Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
@carriehbs.bsky.social
Health sciences librarian for public health. Highly motivated by houseplants, birdwatching, fiber arts, and candy. #MedLibs
Yet another episode in my least favorite saga, ACM UX (or as I like to call it, The computing people ironically have the worst designed/hardest to search database)
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yet another episode in my least favorite saga, ACM UX (or as I like to call it, The computing people ironically have the worst designed/hardest to search database)
I'm (Cited ansiwers) (Lit raviews)
Oh joy, another helpful AI infographic via LinkedIn. Off I go to my job as a liberaian, maybe to run some critical evaligane workshops and of course use New! Boulean! Logic!
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm (Cited ansiwers) (Lit raviews)
Tracking down altered vaccine, health equity, GSM care content and dead links hiding in my public health library guides and presentations feels like a sadder, higher stakes version of a zombie-hunter video game. Your familiar, trusted loved one [CDC] is actually a monster [agent of misinformation]!
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tracking down altered vaccine, health equity, GSM care content and dead links hiding in my public health library guides and presentations feels like a sadder, higher stakes version of a zombie-hunter video game. Your familiar, trusted loved one [CDC] is actually a monster [agent of misinformation]!
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My PNC-MLA presentation about the Pairwise PubMed Search Generator has been posted!
In it, I put the tool in context and give a demo at the end.
#medlibs
In it, I put the tool in context and give a demo at the end.
#medlibs
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My PNC-MLA presentation about the Pairwise PubMed Search Generator has been posted!
In it, I put the tool in context and give a demo at the end.
#medlibs
In it, I put the tool in context and give a demo at the end.
#medlibs
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
From the German National Library of Medicine, beta version of site for tracking additions and deletions to PubMed now available #medlibs
Datenqualität sichtbar gemacht: Mit Pubservatory zeigt @zbmed.bsky.social, wie sich Inhalte in #PubMed verändern. Neue Einträge und gelöschte Dubletten, transparent und interaktiv.
Beta-Version testen: https://pubservatory.zbmed.de/
#Fachl...
weiterlesen
Beta-Version testen: https://pubservatory.zbmed.de/
#Fachl...
weiterlesen
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From the German National Library of Medicine, beta version of site for tracking additions and deletions to PubMed now available #medlibs
This will be a tremendously helpful time saver, thank you so much for sharing it!
Hey #medlibs, I built a tool for making it easier to create proximity search strings in PubMed. Check it out!
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
Pairwise PubMed Search Generator
The Pairwise PubMed Search Generator is a web application for working around the truncation limit...
pairwise-pubmed.streamlit.app
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This will be a tremendously helpful time saver, thank you so much for sharing it!
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
"Across all 6,510 evaluations, ChatGPT never once mentioned that an article had been retracted, corrected, or had any ethical issues. It did not seem to connect the retraction notice, often present in the article’s title or on the publisher’s page, with the content it was asked to assess."
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
*It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.
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?
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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.
*It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.
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?...
youtu.be/gPXC62rN9U4?...
A Message from Brad Briner about Duke and Aetna
YouTube video by NC State Health Plan
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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?...
youtu.be/gPXC62rN9U4?...
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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...
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 😬
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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 😬
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!
August 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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!
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
“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...
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...
August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“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...
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...
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.
August 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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.
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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 :)
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
August 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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 :)
Please share widely :)
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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
[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...
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
July 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
"An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the officiaI NNLM YouTube."
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
#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
June 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the officiaI NNLM YouTube."
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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...
ssd.eff.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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.
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
Such a great combo of orgs and people! Sure to be a fantastic event!
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...
Then join us for office hours to get live support from the experts 🧰
sunlightresearch.net/research-tra...
June 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Such a great combo of orgs and people! Sure to be a fantastic event!
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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....
May 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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....
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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.”
May 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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.”
Reposted by Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle
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...
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
May 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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...
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...
