Authors:
Antonio Muñoz-Cañavate
;
M. Rosario Fernández-Falero
and
María Antonia Hurtado-Guapo
Affiliation:
University of Extremadura, Spain
Keyword(s):
Social Media, Email, Distribution List, Discussion List, Alert Systems, Knowledge Management, Medicine.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Data Engineering
;
Digital Libraries
;
KM Strategies and Implementations
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge Management Projects
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Tools and Technology for Knowledge Management
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Web Interfaces and Applications
Abstract:
Professionals using the Internet have various tools with which to capture and share information. Email
discussion lists, despite their age, are still one of the main applications that telematic networks use for
information to be shared in the social media field. They have not lost their validity even though the arrival
of numerous applications associated with other types of social media, such as social networks,
microblogging networks, wikis, etc., was often thought to augur their demise. Also, the new culture of
Knowledge management, in which people share data, knowledge, and experiences, has, with its
technological bases, become an indispensable tool for human interaction. This paper presents the results of a
study applied to the medical sector which surveyed the MEDLIB-L discussion list users - specialists in
medical information. The primary aim was to determine the usefulness of the various tools they use (social
media, literature alert systems, syndication RSS, search e
ngine alerts, new content trackers) to capture and
share information of interest and to serve as means of training and learning. A further aim was to determine
the quality and usefulness of the messages sent by the professionals of information management in medicine
to the list and the usefulness of its message archiving system.
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