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International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries

ICADL 2003: Digital Libraries: Technology and Management of Indigenous Knowledge for Global Access pp 699Cite as

Usage of Digital Library Services for the Medical Professionals

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The present paper dwells upon the over-all usage of digital library services for the medical professionals. The medical professionals are in constant need of easy access to the latest information for better care of the patients and the research work. Earlier the access to Medical Information by the Doctor and researcher was difficult because of it being available in the print form only. Now, during the digital revolution, information technology has become too important for the library services to be ignored. Digital library provides rapid and convenient access to the health care information. The digital library services are based on existing Internet communication standards and the World Wide Web software technology to store, organize and disseminate information. The digital library offers the latest updated information about the new modalities of treatment to the medical professionals. The library and information science professionals should accept the challenges, fully explore and utilize the resources for the timely benefit to the medical professionals.

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  1. Institute of Medical Education & Research Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India

    Raj Kumar

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  1. Department of Information Science, Faculty of Information Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 43600, UKM Selangor, Malaysia

    Tengku Mohd Tengku Sembok

  2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Halimah Badioze Zaman

  3. Department of Management Information Systems, Eller College of Management, The University of Arizona, AZ 85721, USA

    Hsinchun Chen

  4. International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, Mysore, India

    Shalini R. Urs

  5. School of Engineering, Information and Communications University, 119, Munjiro, Yuseong-gu, 305-732, Daejeon, Korea

    Sung-Hyon Myaeng

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Kumar, R. (2003). Usage of Digital Library Services for the Medical Professionals. In: Sembok, T.M.T., Zaman, H.B., Chen, H., Urs, S.R., Myaeng, SH. (eds) Digital Libraries: Technology and Management of Indigenous Knowledge for Global Access. ICADL 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2911. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24594-0_86

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