Tracy
@tcshields.bsky.social
personal account | opinions are my own and all that | too curious for my own good | avid reader (no, I probably won't share because y'all might get judgey) | she/her | #medlibs 🦀 #EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews | 🌈 🌻
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Friends, if you were waiting to check in on a bud, but keep delaying: do not delay, check in. Tell your friends you love and care about them, and if you’re thinking: I should reach out.
REACH OUT.
REACH OUT.
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Friends, if you were waiting to check in on a bud, but keep delaying: do not delay, check in. Tell your friends you love and care about them, and if you’re thinking: I should reach out.
REACH OUT.
REACH OUT.
I swear, the hardest part of any job that I've had is the annual performance review and setting goals.
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I swear, the hardest part of any job that I've had is the annual performance review and setting goals.
[Watched] This video claims Claude is now better at finding literature review than most AI academic search engines including Undermind, Elicit and a Google Scholar labs, SciSpace (1)
youtu.be/rKhwikQe26w?...
youtu.be/rKhwikQe26w?...
How Claude Compares to Elicit, Consensus, and Undermind
YouTube video by Moara
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Feb 2010 in Nashville, I drove through snow to take a friend that had abdominal pain to the ER. Next day, the melt refroze into black ice. I slipped on it while taking out the trash, ended up at the same ER with 3 fractures - dominant side shoulder, both wrists. Huge mess. Winter weather is no joke.
Just saw a TikTok comment that said “Nobody should be panicking it’s never that serious” and to that I say, get back to us after you slip on half an inch of ice, crack your skull, and nobody around you can drive on the roads
January 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Feb 2010 in Nashville, I drove through snow to take a friend that had abdominal pain to the ER. Next day, the melt refroze into black ice. I slipped on it while taking out the trash, ended up at the same ER with 3 fractures - dominant side shoulder, both wrists. Huge mess. Winter weather is no joke.
"If a single click can irrevocably delete years of work, ChatGPT cannot, in my opinion and on the basis of my experience, be considered completely safe for professional use."
well, duh 🙄 #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
well, duh 🙄 #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"If a single click can irrevocably delete years of work, ChatGPT cannot, in my opinion and on the basis of my experience, be considered completely safe for professional use."
well, duh 🙄 #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
well, duh 🙄 #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just when you thought it was safe to dive into MeSH terms...
I'm popping up a bit late to give a peek at what I've found for new #2026MeSH descriptors. Behold, a #medlibs and adjacent #expertsearching thread!
I'm popping up a bit late to give a peek at what I've found for new #2026MeSH descriptors. Behold, a #medlibs and adjacent #expertsearching thread!
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Just when you thought it was safe to dive into MeSH terms...
I'm popping up a bit late to give a peek at what I've found for new #2026MeSH descriptors. Behold, a #medlibs and adjacent #expertsearching thread!
I'm popping up a bit late to give a peek at what I've found for new #2026MeSH descriptors. Behold, a #medlibs and adjacent #expertsearching thread!
I don't know who needs to hear this, but: If a topic doesn't have a lot of evidence or there's a lot of gaps in the evidence, no amount of applying #EvidenceSynthesis or #SystematicReview methodology is going to change that. ES work only makes sense of what is already there.
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but: If a topic doesn't have a lot of evidence or there's a lot of gaps in the evidence, no amount of applying #EvidenceSynthesis or #SystematicReview methodology is going to change that. ES work only makes sense of what is already there.
I haven't knitted since early/mid 2019 for various reasons. I cast on a new project last night. I'm slow, but the muscle memory is still there - if I think about it, I mess up. Now I just need to practice getting smoother and faster, along with doing by touch and not having to watch every stitch.
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I haven't knitted since early/mid 2019 for various reasons. I cast on a new project last night. I'm slow, but the muscle memory is still there - if I think about it, I mess up. Now I just need to practice getting smoother and faster, along with doing by touch and not having to watch every stitch.
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As we wrap up 2025, I wanted to share some of the videos I've made that strike on my pet peeves in #LiteratureReviews, #SystematicReviews, #searching and #EvidenceSynthesis.
A thread. 🧵 #medlibs
First up, report your databases with their platforms correctly.
youtu.be/lSn3IVxGG7M?...
A thread. 🧵 #medlibs
First up, report your databases with their platforms correctly.
youtu.be/lSn3IVxGG7M?...
Report Your Databases With Their Platforms | Methods Monday | SR Education
YouTube video by Carrie Price
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As we wrap up 2025, I wanted to share some of the videos I've made that strike on my pet peeves in #LiteratureReviews, #SystematicReviews, #searching and #EvidenceSynthesis.
A thread. 🧵 #medlibs
First up, report your databases with their platforms correctly.
youtu.be/lSn3IVxGG7M?...
A thread. 🧵 #medlibs
First up, report your databases with their platforms correctly.
youtu.be/lSn3IVxGG7M?...
WT actual F. They really picked a shade of white in this timeline.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
WT actual F. They really picked a shade of white in this timeline.
#medlibs leadership should be ashamed of thinking that offering such abysmal salaries is ok. DO BETTER.
