Ed Sperr
edsperr.bsky.social
Ed Sperr
@edsperr.bsky.social
Librarian/Developer
Currently serving as a Systems and Discovery Librarian

searchworkbench.info
https://esperr.github.io/visualizingpubmed/
https://esperr.github.io/collection-view/
ohhh..."guileless maximalism" is nice!
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Maybe :) I was thinking more about currency devaluations...
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Theoretically It would be logical, but in practice it is a sign that something *terrible* has happened to your economy...
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sorry, I read that initially as "toxic librarian" [putting my hand back down...]
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
TBF, there's a non-zero chance that this happens! But it would be a sign that something really bad has occurred...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I agree that they *should* prefer disinflation, but anecdotally I've heard more than one person be dismayed by prices not coming back *down* to where they were a couple of years ago...
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I can not imagine what her Grokipedia entry is going to look like by tomorrow...
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Everybody hates inflation and thinks they would prefer deflation (they do *not* actually want to see deflation).
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Reposted by Ed Sperr
"If discovery tools return hallucinated results, the credibility of the library itself could be undermined. Students may come to see the library’s systems as just another unreliable search engine."

BINGO
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Waiting for an enterprising #MedLib to try and quantify how many slop papers have been published so far in journals both predatory and conventional...
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Ed Sperr
“The New College of Florida Board of Trustees voted on a 5-year compensation package for president Richard Corcoran, making him one of the highest paid college presidents in the state. Corcoran will be paid up to $1.1 million a year, including bonuses and benefits.”

www.wlrn.org/education/20...
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM