OG_MarionLibrarian
@marionlibrarian.bsky.social
Medical librarian, tenured faculty, dog-lover, but owner of cats (you know - CDS). All about health literacy and freedom of information.
Take a look at this list of resources explaining why libraries (and librarians) are so important for democracy and a free society: blog.lib.utah.edu/top-picks-wh...
J. Willard Marriott Library Blog | Top Picks: Why Libraries Are Essential to a Free and Open Society
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July 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Take a look at this list of resources explaining why libraries (and librarians) are so important for democracy and a free society: blog.lib.utah.edu/top-picks-wh...
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Gonna have to brush up on my German next...
Germany's central medical library, ZBMed, is building an alternative to PubMed. It will be open source, based on MeSH & associated data standards, built to be sustainable in case PubMed becomes unreliable - with APIs & MeSH maintenance. Open meeting called! 1/2 www.heise.de/news/Wegen-T... #MedLibs
Wegen Trump: Zentralbibliothek Medizin baut Alternative zu US-Datenbank auf
Ein deutsches Informationszentrum will eine Alternative zur PubMed-Datenbank in den USA entwickeln, um die Informationsversorgung in der Biomedizin zu sichern.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Gonna have to brush up on my German next...
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I have a friend who has brain cancer. He was enrolled in a trial at NIH where he could get regular MRIs. He told me today that his trial was canceled. No more MRIs for brain cancer patients. That’s government efficiency right there.
April 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I have a friend who has brain cancer. He was enrolled in a trial at NIH where he could get regular MRIs. He told me today that his trial was canceled. No more MRIs for brain cancer patients. That’s government efficiency right there.
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Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social
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Health systems in limbo as HHS stays quiet on nondiscrimination rules for AI, algorithms
Lack of clarity from officials delay providers' efforts to ensure clinical decision support tools don't discriminate.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...
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This banner is showing up on NIH data repositories. If you use data from these archives you may want to consider what you need access to in the near and far term for your research
April 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This banner is showing up on NIH data repositories. If you use data from these archives you may want to consider what you need access to in the near and far term for your research
Hours after NIH director confirmed, the agency tackles one of his priorities — ending ‘censorship’ in science www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/n... via @statnews.com - WAIT! Educating people to identify misinfo IS NOT CENSORSHIP!!!
Hours after NIH director confirmed, the agency tackles one of his priorities — ending ‘censorship’ in science
Hours after Jay Bhattacharya was confirmed as NIH director, the agency directed staff to identify contracts related to “fighting misinformation or disinformation”
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March 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hours after NIH director confirmed, the agency tackles one of his priorities — ending ‘censorship’ in science www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/n... via @statnews.com - WAIT! Educating people to identify misinfo IS NOT CENSORSHIP!!!