This comment brought to you by peeping a recent job posting and doing math. $60-88K for 5-7 experience with specialized skill set (also 2nd MS preferred) in a major US city in this economy? GTFOH
This comment brought to you by peeping a recent job posting and doing math. $60-88K for 5-7 experience with specialized skill set (also 2nd MS preferred) in a major US city in this economy? GTFOH
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#medlibs leadership should be ashamed of thinking that offering such abysmal salaries is ok. DO BETTER.
This comment brought to you by peeping a recent job posting and doing math. $60-88K for 5-7 experience with specialized skill set (also 2nd MS preferred) in a major US city in this economy? GTFOH
This comment brought to you by peeping a recent job posting and doing math. $60-88K for 5-7 experience with specialized skill set (also 2nd MS preferred) in a major US city in this economy? GTFOH
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Scientific misinformation is a carcinogen.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Scientific misinformation is a carcinogen.
Screening a study on food intake that drops this bit: "All of the women were asked to scrape and rinse all dishes, glassware, and utensils with water and to consume the rinsing to ensure complete intake of provided foods." 🤢🤮 I wish I could exclude the study based on this alone.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Screening a study on food intake that drops this bit: "All of the women were asked to scrape and rinse all dishes, glassware, and utensils with water and to consume the rinsing to ensure complete intake of provided foods." 🤢🤮 I wish I could exclude the study based on this alone.
If you hadn't noticed, @404media.co is doing some fantastic reporting around #libraries lately.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you hadn't noticed, @404media.co is doing some fantastic reporting around #libraries lately.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
For #medlibs nerds like me interested in MeSH, an interesting article in JMIR Formative Research: "Representation of Medical Concepts in Emojis Using Medical Subject Headings to Identify Gaps and Opportunities: Cross-Sectional Analysis"
formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e70130
formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e70130
Representation of Medical Concepts in Emojis Using Medical Subject Headings to Identify Gaps and Opportunities: Cross-Sectional Analysis
Background: Emoji are a universal visual language widely used in digital communication, yet their representation of medical concepts remains limited. The introduction of medical emoji like the anatomi...
formative.jmir.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For #medlibs nerds like me interested in MeSH, an interesting article in JMIR Formative Research: "Representation of Medical Concepts in Emojis Using Medical Subject Headings to Identify Gaps and Opportunities: Cross-Sectional Analysis"
formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e70130
formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e70130
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Sage too www.sagepub.com/about/sage-p...
Assistive and generative AI guidelines for authors | Policies & guidelines | Sage
Sage supports and believes in the value of human creativity and human authorship. Read our AI policy for authors of our resources
www.sagepub.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sage too www.sagepub.com/about/sage-p...
Of potential interest to #medlibs and #EvidenceSynthesis / #SystematicReview folks, Wiley has published a guide on using AI for researchers, authors, editors, and reviewers:
www.wiley.com/en-us/publis...
www.wiley.com/en-us/publis...
AI guidelines for researchers
A guide to support journal authors, editors, and peer reviewers across disciplines in making informed decisions about AI’s role in research and writing.
www.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Of potential interest to #medlibs and #EvidenceSynthesis / #SystematicReview folks, Wiley has published a guide on using AI for researchers, authors, editors, and reviewers:
www.wiley.com/en-us/publis...
www.wiley.com/en-us/publis...
Your annual #medlibs Halloween reminder that "Chocolate"[Mesh] has only been in use since 2017. (OK, to be fair previous indexing is "Cacao"[Mesh] 1963-2016, but STILL.)
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Your annual #medlibs Halloween reminder that "Chocolate"[Mesh] has only been in use since 2017. (OK, to be fair previous indexing is "Cacao"[Mesh] 1963-2016, but STILL.)
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
Today's #medlibs snort-at-the-article-title moment:
"Ketones: metabolism's ugly duckling" (PMID 14604265) followed closely by "Exercise: the ugly duckling of diabetes treatment?" (PMID 41151796)
"Ketones: metabolism's ugly duckling" (PMID 14604265) followed closely by "Exercise: the ugly duckling of diabetes treatment?" (PMID 41151796)
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Today's #medlibs snort-at-the-article-title moment:
"Ketones: metabolism's ugly duckling" (PMID 14604265) followed closely by "Exercise: the ugly duckling of diabetes treatment?" (PMID 41151796)
"Ketones: metabolism's ugly duckling" (PMID 14604265) followed closely by "Exercise: the ugly duckling of diabetes treatment?" (PMID 41151796)
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These are my emotional support tabs. Please be kind.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the many tabs I need to keep open,
Courage to close the tabs I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
Courage to close the tabs I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
These are my emotional support tabs. Please be kind.
How a Hospital Librarian Spends Their Days
Undoing the Shoddy Work of AI Bots
annehelen.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
maman has switched out the kale for arugula in the papa's breakfast bowl and it is nowhere near what it was. I am so disappointed.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
maman has switched out the kale for arugula in the papa's breakfast bowl and it is nowhere near what it was. I am so disappointed.