HDL 2004: Healthcare Digital Libraries
Workshop 2004
to be held in conjunction with
ECDL
2004
16st September 2004, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Workshop Chairs:
Patty Kostkova,
City ehealth Research Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, City University, London, UK
Anne Adams, UCL Interaction Centre, UCL, London, UK
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Keynote Speaker |
Dr Mike Stein, |
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The objective of the 2nd HDL workshop is to provide an
informal forum for researchers from academia, industry and health care
institutions to present their work on digital libraries in healthcare, share
their experience and discuss mutual technical and user-centred interests in order to bridge the gap between
academic research and industrial and real-world project needs. An impact
evaluation of digital libraries in real-world settings is an essential part of
DL research that can answer the fundamental question: Do healthcare DLs make
any difference to clinical practise and patient care? Academic researchers can often provide technically brilliant solutions to theoretical problems with no applicability to the real-world systems. Real-world health care project decision makers are not involved in cutting-edge research to see how new inventions could serve the needs of real projects. User-centred research should bridge this gap but the application of this within the healthcare domain has been limited. This workshop is aiming to bridge this gap by providing digital library researchers an opportunity to discuss and collaborate with colleagues working on real-world healthcare projects. In particular, it will focus on information management in health-care digital libraries, health care information provision on the Internet, searching and Web crawling, personalization aspects and end-user evaluation and needs for information in digital libraries. The presentations are not expected to be directly related to existing healthcare applications but should address technical or implementation issues that need to be solved in real health care systems. By attracting researchers and decision makers from academia, industry and health care institutions, this workshop will be a unique event providing a forum for sharing both technical user-centred interests enabling post-workshop collaboration. |
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Information for Speakers and Participants |