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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · 7d

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.

Floor Boek @floorboek.bsky.social · 8d

Just sent an e-mail to Embase Support Centre about a very strangely indexed paper... I'm used to funny 'mistakes', but this definitely gets the cake. Any other #medlibs ever seen something like this before?

Screenshot of Embase.com results. It shows a paper titled 'Long-term effects of previous experience determine nutrient discrimination abilities in birds'. Some of the listed index terms are 'adolescent pregnancy', 'induced abortion', 'sexual education', 'sexually transmitted disease'.

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · 19d

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?...

A Message from Brad Briner about Duke and Aetna

YouTube video by NC State Health Plan

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23d

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...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort

Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

docs.google.com

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · 26d

I'm disappointed to see that the new tool requires sign up - I generally recommended the SR Accelerator tool (or really Polyglot and occasionally others) to grad students doing mini versions of SRs, who don't need project management or the full linear suite of tools.

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Sep 2

Seems like they're trying to capture citations and other bibliometric data - it's not clear to me that the actual libguide text is captured, maybe just the link data?

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Sep 2

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 😬

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Aug 20

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!

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · Aug 16

“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...

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Aug 15

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.

Brick building with a large blue sign that reads Welcome to Gillings, we're glad you're here

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Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · Aug 4

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 :)

Academic Health Sciences and Medical Librarian Volunteer Letter Writers List

This project aims to compile a list of volunteers to write promotion or evaluative letters for other librarians. We attempt to gather the most pertinent information about the volunteers' rank, status,...

osf.io

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Nicole Pagowsky @nope4evr.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · Jul 29

[Blogged] The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search - From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...

The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search

From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched

aarontay.substack.com

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Carrie Price @carrieprice.bsky.social · Jul 29

Color me surprised

retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...

Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network

The publisher Frontiers has begun retracting a batch of 122 articles across five journals after an investigation found a network of authors and editors engaged in “unethical actions” such as manipu…

retractionwatch.com

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Jun 30

Gritty's a librarian now thx.
#ALAAC25

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Jun 15

"An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the officiaI NNLM YouTube."

#medlibs 📚

youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...

Alt NNLM

An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the official NNLM YouTube. Not affiliated with NNLM or NLM.

youtube.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jun 13

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.

Attending a Protest

For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountab...

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Jun 9

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

Sunlight Research Center @sunlightresearch.bsky.social · Jun 9

On June 11, Sunlight, @muckrock.com @datarescueproject.org cueproject.org & the #DataCurationNetwork will host a live workshop on identifying, preserving and reporting on at-risk govt data.

Then join us for office hours to get live support from the experts 🧰
sunlightresearch.net/research-tra...

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · May 20

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....

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · May 10

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.”

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · May 8

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 Noel Prize – PACSCL

pacscl.org

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · May 1

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

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Austin Slaughter @austinslaughter.bsky.social · Apr 28

ERIC lives!

Screenshot of email from IES director saying that ERIC, the largest library of education research in the world, will be continuing its work

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Apr 25

Try pheedloop.com/mla25/login/ ? Though I haven't logged on there, only the app version

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Apr 24

I'm co-presenting a poster: “Census of Public Health Librarianship within the United States” on Thursday May 1, 4:30-5:15pm. Stop by and say hi!

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · Apr 24

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!

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · Apr 5

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

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · Apr 5

How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...

How voters on the Griffin List (or anyone concerned about their future votes) can update their voter file - Triangle Blog Blog

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

triangleblogblog.com

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