Reposted by Angela Spencer
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Angela Spencer
It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished #medlibs www.bmj.com/content/391/...
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished
PubMed, the life sciences search engine maintained by the US government and relied upon by researchers worldwide, is still performing its basic automated functions during the federal shutdown, but new...
www.bmj.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
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"Across all 6,510 evaluations, ChatGPT never once mentioned that an article had been retracted, corrected, or had any ethical issues.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
Systematic reviews on the same topic are common but often fail to meet key methodological standards: a research-on-research study - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089.... #medlibs
Systematic reviews on the same topic are common but often fail to meet key methodological standards: a research-on-research study
To assess 1)the frequency of overlapping systematic reviews (SRs) on the same topic
including overlap in outcomes, 2)whether SRs meet key methodological characteristics
and 3)to describe discrepancies...
www.jclinepi.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Systematic reviews on the same topic are common but often fail to meet key methodological standards: a research-on-research study - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089.... #medlibs
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CDC Library staff and the larger Office of Science Quality and Library Services have yet to be re-hired at the CDC!!! Please contact your elected reps to advocate for the reinstatement of the CDC Library. Every little bit helps!
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
CDC Library staff and the larger Office of Science Quality and Library Services have yet to be re-hired at the CDC!!! Please contact your elected reps to advocate for the reinstatement of the CDC Library. Every little bit helps!
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
Reposted by Angela Spencer
I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We searched according to PRISMA #medlibs
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“We’re changing the scope”
“We’re changing the scope”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Transcribed 100% verbatim"
"Transcribed 100% verbatim"
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We searched according to PRISMA #medlibs
Reposted by Angela Spencer
⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
October 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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?
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
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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?
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?
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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?
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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?
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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-...
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/01/tip-...
Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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-...
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/01/tip-...
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…”
October 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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…”
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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:
Censorship at the CDC. Again.
Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care.
Here’s what we know:
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Reposted by Angela Spencer
"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
September 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"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...
Reposted by Angela Spencer
September 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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.
Reposted by Angela Spencer
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
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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
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'Publish or perish' evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #Publish #WCRI2026 #WCRI
phys.org/news/2025-09...
#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
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Students: want to meet and discuss a Systematic review- and our professor wants the search by next week.
Me:lol
Me:lol
September 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Students: want to meet and discuss a Systematic review- and our professor wants the search by next week.
Me:lol
Me:lol
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
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Possibly concerning considering the current state www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbul...