Catherine Voutier
@catherinerv.bsky.social
Medical librarian on haemodialysis currently looking for pt work; love gardens, cats, reading and long walks.
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Out of spite this would make me mention Michel Breal in my acknowledgments (who apparently developed the concept of semantics in 1883, which LLMs are based on) www.dataversity.net/articles/a-b...
A Brief History of Large Language Models - Dataversity
The history of large language models starts with the concept of semantics, developed by the French philologist, Michel Bréal, in 1883.
www.dataversity.net
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Out of spite this would make me mention Michel Breal in my acknowledgments (who apparently developed the concept of semantics in 1883, which LLMs are based on) www.dataversity.net/articles/a-b...
What do you think of this? "Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section." ICMJE
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What do you think of this? "Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section." ICMJE
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
Responsible Use of AI in Evidence Synthesis:
Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
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Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
REGISTER for this FREE webinar!
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October 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Responsible Use of AI in Evidence Synthesis:
Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
REGISTER for this FREE webinar!
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#medlibs
Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
REGISTER for this FREE webinar!
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#medlibs
I'm reading a William book and this is great! Famous (and rather pompous) actor is walking down the village street, encounters William. Do you know who I am? he asks. No, said William, an' I bet you don't know who I am either. LOL!!!
Gives me an excuse to post the Best One-liner of All Time, which was from Bob Monkhouse.
"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. Well. They're not laughing now."
"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. Well. They're not laughing now."
This weekend @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording episode 3, looking at shows from Nov 1984. Please do weigh in if you've any thoughts on Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch or Rentaghost (we're looking at it's very last ep).
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm reading a William book and this is great! Famous (and rather pompous) actor is walking down the village street, encounters William. Do you know who I am? he asks. No, said William, an' I bet you don't know who I am either. LOL!!!
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Musicians, what is the most unlikely and catastrophic thing that has ever happened to you or your instrument while you were playing? E.g. falling off your seat, your instrument falling apart, or hitting someone...
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Musicians, what is the most unlikely and catastrophic thing that has ever happened to you or your instrument while you were playing? E.g. falling off your seat, your instrument falling apart, or hitting someone...
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
Well, I found out I can subscribe to blog feeds in Thunderbird. Hooray! I'm really liking Thunderbird as an email client. I have 3 email accounts added to mine. No logging into separate accounts - all able to be seen in one space. I like!
October 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Well, I found out I can subscribe to blog feeds in Thunderbird. Hooray! I'm really liking Thunderbird as an email client. I have 3 email accounts added to mine. No logging into separate accounts - all able to be seen in one space. I like!
Same year difference, but one would be totally alien and the other, not so much. 1868 - 1968 | 1925 - 2025
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Same year difference, but one would be totally alien and the other, not so much. 1868 - 1968 | 1925 - 2025
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One expert called it:
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump links autism with Tylenol, backs folic acid as treatment
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday there was a link between the use of popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol and the development of autism during pregnancy, a claim which many doctors dispute.
www.reuters.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One expert called it:
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
My latest blog witterings clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/a...
A to Z of Expert Searching – M is for MeSH
… and search Methodologies! A friend asked me a little while ago about how to account for 4 articles that were found serendipitously by some researchers she is working with (they had forgotte…
clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My latest blog witterings clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/a...
Go to your public library and borrow books by these authors! #anticensorship
Clare Wright
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Evelyn Araluen
Jeanine Leane
Paul Daley
Claire G Coleman
Kate Mildenhall
Jess Hill
Sonia Orchard
Thomas Mayo
Daniel James
Fiona Stanley
Kirstin Ferguson
Michelle Scott Tucker
Kylie Mirmohamadi
Jock Serong
Melanie Cheng
Kate Larsen
Cher Tan
Madison Griffith
1/2
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Evelyn Araluen
Jeanine Leane
Paul Daley
Claire G Coleman
Kate Mildenhall
Jess Hill
Sonia Orchard
Thomas Mayo
Daniel James
Fiona Stanley
Kirstin Ferguson
Michelle Scott Tucker
Kylie Mirmohamadi
Jock Serong
Melanie Cheng
Kate Larsen
Cher Tan
Madison Griffith
1/2
If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.
August 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Go to your public library and borrow books by these authors! #anticensorship
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I too have withdrawn from participating in the Bendigo Writers Festival
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo writers festival, arguing she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I too have withdrawn from participating in the Bendigo Writers Festival
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
August 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
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If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.
August 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.
#latrobeuni attempted censorship by saying no criticism of Israel allowed. 'Scuse me, criticism of Israel (their politicians etc) is not antisemitism. If you criticise Australian politicians, is that unAustralian? No! #BendigoWritersFestival organisers have shot themselves in the foot.
