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Heather B @hbrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Does anyone have a recommended estimate or range for writing APCs into NIH grants? How’d you determine that? Of course if/when APC caps happen, there’s your answer. #medlibs #scholcomm

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 5d

Sigh.

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Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 5d

So is PubMed/MEDLINE is still getting updated.

Based on yesterday's update files things are still happening... ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/updat...

Not really sure what long-term implications are (if the shutdown continues).

Any ideas #medlibs?

Index of /pubmed/updatefiles

ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 9d

This hasn’t come up where I work but #meded doesn’t use a lot of textbooks. I did have a nursing faculty ask for electronic access to book that is considered a textbook by the vendor and not available to libraries for purchase

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 9d

Question specifically for #medlibs: does your medical education program(s) expect you to provide access to course texts? And by expect, I mean really come down hard and firm about it?

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 10d

Benchmarking is hard to study but would love to look at this

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 10d

I would love to study this

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 10d

To celebrate October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite #MLAUXCaucus Database Tips blog posts every day this month! Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/01/tip-...

Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar

uxcaucustips.blogspot.com

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 11d

Please remember that many databases and resources get their data or information from PubMed “Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date…”

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Carrie Price @carrieprice.bsky.social · 11d

The government shutdown is going to affect the MEDLINE component of all the platforms that hold MEDLINE, right?

#medlibs

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 11d

Probably. A friend re DOCLINE“Due to the Government lapse in funding, NLM will not be able to lend; however, lending between DOCLINE Participant libraries may continue. Please note that assistance with and updates to the system will be unavailable until the shutdown is over.”

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craftyhilary @craftyhilary.bsky.social · 13d

Save the date for the EBSCOhost Idea Exchange, an open forum for questions, solutions, and all things new-UI-related on Nov. 19, 12-1:30pm Central! Invite is making the rounds on the usual channels, so keep an eye out (or DM for an ics). Sponsored by the MLA UX Caucus but all are welcome! #medlibs

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 19d

hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Nancy R. Curtis @oponiak.bsky.social · 20d

#medlibs

Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 22d

BREAKING NEWS over in Inside Medicine:

Censorship at the CDC. Again.

Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care.

Here’s what we know:

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Nikki Dettmar @eagledawg.bsky.social · 20d

"I'm not on that committee" is a longstanding #medlibs joke but preferable than termination & 2 consultants when it comes to advisory feedback about MEDLINE. More about that & a Sept 25th update about a European alternative PubMed project. eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/09/medl...

MEDLINE: From Committee to Consultants

As I shared on June 16 , I've been concerned about the PubMed database of biomedical and life sciences literature this year. I didn't expli...

eagledawg.blogspot.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 23d

You don't say?

#medlibs

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 23d

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.

arstechnica.com

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Briagne @briagne.bsky.social · 24d

Any #medlibs (or others) have info on transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines going offline? Hoping it's a technical issue, but given the times I'm wary.

transcare.ucsf.edu

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MR INFO @mr-info.bsky.social · 25d

Only found out about this today (we use it for DOCLINE delivery): "The NNLM will end support for delivery.nnlm.gov on Friday, December 19th 2025. The document delivery site will no longer be available after that date, and it will not be replaced with a similar service." #MedLibs

NNLM | NNLM Delivery

delivery.nnlm.gov

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cshannon.bsky.social @cshannon.bsky.social · 26d

#medlibs

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 26d

'Publish or perish' evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #Publish #WCRI2026 #WCRI

phys.org/news/2025-09...

'Publish or perish' evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from ...

phys.org

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · 26d

Students: want to meet and discuss a Systematic review- and our professor wants the search by next week.
Me:lol

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Possibly concerning considering the current state www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbul...

Modernizing Journal Selection at the National Library of Medicine. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2025 Sep–Oct

NLM is reviewing its journal selection processes, including for MEDLINE. Details about the new review process are available in the Journal Selection for MEDLINE page.

www.nlm.nih.gov

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Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oh no

Angela Spencer @angspenc.bsky.social · Sep 8

I start with thinkchecksubmit.org. But also look at fees, submission time, who indexes the journal.

Identify trusted publishers for your research • Think. Check. Submit.

Tools and practical resources, aiming to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

thinkchecksubmit.org

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 7

In our last editorial we imagined how bad academic publishing might get, and hopefully how it might come out better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Near future academic publishing – a speculative social science fiction experiment

Published in Learning, Media and Technology (Vol. 49, No. 4, 2024)

www.tandfonline.com

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Medical Library Association @medlibassn.bsky.social · Sep 4

The 1st edition of the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL) has been released. This resource list was designed to locate nursing information and for collection development for information professionals.

➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g4UXtM

#medlibs #datalibs #nursing #healthcare

Introducing the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List

The NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List Task Force has released the 1st edition of the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL). The list is hosted in Airtable, a cloud-based project…

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