My PNC-MLA presentation about the Pairwise PubMed Search Generator has been posted! In it, I put the tool in context and give a demo at the end. #medlibs

From the German National Library of Medicine, beta version of site for tracking additions and deletions to PubMed now available #medlibs

This will be a tremendously helpful time saver, thank you so much for sharing it!

#medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews

Once I saw a paper on condom use among bear-bear* couples that was indexed under the Animal Studies heading in PSYCinfo. Always test your filters, #MedLibs friends *It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.

I was so offended by this video the NC State Health Plan sent us that I called Treasurer Briner. Duke Health: nonprofit health system whose workers provide lifesaving care. Aetna: corporate overhead that unfairly denies claims to enrich its investors. Obviously siding w/Duke youtu.be/gPXC62rN9U4?...

If you are considering or planning to seek appointment or run for your local library board, FTP is here to support you. You can complete this form and we'll be in touch soon re: applying to join our next candidates' cohort kicking off in early 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just learned that OpenAlex is indexing libguides, which is a fun way to discover just how badly you've done at updating your libguide metadata 😬

Having a front row seat for @profsorelle.bsky.social's journey from student to tenured professor has been inspirational and I am so incredibly proud to be her partner. And while I wish *gestures around* were going better, I'm determined to celebrate this hard-won and well-deserved accomplishment!

“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas: NYC Philly Durham, NC All of Massachusetts I will add more as I get them done. Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Orientation hits different this year, but I get to keep meeting new people who are dedicated to tackling public health challenges and telling them how I can help. I'm holding onto that encouraging thought with both hands.

Being optimistic in these times is a challenge, but if you are a #librarian working in #healthsciences or #medlibs and want to either volunteer to be a promotion letter writer OR find librarians to do this for you, please take a look at this project: osf.io/e7mb2/ Please share widely :)

Those who have not turned on these AI assistants made a smart choice. Great breakdown of how library vendor databases / discovery tools are blocking results for controversial topics

Color me surprised retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...

Gritty's a librarian now thx. #ALAAC25

"An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the officiaI NNLM YouTube." #medlibs 📚 youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...

Are you attending a protest sometime soon? Here are EFF’s tips for how best to prepare one’s digital devices and oneself while exercising your First Amendment rights.

Such a great combo of orgs and people! Sure to be a fantastic event!

I'm excited to share my newly published study on the significant correlations between librarian coauthors and higher paper citation counts for pharmacy scholarship! UNC story here: library.unc.edu/news/librari... and full article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ac....

Is dark academia still a thing? I feel like we should be encouraging that. “Do you think they were using ChatGPT in The Secret History? They sure as hell were not.”

Please boost! The NOEL PRIZE, in memory of the great and good and much-missed Will Noel. Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...

The only time I agree to accept all cookies from Elsevier #MLANET25

ERIC lives!

For anyone attending #MLAnet25 who's also antsy about scheduling, I just downloaded the conference app PheedLoop Go! and it seems complete. I was able to log in with the email I registered with and it shows me the full schedule. Also, tell me about your presentations/posters!

We made step by step instructions (with pictures!) for how NC voters on thegriffinlist.com can update their voter file bsky.app/profile/tria...

For any of my environmental health peeps, these are not yet in (our institution's) EBSCOhost environmental databases - Greenfile, Environment Complete. But can't wait to use them in CINAHL etc!

We had questions over the past week about rescuing datasets that are restricted access. We now have some info on our FAQ about those restrictions. www.datarescueproject.org/faq/ For some of these types of datasets it is possible to get annual reports with selected indicators.

Things I did today in my librarian job: 1. used machine learning tools on 2 versions of citation datasets that I'll send to a research team for prioritized review; 2. modified a workforce survey with new logic to be sent to a new set of participants with my professional organization work group ...

Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...

For all my fellow librarians, data admins, and other university staff types, I spent today's laser cutter time playing with different materials and a message in the spirit of #LoveDataWeek. We're indirect costs. If the government cuts those rates, there goes our funding. #DHmakes

Guides to finding US Government data during the change in administration and efforts to preserve data: libguides.umn.edu/govpubs/admin subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue researchguides.library.syr.edu/data #academiclibraries #medlibs #researchdata 📚

Just checked ICPSR and unfortunately they link out to the YRBSS data instead of housing a copy. #MedLibs

Truncation (ex. equit*, diversity*) still gets results but obviously is only helpful for some words. This is making me extra annoyed that Google Advanced has gotten so bad; this is a prime use case for it

I spent the last 2 school years thinking about how to shelter students from armed intruders in the locked staff space in our library (again). Had a plan for doing the same in case of ICE, but apparently the administration will just unlock the doors for the vigilantes?

If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.

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I hope they report his salary as how many years of a reinstated Web of Science subscription it could have paid for

PSA that the SR Toolbox (systematicreviewtools.com) is back up #MedLibs

The AIDS Quilt: Digitized at the Library 📜 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/12/...

Has anyone here systematically searched the National Technical Reports Library? #MedLibs I've tried searching both on NTRL (allows longer queries but doesn't export/unreadable by Zotero plugin) and via MetaLib (bulk exports but limited query length and fields/refining doesn't seem to work) 📚

Three people have cancelled meetings with me so far this week, so I finally accomplished something that I'd been snoozing the reminder on for 5 weeks! 🎉 (but also 😬😬😬)

📚 Dewey 🤝 GenAI racism

Librarian friends (and supporters). I know right now is tough, especially for us because our field is under threat. This first week was important to just rest and process. Now, it's time to continue protecting everything we can. Linking digital archiving and library related efforts below! 📚📜

I am still so sad about Dorothy Allison's passing. I saw her speak at Smith College in 2007 and when I say it was life-changing I'm underselling it.

Couldn't find a starter pack for the #EvidenceSynthesis community in health and care research and beyond so I created one. If you're not on this and would like to be and/or have suggestions of others to add let me know. Or indeed if you know of a starter pack I've missed. go.bsky.app/79wrV7Y

I always put out candy for office hours, but today I have a sign offering candy to people who voted and way more people have taken some!

As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>

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Happy Mountain Day to any other #Smithies here! I'm still gonna try to find some cider and a flower, but mostly I'm thinking about how the mountains near me need some love back right now. Support Helene recovery with me? www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...