Michelle Zafron
@medlibrarian.bsky.social
Medical librarian, weary academic, #medlibs #publichealth
My views do not represent my university's.
she/hers
My views do not represent my university's.
she/hers
I have removed the CDC from my LibGuides. I'm still linking to some discrete pages, but I don't feel comfortable linking to the main site. I hate this timeline. #medlibs
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I have removed the CDC from my LibGuides. I'm still linking to some discrete pages, but I don't feel comfortable linking to the main site. I hate this timeline. #medlibs
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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ChatGPT has fallen
millions of students must learn
millions of students must learn
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ChatGPT has fallen
millions of students must learn
millions of students must learn
I spend more time trying to find out how to turn off "helpful" AI....
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I spend more time trying to find out how to turn off "helpful" AI....
#medlibs anyone familiar with Swift Active Screener? #systematicreviews
October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#medlibs anyone familiar with Swift Active Screener? #systematicreviews
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Only found out about this today (we use it for DOCLINE delivery): "The NNLM will end support for delivery.nnlm.gov on Friday, December 19th 2025. The document delivery site will no longer be available after that date, and it will not be replaced with a similar service." #MedLibs
NNLM | NNLM Delivery
delivery.nnlm.gov
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Only found out about this today (we use it for DOCLINE delivery): "The NNLM will end support for delivery.nnlm.gov on Friday, December 19th 2025. The document delivery site will no longer be available after that date, and it will not be replaced with a similar service." #MedLibs
According to the Systematic Review Accelerator page, the suite of tools is being sunsetted at the end of this October in favor of TeraTools. Any #medlibs have experience with that? #systematicreviews
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
According to the Systematic Review Accelerator page, the suite of tools is being sunsetted at the end of this October in favor of TeraTools. Any #medlibs have experience with that? #systematicreviews
I have twice now successfully used an anecdote from Elaine Stritch at Liberty in a workplace context with two of my reports...#lifegoals
September 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I have twice now successfully used an anecdote from Elaine Stritch at Liberty in a workplace context with two of my reports...#lifegoals
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Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift gothamist.com/news/hochul-...
Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift
An executive order comes as access tightens and lawmakers eye state-level solutions.
gothamist.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift gothamist.com/news/hochul-...
Dear Microsoft,
Stop making me uninstall Copilot weekly. I do not want it and will not willingly use it.
Please and thank you.
Frustrated
Stop making me uninstall Copilot weekly. I do not want it and will not willingly use it.
Please and thank you.
Frustrated
August 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Dear Microsoft,
Stop making me uninstall Copilot weekly. I do not want it and will not willingly use it.
Please and thank you.
Frustrated
Stop making me uninstall Copilot weekly. I do not want it and will not willingly use it.
Please and thank you.
Frustrated
My mood at the moment...
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
media.tenor.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My mood at the moment...
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NIH wants to hear from you. No really.
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH
grants.nih.gov
July 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
NIH wants to hear from you. No really.
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
"Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump #cdc Website, Are Hosting It in Europe."
https://www.404media.co/archivists-recreate-pre-trump-cdc-website-are-hosting-it-in-europe/
"A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was […]
https://www.404media.co/archivists-recreate-pre-trump-cdc-website-are-hosting-it-in-europe/
"A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"A Duke professor who spoke to Science on the condition of anonymity called the May guidelines a “creative way to go around the tenure system and force tenured professors to quit on their own.”" www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
Duke School of Medicine plans salary cuts for tenured faculty who do not meet grant expectations
Set to go in effect in 2026, the proposed policy would apply to the School’s basic sciences units. These units rely heavily on grants from the National Institutes of Health, which have been increasing...
www.dukechronicle.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"A Duke professor who spoke to Science on the condition of anonymity called the May guidelines a “creative way to go around the tenure system and force tenured professors to quit on their own.”" www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
Even with occasionally checking my email during my 2-week vacation, I still managed to have over 470 messages in my work inbox.
June 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Even with occasionally checking my email during my 2-week vacation, I still managed to have over 470 messages in my work inbox.
June 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Did my lunchtime perusal of the national news and am, of course, horrified. This happens on a daily basis. I dream of a time when I can just shrug it all off and go back to living in uninteresting times.
May 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Did my lunchtime perusal of the national news and am, of course, horrified. This happens on a daily basis. I dream of a time when I can just shrug it all off and go back to living in uninteresting times.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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McMahon Sharpens Tone on Accreditation
@usedgov.bsky.social Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/44Mhx73
@usedgov.bsky.social Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/44Mhx73
McMahon Sharpens Tone on Accreditation
Education Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation.
bit.ly
May 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
McMahon Sharpens Tone on Accreditation
@usedgov.bsky.social Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/44Mhx73
@usedgov.bsky.social Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/44Mhx73
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I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
May 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
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This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
#MedLibs
#MedLibs
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
#MedLibs
#MedLibs
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Dr. Hayden, who served as the Librarian of Congress since 2016, was fired Thursday as the White House continues to remove officials seen as opposing the president's agenda. The LOC serves as the principal research library for Congress & hosts the US Copyright Office. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dr. Hayden, who served as the Librarian of Congress since 2016, was fired Thursday as the White House continues to remove officials seen as opposing the president's agenda. The LOC serves as the principal research library for Congress & hosts the US Copyright Office. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
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Sharing that time that Mister Rogers went before Congress to defend public television.
For no reason at all.
www.pbs.org/video/mister...
For no reason at all.
www.pbs.org/video/mister...
MetroFocus | MISTER ROGERS GOES TO WASHINGTON | Season 2019
MISTER ROGERS GOES TO WASHINGTON
www.pbs.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sharing that time that Mister Rogers went before Congress to defend public television.
For no reason at all.
www.pbs.org/video/mister...
For no reason at all.
www.pbs.org/video/mister...
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Happy Monday- We're here to provide you with morel support ha ha!
May 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy Monday- We're here to provide you with morel support ha ha!
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#medlibs - great strategy thread for countering health dis/mis/malinformation 🌊both now & in times ahead
🧵 #FactCheckFriday: COVID Origins & the White House Website
Today we’re fact-checking a pretty whacky page recently published on a .gov site about COVID-19 origins. It's a loaded disinformation campaign that is filled with mostly bullshit and a few truths sprinkled in.
Today we’re fact-checking a pretty whacky page recently published on a .gov site about COVID-19 origins. It's a loaded disinformation campaign that is filled with mostly bullshit and a few truths sprinkled in.
April 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#medlibs - great strategy thread for countering health dis/mis/malinformation 🌊both now & in times ahead