into this search has also informed further library development and will be evaluated in future research. Further research is now necessary to promote the library among professionals and develop the online community.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Evaluating the Online Activity and Searching Behaviour of Users of a Medical Digital Library |
| Event: | Healthcare Digital Libraries Workshop - HDL 2004 |
| Location: | Bath, UK |
| Dates: | 16th September 2004 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://dl.acm.org/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Communicable Diseases, Libraries, Information Dissemination, Evidence-based Medicine, Guidelines, Evaluation Studies,Internet |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084405 |
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