An International Workshop
Creating the Information Commons for e-Science:
Toward Institutional Policies and Guidelines for Action
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
1-2 September 2005

Elliot Siegel - Biography

Elliot R. Siegel, PhD, is Associate Director for Health Information Programs Development at the National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Maryland), a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Health and Human Services. He oversees NLM's offices of planning and evaluation; outreach development; and international programs. Dr. Siegel put in place the long range planning function that for two decades has strategically set the goals and priorities for NLM's research and service activities. Dr. Siegel coordinates the Library's nationwide outreach initiative for minority and underserved populations.He launched the Tribal Connections program to connect Alaska Native villages and American Indian reservations to the Internet and accessible electronic health information resources that help reduce health disparities. A similar capacity development initiative was successfully undertaken with malaria research laboratories in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Siegel's current research interests include the creation of new methodologies and metrics that have been broadly applied to the study of medical information system performance, and 'E-Government' web site usage and impact. Dr. Siegel serves on book and journal editorial boards in health informatics and information science, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Information Services and Use.