This is ghoulish nonsense from the Bendigo Writers Festival
A response from Bendigo Writers Festival:
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#latrobeuni attempted censorship by saying no criticism of Israel allowed. 'Scuse me, criticism of Israel (their politicians etc) is not antisemitism. If you criticise Australian politicians, is that unAustralian? No! #BendigoWritersFestival organisers have shot themselves in the foot.
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Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
At first, NIH told me its contracts with SN were active and that they help “advance scientific discovery”.
Hours later, HHS said the opposite: "Precious taxpayer dollars should not be used on unused subscriptions to junk science.”
At first, NIH told me its contracts with SN were active and that they help “advance scientific discovery”.
Hours later, HHS said the opposite: "Precious taxpayer dollars should not be used on unused subscriptions to junk science.”
Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I knew it was a matter of time before the dismantling of NLM started. Still, it's very depressing. Read this important blog post: eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/06/bias... #medlibs #healthequity #healthliteracy #consumerhealth
Bias by exclusion: MedlinePlus & more
Last week Matthew Noe shared an update (alt text available on clickthrough) - Sharing this update provided to me directly about the stat...
eagledawg.blogspot.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I knew it was a matter of time before the dismantling of NLM started. Still, it's very depressing. Read this important blog post: eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/06/bias... #medlibs #healthequity #healthliteracy #consumerhealth
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Petitions to advocate for the Librarian of Congress:
#medlibs
Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here.
www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...
#medlibs
Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here.
www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...
STATEMENT: President Trump Fires the Librarian of Congress and Now Congress Must Push Back
www.everylibrary.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Petitions to advocate for the Librarian of Congress:
#medlibs
Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here.
www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...
#medlibs
Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here.
www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...
Disturbing. But these ppl don't have power to coerce inclusion of 'diverse viewpoints' (ie non-science). I hope #medicaljournals ignore these threats. @drjengunter.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
April 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Disturbing. But these ppl don't have power to coerce inclusion of 'diverse viewpoints' (ie non-science). I hope #medicaljournals ignore these threats. @drjengunter.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
UN Children's Rights Convention that AU has signed and ratified, includes the right to survive and feel safe. AU's reckless climate strategies ignores this charter and actively breaks a promise made to children. @auspol.info #auspol #climatechange #climateemergency
March 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
UN Children's Rights Convention that AU has signed and ratified, includes the right to survive and feel safe. AU's reckless climate strategies ignores this charter and actively breaks a promise made to children. @auspol.info #auspol #climatechange #climateemergency
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🌟Using JBI Search Strategy methodology to conduct your review🌟
#medlibs Amanda Ross White and Terena Solomons
will demonstrate step-by-step application of #JBImethodology to develop an effective search strategy in this #JBILIVE webinar. Register now: events.humanitix.com/jbi-live-web...
#medlibs Amanda Ross White and Terena Solomons
will demonstrate step-by-step application of #JBImethodology to develop an effective search strategy in this #JBILIVE webinar. Register now: events.humanitix.com/jbi-live-web...
March 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🌟Using JBI Search Strategy methodology to conduct your review🌟
#medlibs Amanda Ross White and Terena Solomons
will demonstrate step-by-step application of #JBImethodology to develop an effective search strategy in this #JBILIVE webinar. Register now: events.humanitix.com/jbi-live-web...
#medlibs Amanda Ross White and Terena Solomons
will demonstrate step-by-step application of #JBImethodology to develop an effective search strategy in this #JBILIVE webinar. Register now: events.humanitix.com/jbi-live-web...
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#medlibs nnlm region 5
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities.
We need your help investigating this.
Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch.
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
We need your help investigating this.
Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch.
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#medlibs nnlm region 5
Doing a childsafe etraining endorsed by the AU govt. It is mandatory for ppl working in orgs working with kids to have this. But the govt fails to make AU a childsafe place in their denial of climate change. Ironic? #climateemergency www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sussan Ley does not have duty of care to protect young from climate crisis, appeal court rules
Eight teenagers and a nun had previously won their case against the federal environment minister related to the expansion of a NSW coalmine
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Doing a childsafe etraining endorsed by the AU govt. It is mandatory for ppl working in orgs working with kids to have this. But the govt fails to make AU a childsafe place in their denial of climate change. Ironic? #climateemergency www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Critical appraisal skills are now more vital than ever!!!! #medlibs @drjengunter.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Journals need to respond to this pronto @bmj.com @jama.com @nature.com @thelancet.bsky.social @nejm.org
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
March 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Critical appraisal skills are now more vital than ever!!!! #medlibs @drjengunter.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social