🚨 Keynote confirmed for HSLG Conference 2026 🚨 Join us on 12 March at the Ashling Hotel Dublin for Professor Brendan Kelly’s keynote: “Information, Intelligence, Instinct: Navigating Knowledge in an Ocean of AI” Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...

English professors double down on requiring printed copies of readings | Yale Daily News share.google/lfEW5Jpk1FVE...

Completely agree with this 🔽 Also gift a book! Share a story you love, or something you'd like to read, and make time to discuss it with the person you gift it too. This can make reading so much more enjoyable. 📚💙 #Booksky

Thrilled to have collaborated with @mlrethlefsen.bsky.social & Sara Schroter (& the wonderful librarians involved in our study) on this new article in BMJ Open. TL;DR: Librarians have expertise to support evidence synthesis & many would happily be peer reviewers! bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

The Cochrane Collaboration, The Campbell Collaboration, JBI & Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) have released a position statement on the use of #AI in #EvidenceSynthesis, marking a unified global approach to managing AI's integration into #EBP research. https://ow.ly/1Fzg50Xqkkb#AI#EvidenceSynthesis#EBP#EBHC

UCC Library invites staff to take part in our UCC Library Survey (28 Oct–25 Nov). Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections. It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...

#medlibs #publichealth

Your annual #medlibs Halloween reminder that "Chocolate"[Mesh] has only been in use since 2017. (OK, to be fair previous indexing is "Cacao"[Mesh] 1963-2016, but STILL.) Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results. 🎃🍫🍬👻

"This study reveals that Australian health libraries operate with staffing levels approximately 34% below the country’s national guidelines. The recommended ratio of 1 health library staff member per 1250 institutional full-time equivalent is proposed to guide workforce planning." #medlibs

Join us for OVID Platform and Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) training, 28th Oct @ Health Research Board. Register at www.eventbrite.ie/e/ovid-platf... Certified by LAI CPD Committee. This training is for LAI members. If you are not an LAI member, contact the HSLG to join a waiting list.

🎉 Get ready for National Medical Librarians Month in October! This year's theme highlights how partnering with health information professionals and #medlibs empower clinicians and patients to make better decisions.  Join the celebration: https://f.mtr.cool/xlnexljrfl

Only five days left to enter Wiki Loves Monuments '25 📸 Calling all photographers (both amateur and pro) across Ireland! WLM is open until 30 Sept It’s your chance to celebrate Ireland’s built heritage and contribute stunning images to Wikimedia. ⭐Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

🌱Planning to attend the CILIP Green Libraries Conference? Don’t miss our early bird ticket offer - only available until Friday 26 September. See the full programme and book your place today: www.cilip.org.uk/page/greenli...

Are you ready to dive into the use of AI technology in systematic reviews? Join the ‘AI, Librarians and Covidence’ webinar on Sept 24 ⬇️ Hear from guest speaker Matthew Bridgeman, Information and Education Librarian from Rutgers University. Last chance to register here 👉 http://bit.ly/45sOzJi

AI search tools for evidence synthesis. So proud of our team! #medlibs #canmedlibs #ukmedlibs #ausmedlibs #expertsearching #evidencesynthesis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

My 2nd blog post of the week, and 2nd in my series about saving searches, is all about changing to the new EBSCO platform. My initial perspective on good and bad things, and a focus on the process I used to prepare, ensuring I continue to have access to all my #SystematicReview searches #AliceWrites

this just out APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social

“Not convinced yet: research with the UK library profession about AI” This new report by Dr Andrew Cox, University of Sheffield is a snapshot of how info pros engage with this fast-evolving technology & the attitudes shaping its future role in the sector. www.cilip.org.uk/news/708197/...

📣 Upcoming event klaxon! 📣 On Tuesday 16th September, we hosting a discussion on AI and IL, offering an opportunity for you to chat with peers on best practice in current and future teaching. Sign up here! infolit.org.uk/upcoming-eve...

... Clarivate is planning to force us all to use their AI powered "smart search" by removing the opt-out option by November. #medlibs 📚 webofscience.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...

Responding to claims about AI at Trip blog.tripdatabase.com #medlibs

Celebrate 100 years of Cork University Press, Ireland’s oldest university press Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.) Free & open to all www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...

