Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
UBC biomed librarian, searching, indexing, opera in Vancouver BC
KS & AI Wiki https://wiki.ubc.ca/Knowledge_Synthesis_(KS)_%26_AI_Search_Wiki_2026 #medlibs
Public Health
33%
Computer science
21%
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moltbook - the front page of the agent internet
A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
www.moltbook.com
Moltbook is a new Artificial intelligence (AI)-only social network...
URL: www.moltbook.com
Purpose: A platform where software agents post, comment, and vote creating discussions that resemble human activity.
I consider the implications of this new social network here:
wiki.ubc.ca/Moltbook
URL: www.moltbook.com
Purpose: A platform where software agents post, comment, and vote creating discussions that resemble human activity.
I consider the implications of this new social network here:
wiki.ubc.ca/Moltbook
Brilliant!
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Vector-based searching and embeddings - UBC Wiki
wiki.ubc.ca
In our automated indexing review we recommend librarians up their game (including me) re: "Vector-based searching and vector embeddings" wiki.ubc.ca/Vector-based...
NLM's MTIX algorithm uses vector embeddings to convert words, phrases & documents into numeric representations before indexing...🤔
NLM's MTIX algorithm uses vector embeddings to convert words, phrases & documents into numeric representations before indexing...🤔
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Jan 8
Our scoping review on MEDLINE indexing manuscript was submitted yesterday but I was able to generate a handy infographic via #Copilot @Copilot based on abstract. 🗂️
Note sections on searching: implications for librarians and #algorithmic effects in #MEDLINE #medlibs
Note sections on searching: implications for librarians and #algorithmic effects in #MEDLINE #medlibs
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Dec 28
I'll ADD "Less AI, More Human-In-The-Loop Models". 👨👨👧 OK, more health sciences librarians (and other librarians) in the loop, also. I may try to put into practice more "LOUD SINGING" 🤣
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Reporting guidelines in medicine in the AI era!
Here's CHART 2025 and summarized on my wiki:
wiki.ubc.ca/Chatbot_Asse...
CHART is "...designed for studies that evaluate generative-AI chatbots when used to summarize clinical evidence or to provide health advice"🍁 #librarians #medlibs
Here's CHART 2025 and summarized on my wiki:
wiki.ubc.ca/Chatbot_Asse...
CHART is "...designed for studies that evaluate generative-AI chatbots when used to summarize clinical evidence or to provide health advice"🍁 #librarians #medlibs
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Nov 23
ps. I neglected to mention that for "Other" ways of staying current in AI and knowledge synthesis, librarians mentioned
@farhadshokraneh.bsky.social and @julieglanville.bsky.social
@farhadshokraneh.bsky.social and @julieglanville.bsky.social
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Thanks to the convenors of the @medlibassn.bsky.social "Systematic Review Caucus" for hosting me. I think we had about 70 participants but here is the data from the two polls I adminstered during my presentation📚
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Thanks Martine!
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Nov 15
"Which of the following (including experts) sources do you use primarily to stay current with AI developments in evidence synthesis?”
✒️MLA “Systematic Review” caucus
🗽Library Association webinars e.g., CHLA/ABSC, MLA
📕Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com
🛟Key journals
🤣Other? Please comment, thanks!
✒️MLA “Systematic Review” caucus
🗽Library Association webinars e.g., CHLA/ABSC, MLA
📕Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com
🛟Key journals
🤣Other? Please comment, thanks!
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Defining emergency physicians' consultative roles in emergency care: a scoping review - PubMed
Emergency physicians assume multiple consultative roles within health systems. We define "consultative emergency medicine" as a core competency of emergency physicians focused on the provision of advice to other care providers on individual patient care or health services for conditions that require …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Three (3) years with emerg docs. But "mission accomplished"; hope it makes an impact 🥳
Cunningham, Bobrovitz, Shanmugaraj, Giustini D, Collins. Defining emergency physicians' consultative roles in emergency care: a scoping review. CJEM. 2025 Nov 3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41182684/
Cunningham, Bobrovitz, Shanmugaraj, Giustini D, Collins. Defining emergency physicians' consultative roles in emergency care: a scoping review. CJEM. 2025 Nov 3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41182684/
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Top twelve (12) Entries by "Most to Least Views:
wiki.ubc.ca/User:DeanGiu...
Knowledge Synthesis (KS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Related Topics... #artificial_intelligence #knowledge_synthesis
wiki.ubc.ca/User:DeanGiu...
Knowledge Synthesis (KS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Related Topics... #artificial_intelligence #knowledge_synthesis
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Oct 17
50+ entries on #knowledge_synthesis topics, #artificial_intelligence issues in libraries, and AI powered search tools such as #Elicit, #Undermind & @openevidence.bsky.social
Amazing - 250,000 views in a short period. Browse for info:
wiki.ubc.ca/User:DeanGiu...
Amazing - 250,000 views in a short period. Browse for info:
wiki.ubc.ca/User:DeanGiu...
