mbbassdrlib
@mbbassdrlib.bsky.social
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Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.
www.weherepress.org
www.weherepress.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.
www.weherepress.org
www.weherepress.org
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Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s
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The Academic Librarians Caucus has launched a free, open access database to help MLA members find and connect with colleagues willing to write letters of support for promotion and tenure.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43OWG0x
#medlibs
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43OWG0x
#medlibs
Academic Librarians Caucus Launches Open Database to Support Promotion and Tenure Efforts
Finding individuals to write letters of support for personnel actions such as promotion and/or tenure can be a difficult task. After hearing Academic Librarians Caucus (ALC) members request a resource…
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June 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Academic Librarians Caucus has launched a free, open access database to help MLA members find and connect with colleagues willing to write letters of support for promotion and tenure.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43OWG0x
#medlibs
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43OWG0x
#medlibs
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"Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City, opens tomorrow! Read more about the exhibition exploring the remarkable lives of Philadelphians who experienced the American Revolution:" - American Philosophical Society www.amphilsoc.org/events/exhib...
Exhibition Opening – "Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City" | American Philosophical Society
Join us to get the first look at the APS Museum's latest exhibition — Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City.
www.amphilsoc.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City, opens tomorrow! Read more about the exhibition exploring the remarkable lives of Philadelphians who experienced the American Revolution:" - American Philosophical Society www.amphilsoc.org/events/exhib...
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"Philly arts organizations are navigating stormy federal funding guidelines" whyy.org/articles/phi...
Philly arts organizations navigate stormy federal funding guidelines
As the National Endowment for the Arts tries to comply with the shifting legal status of Trump’s executive orders, arts organizations are struggling to keep up.
whyy.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Philly arts organizations are navigating stormy federal funding guidelines" whyy.org/articles/phi...
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Hot off the presses. It was an absolute pleasure to put this together with @liblaura.bsky.social!
Takeaways:
1. Don't assign systematic/scoping reviews to your students!
2. Don't ask your university librarian to support this terrible idea!
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hy...
Takeaways:
1. Don't assign systematic/scoping reviews to your students!
2. Don't ask your university librarian to support this terrible idea!
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hy...
Rethinking Systematic Review Assignment Design in Graduate Health Science Education from Librarians' Perspectives
| Hypothesis: Research Journal for Health Information Professionals
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu
March 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hot off the presses. It was an absolute pleasure to put this together with @liblaura.bsky.social!
Takeaways:
1. Don't assign systematic/scoping reviews to your students!
2. Don't ask your university librarian to support this terrible idea!
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hy...
Takeaways:
1. Don't assign systematic/scoping reviews to your students!
2. Don't ask your university librarian to support this terrible idea!
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hy...
Had been putting off AHIP renewal. Remembered why. Finding all the documentation. Submitted. Did my best.
March 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Had been putting off AHIP renewal. Remembered why. Finding all the documentation. Submitted. Did my best.
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I'm brimming with joy to announce a call for chapter proposals for a new book I'm co-editing with Ione Damasco! "Catalyzing Critical Hope in Libraries: Narratives of Challenge & Change" will be published with @ala-acrl.bsky.social (ACRL). Visit tinyurl.com/bdbjsnwy for details (& please share!)
March 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm brimming with joy to announce a call for chapter proposals for a new book I'm co-editing with Ione Damasco! "Catalyzing Critical Hope in Libraries: Narratives of Challenge & Change" will be published with @ala-acrl.bsky.social (ACRL). Visit tinyurl.com/bdbjsnwy for details (& please share!)
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Join us on Wed 2 April as @dorothyjberry.bsky.social delivers a public lecture as part of the Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference.
Looking Back Through Opaque Glasses: What Born-Digital Archives Can Learn from Analog
Free and open to all. In-person. Drinks reception after.
Looking Back Through Opaque Glasses: What Born-Digital Archives Can Learn from Analog
Free and open to all. In-person. Drinks reception after.
Looking Back Through Opaque Glasses: What Born-Digital Archives Can Learn from Analog
This talk seeks to take a step back from the immediacy of born-digital archives, and to examine them within the larger context of how and why we’ve created archives for centuries.
www.sas.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Join us on Wed 2 April as @dorothyjberry.bsky.social delivers a public lecture as part of the Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference.
Looking Back Through Opaque Glasses: What Born-Digital Archives Can Learn from Analog
Free and open to all. In-person. Drinks reception after.
Looking Back Through Opaque Glasses: What Born-Digital Archives Can Learn from Analog
Free and open to all. In-person. Drinks reception after.
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The full white paper: www.nypl.org/spotlight/li...
Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library
By Daphna Blatt & Dr. E.K. Maloney, The New York Public LibraryDr. James O. Pawelski & Dr. Katherine N. Cotter, University of Pennsylvania In today’s society, libraries stand out as among the last tru...
www.nypl.org
January 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The full white paper: www.nypl.org/spotlight/li...
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You do you -- two Biomedical Librarians, one for #ScholCOmm and one for #EvidenceSynthesis
www.usajobs.gov/job/825184600
www.usajobs.gov/job/825185700
www.usajobs.gov/job/825184600
www.usajobs.gov/job/825185700
Librarian (Biomedical)
Join the NIH Library's growing team of biomedical librarians with two new information consultant and library instructor positions for NIH and HHS researchers and policymakers. Specialize in services l...
www.usajobs.gov
December 20, 2024 at 12:04 PM
You do you -- two Biomedical Librarians, one for #ScholCOmm and one for #EvidenceSynthesis
www.usajobs.gov/job/825184600
www.usajobs.gov/job/825185700
www.usajobs.gov/job/825184600
www.usajobs.gov/job/825185700
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Looking for tools to help write health information more simply? Try the Health Literacy Editor. Our trial showed it helps people:
✔️ Lower the grade reading level
✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice
✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings
www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...
✔️ Lower the grade reading level
✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice
✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings
www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...
Health Literacy Editor — Sydney Health Literacy Lab
www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au
December 16, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Looking for tools to help write health information more simply? Try the Health Literacy Editor. Our trial showed it helps people:
✔️ Lower the grade reading level
✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice
✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings
www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...
✔️ Lower the grade reading level
✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice
✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings
www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...
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Read the full trial paper in JAMA Network Open jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
You can also read about our user-testing here
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
And see a comparison to other readability calculators here
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
You can also read about our user-testing here
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
And see a comparison to other readability calculators here
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Online Plain Language Tool and Health Information Quality
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether an online text editing tool is effective in helping health information providers simplify written health information according to health literacy an...
jamanetwork.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Read the full trial paper in JAMA Network Open jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
You can also read about our user-testing here
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
And see a comparison to other readability calculators here
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
You can also read about our user-testing here
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
And see a comparison to other readability calculators here
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
My first repost is such a great one!! Librarians doing the work!!
I'm so, so, SO HAPPY to see a chapter on searching in JBI's updated Evidence Synthesis Manual that includes a number of wonderful librarians on the author team.
My heart is happy! This can only mean good things! Nice work, all of you.
jbi-global-wiki.refined.site/space/MANUAL...
My heart is happy! This can only mean good things! Nice work, all of you.
jbi-global-wiki.refined.site/space/MANUAL...
jbi-global-wiki.refined.site
November 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM
My first repost is such a great one!! Librarians doing the work!!
Hellooo. Going to try to keep up over here too.
November 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Hellooo. Going to try to keep up over here too.