I made a whole workshop based on this paper uf-repro.github.io/data-organiz...

#datalibs love a decision tree!

#medlibs #SystematicReviews #EvidenceSynthesis Looking for recommendations for TOOLS that can "use the DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model for data analysis and also generate forest plots"

Tip#65: Search String Theory - Applying pairwise combinatorics to PubMed searches #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." h/t @marijanewhite.bsky.social uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/03/tip6...

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

Three Ypsilanti women started a library in 1868 with 175 books. We've added a few since then. 🙂 Eunice Watling, Gloria Follett, and Sarah Pardee founded the Ladies Library Association of Ypsilanti, and what began as a small reading room eventually became the library you know today.

We also want to emphasize that Signal Support will *never* initiate contact via in-app messages, SMS, or social media to ask for your verification code or PIN. If anyone asks for any Signal related code, it is a scam. We make this clear when users receive their SMS code during initial signup. 5/7

#medlibs Can anyone tell me what these CINAHL records are? Is it just 2 wonky records? Is it actually the name of a journal? I also couldn't find any article by that name. Citations added to alt text.

At the beginning of a research project, it is important to assign and document roles, not just presume roles. Doing so helps team members know exactly what is expected of them, allows them to develop standardized workflows, as well as create contingency plans for continuity of practices.

"AI in academia is making a perfect cocktail for burnout, and we are already fatigued." 📚 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/04/g...

okay, Ill bite. What do you think the point of reading for and writing a literature review is? The process of reading and writing is crucial for THINKING. Your ideas are shaped by all of this, offloading it to gAI, no matter how "good" you think gAI is at it defeats the purpose entirely.

#medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReview

Privacy Badger 2026.2.20 improves tracker blocking in Chrome. Before, PB sometimes failed to block what should've been blocked, and blocked what should've been ignored, thanks to a long-known Google's Manifest V3 limitation. To install Privacy Badger, visit privacybadger.org

"With Nexus, Clarivate are essentially integrity-washing synthetic text, giving it an academic sheen without any academic rigour." www.hughrundle.net/does-clariva...

We've tackled an ongoing challenge for U-M researchers & authors: locating publications covered under transformative agreements that offer a discount or full waiver for article processing charges (APCs) to publish as open access. Read about it: https://myumi.ch/G2nj4

I don't want a city on Mars. I don't want AI in every app. I don't want data centres in space. I want clean water. I want a stable climate. I want bees to survive.

This week we lost one of the brightest lights in the library world. Fobazi Ettarh was an incredibly generous human with the most amazing mind. Her work on Vocational Awe was transformative. We can return her gift by supporting her wife and family: gofund.me/cf5d5f82e.

#MLAUXCaucus #SystematicReviews #medlibs ‼️3/5 EVENT CANCELLATION: Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round ‼️

at its peak the show did more in 15 seconds than some do in their entire run

#medlibs Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Born #onthisday in 1868, the US sociologist + civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Celebrate with a look at the stunning hand-drawn "infographics" he made with his students, depicting conditions of African-American life in 1900: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w... #otd #BlackHistoryMonth

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

When our information sources narrow, our understanding does too. An echo chamber is an environment where people encounter information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their existing beliefs. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Can ChatGPT generate me a file with all the references from a bibliography I have in word? I tried this out because I'd heard from multiple sources that it could, and I teach and use software for managing references, and this would be a really useful thing to be able to do. #medlibs (thread)

The AI bros (who clearly don't understand AI) in the comments are hilarious. "ask stupid questions, get stupid answers". LLMs have no concept of how intelligent a question is, and they certainly were not designed to deliberately give stupid responses if they deem your question too stupid. 1/?

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

"Even if you patiently iterate—rephrase, expand, steer—today’s tools still tend to reproduce the existing shape of the literature rather than challenge it. And for reflexive, field-shaping work, that’s the whole game." #SystematicReviews #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis

Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my! #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

aisle = 🛒 isle = 🏝️ aisle = 👰💍🤵 I'll = 🙋‍♀️➡️

Why do the gov food guidelines look like Cards Against Humanity??

Happy Love Data Week to all of my data nerds out there. The theme this year is "Where is my data?" and you can be sure that @datarescueproject.org has some ideas. 😉 #LoveData26 ❤️🛟

#LoveData26 at Taubman Health Sciences Library with @gracefulhope.bsky.social

Calling MLA #medlibs! Unleash your search superpowers & inspire your colleagues! MLA's UX and Systematic Review Caucuses welcome proposals from expert searchers to present at the March 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions event! More info and link to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

Anyway yes I AM on a tear today about how our interactions with social media are undermining our ability to engage in critical thinking, community care, and complex conversations.

Love to see this! Providing Medical Care for Parents During the Pediatric Visit: AAP Policy Statement. "By providing medical care to parents, pediatricians can reduce barriers to care and improve the timeliness of needed interventions." publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

@carrieprice.bsky.social Syntax and Sensibility?! I love that title!!! 😍

"In this charming and incisive coming-of-age short, the Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman recalls her long and complicated relationship with leg hair. Beginning with the story of a first shave gone wrong when she was 13, a series of small yet memorable moments..." psyche.co/videos/whats...

at some point you’re gonna say to yourself “how do I go to work and pretend everything is normal” and the answer is that you can’t and you gotta figure out how to merge the reality you live in vs. the one corporate America is trying to hallucinate where everything is fine

insert pikachu shocked gif

in the deep winter i eat braised cabbage like it’s going out of style. my life was changed on nye 2022 at heritage in long beach ca (just before they got their michelin star ok) when i ate their braised cabbage. here is how you can make some, but the fun part is you get to make some stuff up: