Zahra Premji
@zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
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#CanMedLibs
#EvidenceSynthesis
#Librarian
#UVic
#Victoria
#Shark
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#WhaleWatcher
You are invited to participate in a survey on health sciences librarians’ use of generative AI (genAI) tools in their knowledge synthesis (KS) practice, including systematic and scoping reviews. Info & survey link:
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#canmedlibs
#ukmedlibs
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5 days ago
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Amy
12 days ago
Interested in learning more about the Evidence Synthesis Institute? New 📄! ❤️ The Evidence Synthesis Institute: Building a High Impact Training Program and Supportive Community for an Emergent Area of Librarianship
doi.org/10.18438/eblip30736
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The Evidence Synthesis Institute: Building a High Impact Training Program and Supportive Community for an Emergent Area of Librarianship | Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip30736
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So excited to build a
#SystematicReview
search in
#OpenAlex
(Web app) today. Designed the search strategy & tested it (with seed studies). Export failed on Firefox, but worked on Edge 😌 Was happy to see University of Victoria listed as their first member supporter!
blog.openalex.org/a-new-way-to...
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A new way to support OpenAlex: become a Member! - OpenAlex blog
Starting today, institutions can now support OpenAlex as a Member for $5,000 USD/year—a lightweight way to help sustain fully-open research metadata for institutions who don’t need the services provid...
https://blog.openalex.org/a-new-way-to-support-openalex-become-a-member/
about 1 month ago
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An unexpected email with positive feedback about a workshop I delivered is the perfect Friday afternoon treat.
#Joy
about 2 months ago
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If you ever tried to describe the process of finding conference proceedings, people would think you’d lost it. Which would be fair. We’re told to include them - that’s the guidance, but finding them is 😖😱! blog by Chris Cooper & Zahra Premji
www.thesearcheruk.com/blog/reformi...
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Reforming the presentation of conference proceedings: a plea to end the madness — TheSearcherUK
A blog by Chris Cooper and Zahra Premji (cite via: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18593615 )
https://www.thesearcheruk.com/blog/reforming-the-presentation-of-conference-proceedings-a-plea-to-end-the-madness
about 2 months ago
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Applications for the 2026 Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada, to be held April 7-10th, 2026, are now open. We will accept applications until February 2, 2026. More details and the link to the application form can be found at
libguides.uvic.ca/ESICanada/ap...
@carl-abrc.bsky.social
#ESIC2026
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LibGuides: Evidence Synthesis Institute - Canadian Edition: ESI Canada Spring 2026 - Application process
This guide is for the Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians- Canadian Edition which piloted in October 2022 and will run annually until 2026
https://libguides.uvic.ca/ESICanada/application2026
3 months ago
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The battle between supplementary search methods VS databases begins now.
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
#Cochrane
#Protocol
#MethodologyReview
@cochraneirmg.bsky.social
@cochrane.org
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Supplementary search methods versus bibliographic database searching to identify studies and study reports - Cooper, C - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD015679/full
5 months ago
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On my way to Vancouver for
#CHLA2025
conference. Looking fwd to seeing all the
#CanMedLibs
10 months ago
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Had a fun time working with
@craftyhilary.bsky.social
on this! We wrote and published a tutorial / guide on translating APA
#PsycInfo
searches from the
#Ovid
to
#EBSCOhost
interface.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
#ExpertSearching
#SystematicReview
#Medlibs
#Canmedlibs
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Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge Core
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation
https://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2024.18
about 1 year ago
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Applications are currently open (until Feb 3rd, 2025) for the Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada, taking place April 14-17th, 2025. More details and link to the application form can be found here:
libguides.uvic.ca/ESICanada
#ESICanada2025
#Librarian
about 1 year ago
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Zahra Premji
Amy
over 1 year ago
Happy to see the preprint syntax table cited in the revised Cochrane Handbook. Syntax table:
lib.uvic.ca/preprintsear...
Chapter 4 of the Handbook:
training.cochrane.org/handbook/cur...
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Chapter 4: Searching for and selecting studies
https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-04
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