Katrina Hall
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Katrina Hall
@trinahall101.bsky.social
NHS Wales Partnerships Librarian
Based in South Wales, UK
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The value that libraries deliver is multidimensional. Through 2026 I have been highlighting studies from different sectors that that show the value librarians and knowledge specialists deliver.
@cilip.bsky.social Information professional, Winter 2025 p14
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December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#medlibs - an interesting proposal, and seeming more necessary as the complexity of AI tool details and uses in #evidencesynthesis work increases:

Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist
Background: Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) build the foundation for evidence synthesis, but they are exceptionally demanding in terms of time and resources. While recent advances in Artificial In...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Access point of care tools through your Health Board Library Service! @nhswaleselibrary.bsky.social provides a national subscription to BMJ BestPractice, and some health boards also individually subscribe to UpToDate or DynaMed - contact us to learn more! www.nhswls.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Chapter 19: Incorporating Neurodivergent Workplace Adjustments to Reduce Burnout in the Library Setting from
📘Disrupting the American In Creating Healthy #Library Workplaces ➡️ tinyurl.com/5dxuzftw

#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Neurodivergent
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#HiddenDisability
Creating Healthy Library Workplaces
This practical guide, written from different perspectives and applying to all library types, explains how to create healthy library workplaces.While library work is often imbued with a strong sense of...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Philip Pullman, Richard Osman, @joannechocolat.bsky.social & @katemossewriter.bsky.social are some of the authors calling for library membership to be linked to birth registration.

This is a subject very close to our hearts. Read more in @theobserveruk.bsky.social by @vanessathorpe.bsky.social
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Become a member of our Wales stakeholder committee 📍

We're looking for 3 members to join our Wales stakeholder committee, working with and reporting to our Nations Committee and board to support and deliver our priorities, campaigns, policies and advocacy.

Find out more and apply by 27 January 👇
Opportunity | Become a member of our Wales stakeholder committee - Museums Association
We're looking for three members to join our committee to support our work in Wales
www.museumsassociation.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Great role advertised at Oxford: Research Metrics and Open Infrastructure Lead

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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December 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The newest edition of the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association is now available!
#medlibs #canmedlibs
journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index....
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada
A forum for the provision of increased communication among health libraries and health sciences librarians.
journals.library.ualberta.ca
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The #CILIP Data Protection Conference returns next June & the programming team is calling for speakers. Talks should be around the theme of data protection, particularly within the contexts of libraries, education and healthcare. To apply click here 👉 https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/DataConf26
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Call for speakers! 📚

On 18.03.26 @nlisn.bsky.social is running a full-day online event on neurodivergency and entry into the LIS profession. We welcome proposals from current students, recent graduates, early-career, long-term staff, recruiters, anyone!

More info & form - forms.gle/MjT2djGSXp1o...
Neurodivergency and Entry into the Profession - Call for Speakers
The Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network (NLISN) invites proposals for presentations at our full-day online event exploring the experiences, challenges, and possibilities around entry ...
forms.gle
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Step inside the history of nursing at the RCN’s historic headquarters. We'll explore its architecture, famous residents (including a former Prime Minister) – and even a ghost story 👻

🗓️ Wed 7 January 2026
🕒 3-4pm
🎟️ £9 public / Free for RCN members
👉 https://bit.ly/4nafkYD
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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🎧Listen to the next episode of our new InfoPro Podcast where David McMenemy Chair of our Intellectual Freedom Committee explores threats to intellectual freedom and the crucial role info pros play in safeguarding our right to access information. Subscribe & share: https://ow.ly/toJn50XGLX8
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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No deal with SAGE Publishing – What next?

As often happens, a major academic publisher has set unreasonable demands in its contract negotiations with the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries, and Swiss universities will start 2026 without a contract to access new publications in SAGE journals,…
No deal with SAGE Publishing – What next?
As often happens, a major academic publisher has set unreasonable demands in its contract negotiations with the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries, and Swiss universities will start 2026 without a contract to access new publications in SAGE journals, nor possibilities to publish articles open access in these. What does this mean, how does this affect researchers, and how can you help in our struggle against attempts at implementing leonine contracts?
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December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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A reminder that your #NHSWales Libraries will be closed over the Christmas - New Year period. You can contact your library today to find out how opening changes may affect you!

Some of our libraries operate 24 hour access for library members, get in touch to arrange this with plenty of time!
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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I've been trying to use AI to support a narrative review. Has worked well in many aspects of the work. But it's screwed up royally in three ways:

1. Failed to suspect a study with 100% response rate and 100% agreement by >6000 participants to have a blood test. Saw this as a "quality feature".
December 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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New Voices in Information Literacy (IL) Research

LIS graduates present their dissertation projects:

- IL education in UK public libraries
- How students identify and respond to AI hallucinations
- What makes physicians take charge? The role of IL

Free and online, 15 Dec 12:00-13:00 UTC

Register👇
Select tickets – New Voices in Information Literacy Research – MS Teams
New Voices in Information Literacy Research – MS Teams, Mon 15 Dec 2025 - Please join us for this free online event to hear three recent graduates present their MA dissertation research on Information...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The EBU have destroyed themselves and they think they can just ride it out
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Whether you know him from football, strictly or his campaigning about gambling, Paul Merson is an all round top bloke. It's football for me. I used to watch him for the North Bank.
December 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Breaking: Second wave of strikes at British Library announced

Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Second wave of strikes at British Library announced - Research Professional News
Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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What's available online from the British Library? This guide lists resources including digitised books at Google Books, items from the Endangered Archives Programme, International Dunhuang Programme and the Qatar Digital Library

https://bl.libguides.com/currently-available
Guides: What's currently available: Introduction
This guide provides up to date details of which services are currently available following a cyber-attack, and which aren't.
bl.libguides.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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It back by popular demand. We will be bringing back our SLG Book Recommendations Advent Calendar on the 1st December. This year’s book recommendations will be Christmas Themed Book and Children/YA books published this year. #AdventCalender @cilip.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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PubMed had some disruption in adding records this week, apparently recovering on Wednesday with over 9,800 records in one day. But if you have a Plan B for critical searches, maybe start using it... 1/2

Chart data: New daily records 2024/25. Some dip on weekends is normal. bit.ly/42MfAFM

#MedLibs
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Great case study by @potterynerd-8.bsky.social ! "Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree: a case study on automatic indexing precision errors in PubMed" #medlibs #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #EvidenceSynthesis jmla.mlanet.org/ojs/jmla/art...
Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree: a case study on automatic indexing precision errors in PubMed | Journal of the Medical Library Association
jmla.mlanet.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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