Angela Spencer
@angspenc.bsky.social
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Medical librarian
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Carrie Price
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Are there any
#toxicology
#librarians
out there I can be friends with?
#toxlibs
#medlibs
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21 days ago
It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed.
#medlibs
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Kate Saylor
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#medlibs
#ExpertSearching
#SystematicReviews
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Systematic reviews on the same topic are common but often fail to meet key methodological standards: a research-on-research study - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
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Systematic reviews on the same topic are common but often fail to meet key methodological standards: a research-on-research study
To assess 1)the frequency of overlapping systematic reviews (SRs) on the same topic including overlap in outcomes, 2)whether SRs meet key methodological characteristics and 3)to describe discrepancies...
https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356%2825%2900351-8/fulltext
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Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review
Objective To inform the development of an evidence synthesis taxonomy, we aimed to identify and examine all classification systems, typologies or taxonomies that have been proposed for evidence synthe...
https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/16/bmjebm-2024-113391
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Public health librarian
about 1 month ago
CDC Library staff and the larger Office of Science Quality and Library Services have yet to be re-hired at the CDC!!! Please contact your elected reps to advocate for the reinstatement of the CDC Library. Every little bit helps!
#medlibs
#firedbutfighting
#publichealthsaveslives
#CDC
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Matthew Noe
about 1 month ago
When will we say no to this slop?
#medlibs
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We searched according to PRISMA
#medlibs
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Blogged to signal boost for
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#medlibs
eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/10/cdc-...
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Heather B
about 1 month ago
Does anyone have a recommended estimate or range for writing APCs into NIH grants? How’d you determine that? Of course if/when APC caps happen, there’s your answer.
#medlibs
#scholcomm
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Luka
about 1 month ago
So is PubMed/MEDLINE is still getting updated. Based on yesterday's update files things are still happening...
ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/updat...
Not really sure what long-term implications are (if the shutdown continues). Any ideas
#medlibs
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Index of /pubmed/updatefiles
https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/updatefiles/
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Matthew Noe
about 2 months ago
Question specifically for
#medlibs
: does your medical education program(s) expect you to provide access to course texts? And by expect, I mean really come down hard and firm about it?
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Kate Saylor
about 2 months ago
To celebrate October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite
#MLAUXCaucus
Database Tips blog posts every day this month! Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar
#medlibs
#ExpertSearching
#SystematicReviews
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/01/tip-...
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Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar
https://uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/01/tip-1-bulk-export-from-google-scholar.html
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Please remember that many databases and resources get their data or information from PubMed “Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date…”
about 2 months ago
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Angela Spencer
Carrie Price
about 2 months ago
The government shutdown is going to affect the MEDLINE component of all the platforms that hold MEDLINE, right?
#medlibs
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craftyhilary
about 2 months ago
Save the date for the EBSCOhost Idea Exchange, an open forum for questions, solutions, and all things new-UI-related on Nov. 19, 12-1:30pm Central! Invite is making the rounds on the usual channels, so keep an eye out (or DM for an ics). Sponsored by the MLA UX Caucus but all are welcome!
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AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_Active&deliveryName=NL_DailyAlert_20250923
about 2 months ago
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Nancy R. Curtis
about 2 months ago
#medlibs
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Angela Spencer
Nikki Dettmar
about 2 months ago
"I'm not on that committee" is a longstanding
#medlibs
joke but preferable than termination & 2 consultants when it comes to advisory feedback about MEDLINE. More about that & a Sept 25th update about a European alternative PubMed project.
eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/09/medl...
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MEDLINE: From Committee to Consultants
As I shared on June 16 , I've been concerned about the PubMed database of biomedical and life sciences literature this year. I didn't expli...
https://eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/09/medline-from-committee-to-consultants.html
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Matthew Noe
about 2 months ago
You don't say?
#medlibs
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Brie
2 months ago
Any
#medlibs
(or others) have info on
transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines
going offline? Hoping it's a technical issue, but given the times I'm wary.
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https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines
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MR INFO
2 months ago
Only found out about this today (we use it for DOCLINE delivery): "The NNLM will end support for
delivery.nnlm.gov
on Friday, December 19th 2025. The document delivery site will no longer be available after that date, and it will not be replaced with a similar service."
