Roy Brown
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Medical librarian tweeting on topics concerning medical libraries, health care, nursing, pop culture and sports. :) All views are my own. #medlibs #goheels 🐏
Interesting article in the @newyorker.com about the efforts to save government data before it disappears... #data #medlis
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The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge
Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?
www.newyorker.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Interesting article in the @newyorker.com about the efforts to save government data before it disappears... #data #medlis
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #VaccinesWork #Health #Vaccines
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US
This study estimates the number of cases and complications in the US under scenarios of declining childhood vaccination for measles, rubella, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria.
jamanetwork.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #VaccinesWork #Health #Vaccines
Gen Z increasingly listens to peers over doctors for health advice www.axios.com/2025/04/24/t... #HealthCare #Medlibs
Gen Z increasingly listens to peers over doctors for health advice
38% of young adults said they've ignored their provider in favor of advice from social media.
www.axios.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Gen Z increasingly listens to peers over doctors for health advice www.axios.com/2025/04/24/t... #HealthCare #Medlibs
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @statnews.com #Medlibs #Publishing
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias
Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, NEJM has received a similar inquiry as well.
www.statnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @statnews.com #Medlibs #Publishing
The article that my great library colleagues worked on about interim library leadership has finally been published. If interested in #libraryleadership, please check it out. #medlibs #librarians
doi.org/10.5195/jmla...
doi.org/10.5195/jmla...
The structure and experience of interim roles in academic health sciences libraries
| Journal of the Medical Library Association
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April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The article that my great library colleagues worked on about interim library leadership has finally been published. If interested in #libraryleadership, please check it out. #medlibs #librarians
doi.org/10.5195/jmla...
doi.org/10.5195/jmla...
Interesting article related to #arXiv and the impact it is having on #science and #research
www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Interesting article related to #arXiv and the impact it is having on #science and #research
www.wired.com/story/inside...
#Medlibs
www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Oh #PeerReview the seemingly required unpaid labor of faculty... #medlibs
www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p...
Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
www.statnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Oh #PeerReview the seemingly required unpaid labor of faculty... #medlibs
www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p...
Interesting article regarding #artificialintelligence use in searching for errors in #research. #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
Study that hyped the toxicity of black plastic utensils inspires projects that use large language models to check papers.
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Interesting article regarding #artificialintelligence use in searching for errors in #research. #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
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February 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I just wanted to share this official announcement for a book I have been a part of over the last couple of years, created with a group of nurses across #Virginia. #Nursing #OER #Medlibs
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February 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I just wanted to share this official announcement for a book I have been a part of over the last couple of years, created with a group of nurses across #Virginia. #Nursing #OER #Medlibs
viva.pressbooks.pub/communityhea...
viva.pressbooks.pub/communityhea...
Another interesting article related to changes in #research funding. If you have a subscription or you can read it as a free article for the month, there is an interesting interactive piece to help you understand the impact. #Funding #Medlibs
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another interesting article related to changes in #research funding. If you have a subscription or you can read it as a free article for the month, there is an interesting interactive piece to help you understand the impact. #Funding #Medlibs
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How To Help College-Bound Students Build #AILiteracy
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#HigherED #Medlibs
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#HigherED #Medlibs
How To Help College-Bound Students Build AI Literacy
As automation replaces routine tasks, colleges are racing to ensure students graduate with the AI literacy needed to thrive.
www.forbes.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
How To Help College-Bound Students Build #AILiteracy
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#HigherED #Medlibs
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#HigherED #Medlibs
Interesting article about #Research and #Universities... #MEDLIBS
www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
Ending the Research 1 "arms race"
The Carnegie classifications now require only two criteria for R-1 status: spend $50 million in annual research and award at least 70 research doctorates a year. A new designation also recognizes smal...
www.insidehighered.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Interesting article about #Research and #Universities... #MEDLIBS
www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
Interesting #NPR post related to the #NIH and #research funding... #Medlibs
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
What National Institutes of Health funding cuts could mean for U.S. universities
What do National Institutes of Health funding cuts mean for universities? We ask Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Interesting #NPR post related to the #NIH and #research funding... #Medlibs
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
Interesting editorial about the changes to #research funding by the federal government #medlibs #funding
A direct hit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A direct hit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A direct hit
Late last week, the Trump administration set off a frenzy in the US scientific community when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that indirect cost reimbursement for federally funded re...
www.science.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Interesting editorial about the changes to #research funding by the federal government #medlibs #funding
A direct hit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A direct hit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps. #NIH #Research #Medlibs #Funding
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Reposted by Roy Brown
"Publication ethics and professional standards define the work of medical journals, editors, and researchers. These are safeguards of best scientific practice and integrity—and will not yield to bad practice like gag orders, suppression, and authoritarian whims."
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Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"Publication ethics and professional standards define the work of medical journals, editors, and researchers. These are safeguards of best scientific practice and integrity—and will not yield to bad practice like gag orders, suppression, and authoritarian whims."
tinyurl.com/24v53u6y
#medlibs
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#medlibs
The stupidity and attack on #diversity in #science seems to be nonstop ... #Shameful #Research. #CDC #Publishing #MEDLIBS
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insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The stupidity and attack on #diversity in #science seems to be nonstop ... #Shameful #Research. #CDC #Publishing #MEDLIBS
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insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how the new administration could effect the #NIH and #Research
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
#Medlibs
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Here’s How Science Funding Could Change Under Trump
Trump’s nominees have big plans for remaking the federal health agencies, with consequences for university scientists who receive billions in funding.
www.chronicle.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how the new administration could effect the #NIH and #Research
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
#Medlibs
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
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Another place for some free training that is digital badge eligible ... Covers #AI, #ProjectMangement, and other things. #Medlibs
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Library Connect Academy | Elsevier
Resources for library and information science professionals looking to enhance their skills utilizing content developed by their peers
www.elsevier.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Another place for some free training that is digital badge eligible ... Covers #AI, #ProjectMangement, and other things. #Medlibs
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Interesting source of training related to #research and #publishing, which are digital badge eligible. #Medlibs
researcheracademy.elsevier.com
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Elsevier Researcher Academy - Unlock your research potential | Elsevier Researcher Academy
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January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Interesting source of training related to #research and #publishing, which are digital badge eligible. #Medlibs
researcheracademy.elsevier.com
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