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Demonstrating Success: Web Analytics and Continuous Improvement
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Loftus, Wayne – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
As free and low-cost Web analytics tools become more sophisticated, libraries' approach to user analysis can become more nuanced and precise. Tracking appropriate metrics with a well-formulated analytics program can inform design decisions, demonstrate the degree to which those decisions have succeeded, and thereby inform the next iteration in the…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Medical Libraries, Academic Libraries, Web Sites
Upgrading a ColdFusion-Based Academic Medical Library Staff Intranet
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Vander Hart, Robert; Ingrassia, Barbara; Mayotte, Kerry; Palmer, Lisa A.; Powell, Julia – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
This article details the process of upgrading and expanding an existing academic medical library intranet to include a wiki, blog, discussion forum, and photo collection manager. The first version of the library's intranet from early 2002 was powered by ColdFusion software and existed primarily to allow staff members to author and store minutes of…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Web Sites, Computer Software, Medical Libraries
Transformative Sharing with Instant Messaging, Wikis, Interactive Maps, and Flickr
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Chase, Darren – Computers in Libraries, 2007
Smart librarians have always valued their relationships with users and other librarians. The creative force of those relationships is empowered via Web-based social networking, collaboration, and sharing. At Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library in New York, students, faculty, clinicians, and residents expect the latest refinements in…
Descriptors: Library Services, Reference Services, Internet, Academic Libraries
PERSIVAL, a System for Personalized Search and Summarization over Multimedia Healthcare Information.
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McKeown, Kathleen R.; Chang, Shih-Fu; Cimino, James; Feiner, Steven K.; Friedman, Carol; Gravano, Luis; Hatzivassiloglou, Vasileios; Johnson, Steven; Jordan, Desmond A.; Klavans, Judith L.; Kushniruk, Andre; Patel, Vimla; Teufel, Simone – 2001
This paper reports on the ongoing development of PERSIVAL (Personalized Retrieval and Summarization of Image, Video, and Language), a system designed to provide personalized access to a distributed digital library of medical literature and consumer health information. The goal for PERSIVAL is to tailor search, presentation, and summarization of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Health Materials
Bringing the Mountain to Mohammed without Falling off the Cliff of Unmanageable Technology.
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Algermissen, Virginia; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Describes the design of a customized online service at the Lister Hill Library (Alabama) that used a dial-in modem system to provide remote access to medical research materials. Problems with hardware and software incompatibility are discussed, user training is described, and the successful results are reviewed. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design
CD Net on Ethernet Using Novell Netware 3.10--The Experiences of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Bovenlander, J. H.; And Others – CD-ROM Professional, 1993
Describes the required hardware, software, and configuration of the local area network for information sources and CD-ROMS in the medical libraries at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Problems encountered with microcomputer diversity, memory requirements, device drivers, and Microsoft Extension software are related; and the network's future growth…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)