#MedLibs
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NNLM | NNLM Delivery
https://delivery.nnlm.gov
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2 months ago
#medlibs
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Students: want to meet and discuss a Systematic review- and our professor wants the search by next week. Me:lol
2 months ago
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Possibly concerning considering the current state
www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbul...
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Modernizing Journal Selection at the National Library of Medicine. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2025 Sep–Oct
NLM is reviewing its journal selection processes, including for MEDLINE. Details about the new review process are available in the Journal Selection for MEDLINE page.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so25/so25_medline_selection.html
2 months ago
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Angela Spencer
Ben Williamson
2 months ago
In our last editorial we imagined how bad academic publishing might get, and hopefully how it might come out better
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Near future academic publishing – a speculative social science fiction experiment
Published in Learning, Media and Technology (Vol. 49, No. 4, 2024)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439884.2024.2436835
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Medical Library Association
2 months ago
The 1st edition of the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL) has been released. This resource list was designed to locate nursing information and for collection development for information professionals. ➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g4UXtM
#medlibs
#datalibs
#nursing
#healthcare
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Introducing the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List
The NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List Task Force has released the 1st edition of the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL). The list is hosted in Airtable, a cloud-based project…
https://bit.ly/4g4UXtM
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Not sure if I like the changes to this page
www.nlm.nih.gov/portals/publ...
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For Publishers
Explore resources from NLM related to MEDLINE/PubMed such as journal selection and indexing, copyright, and PubMed Central.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/portals/publishers.html
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Aidy
3 months ago
#medlibs
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3 months ago
#publichealth
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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ORCID launched more than a decade ago, but has yet to fulfil its potential
Many author-identifier profiles are ‘empty’, making it difficult to track who’s publishing what.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02431-y
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Kate Saylor
3 months ago
#MLAUXCaucus
#medlibs
#SystematicReviews
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#medlibs
www.science.org/content/blog...
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Journal Impact Nonsense
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/journal-impact-nonsense__;!!K543PA!IlV4do3uJzaKbxBAg-75Q1wcYH9yvt2ZfVrVIw8JlpgHuDua0_0Yl1SWYDZ2R9usWDUDG32Z81UQKwASoXAM3f-tBks$
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NB COVID info
3 months ago
HUH 👀
#medlibs
#canmedlibs
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Email from ASIS&T
#medlibs
#speclibs
#asis&t
21 August 2025 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) today announced that their members have cleared the way for the organizations to merge.
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An important read
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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A young doctor’s final words offer a mental health warning for others
Will West, a 33-year-old who was training at George Washington University hospital in D.C., wrote in a suicide note that other residents are “at real risk”.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/03/will-west-doctor-gwu-suicide-note-mental-health/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHr-FKCN3oQ6lU_m2mCH3XL8h23lPggaJzYqRsUqV-TEA75tmBdWIYRLwjQUz_aem_RxY_EkoiezzrJSBd_zTjBw
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Angela Spencer
3 months ago
#medlibs
I don't think that anyone will be surprised at this
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PF Anderson
3 months ago
“The Public Health Map collects, synthesizes, and visualizes timely data on federal changes and their localized effects on U.S. health systems.”
#medlibs
theimpactproject.org/public-healt...
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Public Health Map - The Impact Project
The Office and Budget Map provides timely data on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect.
https://theimpactproject.org/public-health-map/
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Heather B
3 months ago
#medlibs
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Angela Spencer
Matthew Noe
4 months ago
Potentially catastrophic behind-the-scenes news about the Network of the National Library of Medicine (
www.nnlm.gov
) shared with me today. While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs
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Anyone have a source for basic definitions of NLP, ML, LLM?
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Has anyone attended ASIS&T?
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Aidy
4 months ago
#medlibs
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4 months ago
#medlibs
come join me!
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ISSG Search Filters Resource
4 months ago
#medlibs
we added a Muente C et al.
#review
that identified validated
#geographic
#searchfilters
and reported on their development and performance measures
sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Geography
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
https://sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/issg-search-filters-resource/home/geography
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Has anyone played with either Litsense
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/lit...
. Or PubTator3
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/pub...
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#publichealth
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www.asist.org/2025/05/23/s...
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ASIS&T and SLA Announce Merger Negotiations to Explore Unified Future for Information Professionals
23 May 2025 – The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the Special Libraries Association (SLA) today announced that they have entered into formal negotiations to pursue a me...
https://www.asist.org/2025/05/23/sla-may-2025/
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