Norwegian Electronic Health Library Search project London Online, December 6th, 2007 Kjell Tjensvoll, Consortium Manager

About us Publicly funded enterprise Mission E-only library Free and equal access for all health personnel, health students and government agencies in Norway December 6th, 2007

Publicly funded enterprise

Mission

E-only library

Free and equal access for all health personnel, health students and government agencies in Norway

Problem Link portal Information resources 3500 medical journals Bibliographic indexes Decision support Drug information Laws and regulations Guidelines More Not user friendly Multiple interfaces Time consuming Hidden content Difficult to find clinically relevant information “ If you can’t find it, it’s not there” December 6th, 2007

Link portal

Information resources

3500 medical journals

Bibliographic indexes

Decision support

Drug information

Laws and regulations

Guidelines

More

Not user friendly

Multiple interfaces

Time consuming

Hidden content

Difficult to find clinically relevant information

“ If you can’t find it, it’s not there”

Solution Single search interface Tailored for health professionals Technology Federated search Enterprise search Both

Single search interface

Tailored for health professionals

Technology

Federated search

Enterprise search

Both

Why Vivisimo? Tender process 11 contenders 3 finalists The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria Out of the box functionality Technology Admin interface Rapid deployment Price December 6th, 2007

Tender process

11 contenders

3 finalists

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria

Out of the box functionality

Technology

Admin interface

Rapid deployment

Price

Relevant search for health personnel Two search possiblilities Limited search Clinically relevant Fewer sources Only crawled sources Faster Comprehensive search All sources Both crawled and federated sources Slower December 6th, 2007

Two search possiblilities

Limited search

Clinically relevant

Fewer sources

Only crawled sources

Faster

Comprehensive search

All sources

Both crawled and federated sources

Slower

Search delimiters What Language Information type Source Topic Vivisimo clusters Norwegian/English dictionary Why Language is amajor barrier when making a query Decreasing bias by encouraging users to filter search results December 6th, 2007

What

Language

Information type

Source

Topic

Vivisimo clusters

Norwegian/English dictionary

Why

Language is amajor barrier when making a query

Decreasing bias by encouraging users to filter search results

Plans for the future Crawl more information Spotlighting Web 2.0 Share search notes Share search results Communities of practice Voting Wikis more Desktop search bar Search generated content pages Research Usability Effect on clinical practice Subcribe to specific search using RSS Expert searches December 6th, 2007

Crawl more information

Spotlighting

Web 2.0

Share search notes

Share search results

Communities of practice

Voting

Wikis

more

Desktop search bar

Search generated content pages

Research

Usability

Effect on clinical practice

Subcribe to specific search using RSS

Expert searches

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