General purpose medical digital library definition

The need of an approach for the definition of a platform-independent medical digital library, using only 2 open-source tools, will be described. To test the need and the success of such an approach, a library will 3 be created, which can later be used in a larger scale as a general purpose digital medical tool, when comes 4 the need to evaluate an image. 5 As a first test, the library will be used in the development of a tool aimed to aid doctors in otoplasty 6 candidates' evaluation. This tool shall be developed and tested first on a mobile platform, so the potential 7 of the developed library can be tested on the most adverse situation. Also, the resulting library will be 8 license free, making easier the collaboration of others in development and integration with other software, 9 translating in a better spread of the library in medical practice. 10 CCS Concepts 11 • Medical imaging, mobile devices, digital medical tool. 12 Keywords 13 Medical imaging, open-source, image analysis software library, digital medical tool

An Annotation Tool for a Digital Library System of Epidermal Data

Melanoma is one of the deadliest form of skin cancers so it becomes crucial the developing of automated systems that analyze and investigate epidermal images to early identify them also reducing unnecessary medical exams. A key element is the availability of user-friendly annotation tools that can be used by non-IT experts to produce well-annotated and high-quality medical data. In this work, we present an annotation tool to manually crate and annotate digital epidermal images, with the aim to extract meta-data (annotations, contour patterns and intersections, color information) stored and organized in an integrated digital library. This tool is obtained following rigid usability principles also based on doctors interviews and opinions. A preliminary but functional evaluation phase has been conducted with non-medical subjects by using questionnaires, in order to check the general usability and the efficacy of the proposed tool

New Challenges in Medical Library : from shelf to PDA

The UABMS (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Medical School) has set up a new project: to create a platform to help final-year students in clinical placements. Because these sessions involve dealing with real patients in university hospitals, it is essential for students to be able to respond quickly in cases where they may be unable to find answers to their doubts and queries. We consider the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) to be a good solution; as it would enable easy access library to documentation, such as catalogues, data bases, digital journal, eBooks, etc in the field. The final objective is to make mobile devices a usual consultancy tool

The Center for Teaching & Learning: July 1, 2014 - December 2015

Contents: From the Director New Center Supports Teaching and Learning CTL Supports Scholarly Publishing iCE Platform Fosters Interactive Learning Experience A Physical and Virtual Makeover for Scott Library Reaching Out to Our Users Exhibits & Special Events Staff Highlight

Information Outlook, September 2004

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A Meeting of the Minds: Enhancing Collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry through the Institutional Repository

This presentation will provide an overview of an ongoing collaboration between the Lamar Soutter Library and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) to promote faculty research. The Library has a long-standing liaison relationship with the Department of Psychiatry to share information about library collections and services, and to support the department’s teaching, clinical, and research needs. In 2009 the Library formally established a Research and Scholarly Communication Services department, with one librarian overseeing the university’s institutional repository, eScholarship@UMMS. eScholarship@UMMS is a digital archive offering worldwide access to the research and scholarly output of the University of Massachusetts Medical School community. Its goal is to bring together all of the University\u27s research under one umbrella, in full text whenever possible, in order to preserve, promote, and provide access to that research. Important features include usage statistics, optimized indexing in Google and Google Scholar, the opportunity to create a personal researcher page, electronic journal publishing software, RSS feeds and email alerts, and ongoing Library support and administration. The Library leveraged the existing liaison relationship with the Department of Psychiatry to advocate for the use of eScholarship@UMMS as a tool to maximize the readership and impact of faculty scholarship. The Department has proven to be an enthusiastic collaborator. eScholarship@UMMS has been enhanced with new research materials, faculty researcher pages, and the publication of an electronic journal. This project serves as a model for library collaboration with faculty departments to support and preserve faculty research output. Presented at the Association for College and Research Libraries New England Chapter Annual Conference, Creative Collaborations, on May 13, 2011, in Worcester, Mass

Digital libraries in a clinical setting: Friend or foe?

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

Information Outlook, September 2004

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