Justin Fuhr
@justinfuhr.bsky.social
University of Manitoba Librarian
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We hope we won’t need to use them, but if we do we’re ready for March 10 7a.m.!”. #fairdeal #UMFA2025
@umanitoba.bsky.social
@umanitoba.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We hope we won’t need to use them, but if we do we’re ready for March 10 7a.m.!”. #fairdeal #UMFA2025
@umanitoba.bsky.social
@umanitoba.bsky.social
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The Fifth Estate is reporting on how anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiment is affecting Canadian libraries and - something I'm so glad they looked into - how it's connected to attacks on libraries in the United States. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Fifth Estate is reporting on how anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiment is affecting Canadian libraries and - something I'm so glad they looked into - how it's connected to attacks on libraries in the United States. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
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Interesting article by @lisalibrarian.bsky.social on the effect of the NIH cuts on scholarly publishing:
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/10/n...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/10/n...
NIH Cuts ICR - Implications for Research Institutions and Scholarly Publishing - The Scholarly Kitchen
What are the implications of last Friday's NIH ICR budget cut? @lisalibrarian offers an early analysis.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Interesting article by @lisalibrarian.bsky.social on the effect of the NIH cuts on scholarly publishing:
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/10/n...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/10/n...
Why does College & Research Libraries have ads for "Personal Digital Mind Palaces" (?)? The last few times I've been on their site, I've seen these ads for this pseudoscience (?) library technology (?). So many questions. Their website boggles the mind: www.dlsg.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Why does College & Research Libraries have ads for "Personal Digital Mind Palaces" (?)? The last few times I've been on their site, I've seen these ads for this pseudoscience (?) library technology (?). So many questions. Their website boggles the mind: www.dlsg.com
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THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
December 19, 2024 at 9:10 PM
THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
My colleague Caroline Monnin and I just published an article on our researcher profile library workshops. Fun times to answer questions from friends and family about what I spend my time researching 🤓 dc.etsu.edu/jgl/vol2/iss...
Librarian Instruction of Researcher Profile Systems to Graduate Students: A Case Study
Introduction: Academic liaison librarians play a pivotal role in supporting graduate students with their scholarly endeavors, particularly research dissemination. Researcher profile systems (RPSs) are...
dc.etsu.edu
December 2, 2024 at 9:05 PM
My colleague Caroline Monnin and I just published an article on our researcher profile library workshops. Fun times to answer questions from friends and family about what I spend my time researching 🤓 dc.etsu.edu/jgl/vol2/iss...
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Re: comprehensive / exhaustive / systematic searching
Librarians need better ways to search for papers, given points in Science article #retractions #fraudulent #predatory #papermills, & not doing 'what we've always done'.
Consider also damaging effects of #GenAI! www.science.org/content/arti...
Librarians need better ways to search for papers, given points in Science article #retractions #fraudulent #predatory #papermills, & not doing 'what we've always done'.
Consider also damaging effects of #GenAI! www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril
Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say
www.science.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Re: comprehensive / exhaustive / systematic searching
Librarians need better ways to search for papers, given points in Science article #retractions #fraudulent #predatory #papermills, & not doing 'what we've always done'.
Consider also damaging effects of #GenAI! www.science.org/content/arti...
Librarians need better ways to search for papers, given points in Science article #retractions #fraudulent #predatory #papermills, & not doing 'what we've always done'.
Consider also damaging effects of #GenAI! www.science.org/content/arti...
Finally deactivated/deleted twitter and looking forward to Blue Skies ahead!
November 12, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Finally deactivated/deleted twitter and looking forward to Blue Skies ahead!