Reposted by Devon Greyson
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Why physicians need the counsel of a skilled medical librarian in the era of artificial intelligence
As a biomedical librarian with over 30 years of experience supporting British Columbian physicians, I want to highlight the critical role of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Library and ad...
bcmj.org
"Why physicians need the counsel of a skilled medical librarian in the era of artificial intelligence (AI)". Oct2025. British Columbia Medical Journal
By implementing interim measures, the CPSBC can mitigate Library’s closure & make a commitment to evidence-based care. bcmj.org/letters/why-...
By implementing interim measures, the CPSBC can mitigate Library’s closure & make a commitment to evidence-based care. bcmj.org/letters/why-...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Sep 27
Consensus.app is an AI-powered search tool using #Copilot based on LLM; ask a question, click on search, get an answer with bullet points / references to published papers. No fake citations—but summaries have errors. wiki.ubc.ca/Consensus
Talk to your librarian folks about using other sources, too.
Talk to your librarian folks about using other sources, too.
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Hey thanks Wendy. Would love to see you sometime. Perhaps at the new house for V, B and B? have a good w/e 😀
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Knowledge Synthesis (KS) & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Search Wiki 2025 - UBC Wiki
wiki.ubc.ca
This open textbook (or wiki channel) is intended to help librarians and other information professionals learn about #AI.
It is not, in itself, meant to be seen as promotion of #AI.
50 entries in 6 weeks; 125,000 views. Seems a hit.🎯
wiki.ubc.ca/Knowledge_Sy...
It is not, in itself, meant to be seen as promotion of #AI.
50 entries in 6 weeks; 125,000 views. Seems a hit.🎯
wiki.ubc.ca/Knowledge_Sy...
Reposted by Geneviève Gore
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Here comes ASTA — scholarly research assistant w/ coverage via corpus of 108M+ scholarly abstracts & 12M+ full text in Semantic Scholar. Initiative of Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) "to accelerate scientific discovery through trustworthy open-source agentic AI." Untested. wiki.ubc.ca/Asta_(agenti...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Automated indexing - UBC Wiki
wiki.ubc.ca
Automated indexing wiki.ubc.ca/Automated_in...
🖊️NLM uses neural network technology to index MEDLINE
💹Since 2024, NLM has indexed millions of papers using AI
⤴️Tools such as Undermind.ai and Elicit.com will destabilize subject indexing, so I'm doing research proving that the latter is still needed.
🖊️NLM uses neural network technology to index MEDLINE
💹Since 2024, NLM has indexed millions of papers using AI
⤴️Tools such as Undermind.ai and Elicit.com will destabilize subject indexing, so I'm doing research proving that the latter is still needed.
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 22
OCUL Appoints Kari Weaver as AI and Machine Learning Program Manager | OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kari Weaver, BA, MLIS, Ed.D., as AI and Machine Learning Program Manager.
ocul.on.ca
"...In her role as the AI and Machine Learning Program Manager, Kari will help build awareness, competency, knowledge, and skill levels among library staff across Ontario and support the program’s five pilot projects."
ocul.on.ca/kari-weaver-...
ocul.on.ca/kari-weaver-...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 22
ocul.on.ca
"OCUL Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Survey August 2025" Kari Weaver, AI & Machine Learning, Program Manager - how to advance objectives & values of academic librarianship in AI era "to understand training needs of library workers in Ontario universities ..." ocul.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Will Google Scholar survive the AI-powered bots? and AI-powered search tools? Time will tell.
wiki.ubc.ca/Google_Scholar
wiki.ubc.ca/Google_Scholar
Reposted by Dean Giustini
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 9
Automated indexing - UBC Wiki
wiki.ubc.ca
#Automated_indexing may be performed using a range of computer-based methods, #algorithms (hence, the phrase algorithmic indexing), #natural_language_processing and even #artificial_intelligence (AI). Most library databases and indexes use some form of AI. wiki.ubc.ca/Automated_in...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 7
Artificial intelligence (AI) literacy for librarians - UBC Wiki
wiki.ubc.ca
OpenAI openai.com leads the AI space, but big Silicon Valley companies are developing new tools & experimenting with AI-powered academic search. Perhaps faculty or students are asking you to present these tools to classes? How can you keep your job while pushing back?
wiki.ubc.ca/Artificial_i...
wiki.ubc.ca/Artificial_i...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 5
Prompt engineering - UBC Wiki
wiki.ubc.ca
Is prompt engineering key in performing AI-based knowledge synthesis tasks? The value of a prompt may be worth exploring in AI-powered searching, where search tools employ retrieval augmented generation. AI search tools such as Undermind and Elicit assist searchers wiki.ubc.ca/Prompt_engin...
Dean Giustini
@giustini.bsky.social
· Aug 3
The #MTIX (Medical Text Indexer neXt gen) is NLM's automated indexing / AI powered indexing system that uses #NeuralNetworks
🐧To know #MEDLINE in 2025, we must know more about AI & neural networks.
😇Here's the Knowledge Synthesis and AI wiki entry:
wiki.ubc.ca/Neural_netwo...
🐧To know #MEDLINE in 2025, we must know more about AI & neural networks.
😇Here's the Knowledge Synthesis and AI wiki entry:
wiki.ubc.ca/Neural_netwo...