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Quality and Planning Coordinator, UCC Library
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Maura Flynn
5 days ago
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
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Carrie Price
5 days ago
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!
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Perspectives of librarians and information specialists on conducting methodological peer reviews of systematic reviews: a mixed-methods study
Objectives To explore the perspectives of librarians and information specialists (LIS) on their experience and impact as peer reviewers of systematic reviews (SRs), and on facilitators and barriers to...
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/12/e109345
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JBI
26 days ago
The Cochrane Collaboration
,
The Campbell Collaboration
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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
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#medlibs
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UCC Library
about 1 month ago
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...
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#medlibs
#publichealth
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Tracy
about 1 month ago
Your annual
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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. 🎃🍫🍬👻
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Matthew Noe
2 months ago
"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
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Irish Health Libraries
2 months ago
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.
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Ovid platform & Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) training
Ovid & CASP training
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ovid-platform-critical-appraisal-skills-programme-casp-training-tickets-1575826963869?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Medical Library Association
2 months ago
🎉 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
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
2 months ago
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..
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CILIP
3 months ago
🌱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...
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Medical Library Association
3 months ago
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
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Cait
3 months ago
AI search tools for evidence synthesis. So proud of our team!
#medlibs
#canmedlibs
#ukmedlibs
#ausmedlibs
#expertsearching
#evidencesynthesis
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Artificial Intelligence Search Tools for Evidence Synthesis: Comparative Analysis and Implementation Recommendations
To inform implementation recommendations for novel or emerging technologies, Research Information Services at Canada's Drug Agency conducted a multimodal research project involving a literature revie....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cesm.70045
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Alice Cann
4 months ago
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
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EBSCO changes: adjusting and preparing
An academic librarian’s report on exploring the old and new EBSCOhost database platforms for literature searching, with a process for keeping access to saved searches.
https://researcherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/ebsco-changes-adjusting-and-preparing/
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Fred Oswald
3 months ago
this just out APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
via
@apajournals.bsky.social
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https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/publishing-tips/policy-generative-ai
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CILIP
3 months ago
“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/...
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Not convinced yet: research into AI use among the UK library profession
> A new report by Dr Andrew Cox, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, offers fresh insight into the adoption, use and perceptions of artificial intelligence across the library and information profession.
https://www.cilip.org.uk/news/708197/Not-convinced-yet-research-into-AI-use-in-the-UK-library-profession-.htm
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CILIP Information Literacy Group
4 months ago
📣 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...
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Matthew Noe
3 months ago
... 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...
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Responding to claims about AI at Trip
blog.tripdatabase.com
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Trip Database Blog
Liberating the literature
https://blog.tripdatabase.com/
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Cork University Press
4 months ago
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...
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Irish Health Libraries
5 months ago
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
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Afternoon tea 😍
6 months ago
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LibPMC
6 months ago
#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
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A new use for a library acronym. EDC: from European Documentatiom Centre to Experimentation Discovery Creation 🙂
#LibPMC2025
6 months ago
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6 months ago
“Austerity City” major data-led investigation using visual data techniques plus human stories to bring it to life.
austeritycity.liverpoolecho.co.uk
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Liverpool: Austerity City
How 14 years of Conservative-led cuts have damaged a city and its people
https://austeritycity.liverpoolecho.co.uk/
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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'
6 months ago
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George Monbiot
6 months ago
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
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James Thomas
6 months ago
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
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Microsoft Forms
https://forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv
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James Thomas
6 months ago
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...
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Responsible AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE): guidance and recommendations
The RAISE guidance is currently written in three documents. The first document, ‘RAISE 1’, provides tailored recommendations for eight of the distinct roles in the evidence synthesis ecosystem: eviden...
https://osf.io/fwaud/
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Evidence Synthesis Ireland
6 months ago
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/
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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
6 months ago
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LATAM Academic librarians study group undertook research of academic libraries across Latin America and identified trends in international academic libraries
#LibPMC2025
6 months ago
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Use of data visualisation helped RCN library to move quickly to increase support for increased demand for literature searching
#LibPMC2025
6 months ago
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Learning Scouse to kick off
@libpmc.bsky.social
conference 😃
6 months ago
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Laura Lipke 🦀
7 months ago
#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...
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Thank You for Your Service to the American Public: A Perspective from a Fired Federal Worker
From its outset, the Trump administration has haphazardly decimated federal agencies and institutions, creating chaos, fear, and confusion among federal employees. Securing a federal job is no small f...
https://doi.org/10.7936/pollib.9010
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Dublin Literary Award
7 months ago
🏆 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
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American Library Association
7 months ago
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...
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Laura Lipke 🦀
7 months ago
Comparing ChatGPT to Cochrane review searches
#medlibs
#mlanet25
#mla25
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Farhad Shokraneh
7 months ago
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
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Generative artificial intelligence use in evidence synthesis: A systematic review | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge Core
Generative artificial intelligence use in evidence synthesis: A systematic review
http://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2025.16
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Elaine McGoff
7 months ago
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.
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Forests Forever
about 2 years ago
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
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The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/27/the-nature-cure-how-time-outdoors-transforms-our-memory-imagination-and-logic
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John Scalzi
7 months ago
Have you seen a dandelion today? Now you have.
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Martin O Connor
7 months ago
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 👇
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Claire McGuinness
8 months ago
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").
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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads
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Irish Health Libraries
8 months ago
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
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Alan Carbery
8 months ago
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
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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery
8 months ago
It really does! In today's RTÉ News online:
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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Cork University Press
9 months ago
In today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
Cork's 20th century architecture and design is celebrated in an engrossing new work. Read about Tom Spalding's new book, Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork city, 1900-90.
www.irishexaminer.com/property/res...
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Book's a keeper: Cork's 20th century architecture and design celebrated in engrossing new work
Knowing eye of Dr Tom Spalding does learned justice to Cork's 20th century design output, little and large, in new book Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork city, 1900 to 1990
https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/residential/arid-41600068.html
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AlanFricker
9 months ago
A little something from EBSCO for the 📚 searchers on a Monday morning
#TIAB
#MedLibs
#FallsOffChair
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