Are you a butterfly, a hunter, or a dancer when it comes to information seeking? Mary Dunne @hrblibrarians.bsky.social outlines how library and information professionals can promote curiosity among their stakeholders in HSLJ Issue 1 journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj #hslg #medlibs #curiosity

Afternoon tea 😍

#LibPMC2025 has come to a close!✨ Thanks to all who came, shared, and supported + special shoutout to our sponsors (pictured) who helped make it happen. Grateful for the ideas, enthusiasm and community. Until next time! #Advanova #Alterline #BrownsBooks @ebscouk.bsky.social @openfifth.bsky.social

A new use for a library acronym. EDC: from European Documentatiom Centre to Experimentation Discovery Creation 🙂 #LibPMC2025

“Austerity City” major data-led investigation using visual data techniques plus human stories to bring it to life. austeritycity.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Really great keynote from Liam Thorp, Political Editor, Liverpool Echo this morning at #LibPMC2025 Said of general elections that his blood turns to 'a mix of pie-charts and swingometers'

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How ‘correct’ should #evidencesynthesis be? How does this change if we add #AI? Help inform new tool dev and best practice guidance! forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv Open until 2 Jul, ~35 mins. Part of @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded DESTinY @campbellreviews.bsky.social @ellaflem.bsky.social

Just published - updated guidance and recommendations for the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis (RAISE): osf.io/fwaud/ We're doing a webinar on this in about an hour! training.cochrane.org/recommendati...

If you missed Julie Glanville's excellent ESI webinar on 'The role of AI tools in developing search strategies and identifying evidence for systematic reviews', it is now available to view at evidencesynthesisireland.ie/webinars/

I like this option on multiple choice questions on assessment polls by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library: Never heard of it! A definite call to action 😁 #LibPMC2025

LATAM Academic librarians study group undertook research of academic libraries across Latin America and identified trends in international academic libraries #LibPMC2025

Use of data visualisation helped RCN library to move quickly to increase support for increased demand for literature searching #LibPMC2025

Learning Scouse to kick off @libpmc.bsky.social conference 😃

#medlibs Price, C., (2025) “Thank You for Your Service to the American Public: A Perspective from a Fired Federal Worker”, The Political Librarian 8(Special Edition). doi: doi.org/10.7936/poll...

🏆 The Adversary by Michael Crummey has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award! 🏆 Nominated by Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries and published by Knopf Canada, this powerful novel takes the top honour in the award’s 30th year. 🎉 #DublinLitAward #DLA30yrs

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work. Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

Comparing ChatGPT to Cochrane review searches #medlibs #mlanet25 #mla25

So far, the best review on using GenAI in #EvidenceSynthesis & #SystematicReviews Current evidence doesn't support GenAI use without human involvement/oversight. For most tasks other than searching, GenAI may have a role in assisting humans doi.org/10.1017/rsm.... #AI #HTA #LLM #medlibs

Ladys Island lake, one of the most ecologically important lagoons in Ireland, but also one of the most polluted. A natural gem, dying in plain sight, strangled by sky high agricultural nitrogen pollution.

The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social

Have you seen a dandelion today? Now you have.

I'm really looking forward to speaking at the upcoming @laicdgroup.bsky.social / @aslibraries.bsky.social event "Writing Skills for LIS Professionals: Blogs, Bursaries, Journals, and More" with my ASL colleague Marta Bustillo. More detail to follow very soon You can register below if interested 👇

Dismayed, but sadly not surprised to read this - it reflects the findings from our own public libraries study, which we published last November ("Resisting Hate & Navigating Agitation: Perspectives & Voices Of Public Library Staff & Librarians Against Reactionary Responses To LGBTQ+ Materials").

HSLG’s Niamh Lucey is 'Lighting the Way' this afternoon @ the LAI/CILIP Ireland Joint Conference with a presentation on 'a CPD pathway for Health Librarians' – check it out #hslg #medlibs #nottobemissed

Go Team @ucclibrary.bsky.social! Mairead and Michelle from our client services team delivering a lightning talk on the revision of our TY placement programme. #laicilipire25

It really does! In today's RTÉ News online: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...