Kristin Whitman
@medlibrariank.bsky.social
Medical Librarian at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR
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Hey #medlibs, I built a tool for making it easier to create proximity search strings in PubMed. Check it out!
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
Pairwise PubMed Search Generator
The Pairwise PubMed Search Generator is a web application for working around the truncation limit...
pairwise-pubmed.streamlit.app
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hey #medlibs, I built a tool for making it easier to create proximity search strings in PubMed. Check it out!
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
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[blogged] “We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands - a Provocation aarontay.substack.com/p/were-good-...
“We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands - a Provocation
I might be exaggerating slightly, but if you look at the few new evaluation matrices for AI-powered search circulating, “relevancy” is often just one of several categories, evaluated in a highly subje...
aarontay.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
[blogged] “We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands - a Provocation aarontay.substack.com/p/were-good-...
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Your annual #medlibs Halloween reminder that "Chocolate"[Mesh] has only been in use since 2017. (OK, to be fair previous indexing is "Cacao"[Mesh] 1963-2016, but STILL.)
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Your annual #medlibs Halloween reminder that "Chocolate"[Mesh] has only been in use since 2017. (OK, to be fair previous indexing is "Cacao"[Mesh] 1963-2016, but STILL.)
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results.
🎃🍫🍬👻
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“Generative AI / large language models have added to this flood by making papers – especially papers not introducing new research results – fast and easy to write. While categories across arXiv have all seen a major increase in submissions, it’s particularly pronounced in arXiv’s CS category‘’
blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
FYI the blog post for the updated policy is out. Our llm future is dire:/
FYI the blog post for the updated policy is out. Our llm future is dire:/
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Generative AI / large language models have added to this flood by making papers – especially papers not introducing new research results – fast and easy to write. While categories across arXiv have all seen a major increase in submissions, it’s particularly pronounced in arXiv’s CS category‘’
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liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/o... - interesting blog post
Our faculty on Scite.AI, plus other short AI developments
This will be another concise post. I’m off to the Charleston Conference next week and want to capture some recent thoughts before they escape me. There will of course be lots of interesting program…
liaisonlife.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/o... - interesting blog post
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ResearchRabbit big updates www.youtube.com/watch?v=St4C... - first impression much better interface , a lot of the new features are similar to LitMaps (there is a partnership). Sadly some features are now under paywall (advanced search) unlike researchrabbit in the past. (1)
Welcome to the new ResearchRabbit
YouTube video by ResearchRabbit
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
ResearchRabbit big updates www.youtube.com/watch?v=St4C... - first impression much better interface , a lot of the new features are similar to LitMaps (there is a partnership). Sadly some features are now under paywall (advanced search) unlike researchrabbit in the past. (1)
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At a fancy-pants conference where everyone's a professor and let me tell you the timetable is not holding up well.
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
At a fancy-pants conference where everyone's a professor and let me tell you the timetable is not holding up well.
Mike Caulfield's SMU Masterclass on AI mode definitely evolved my mental model of genAI with search.... We used to have to make sense of our search results by reviewing hits individually. But now suddenly we can ask search results to organize *themselves* into meaningful structures, like tables.
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Mike Caulfield's SMU Masterclass on AI mode definitely evolved my mental model of genAI with search.... We used to have to make sense of our search results by reviewing hits individually. But now suddenly we can ask search results to organize *themselves* into meaningful structures, like tables.
If Google is supposed to know so much about me why does it always suggest the Modern Language Association conference website when I Google "MLA annual." 😂 At least let me benefit from my loss of privacy, lol!
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If Google is supposed to know so much about me why does it always suggest the Modern Language Association conference website when I Google "MLA annual." 😂 At least let me benefit from my loss of privacy, lol!
Rainbows and renewables in the Columbia gorge 😊
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rainbows and renewables in the Columbia gorge 😊
Just now seeing OpenAI's research that 80% of casual AI use is information-seeking. It doesn't surprise me but I think it really highlights that information literacy is a major component of AI literacy, and libraries have a role to play in AI literacy instruction. cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f...
cdn.openai.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just now seeing OpenAI's research that 80% of casual AI use is information-seeking. It doesn't surprise me but I think it really highlights that information literacy is a major component of AI literacy, and libraries have a role to play in AI literacy instruction. cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f...
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[Blogged] Implications of AI powered academic search open.substack.com/pub/aarontay...
Implications of AI-powered academic search - Recorded Talk
Quick catch-up to what I have been writing and thinking about
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
[Blogged] Implications of AI powered academic search open.substack.com/pub/aarontay...
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Number 2 seems to be the most important one, and it seems like everyone forgets to look at the sources! They forget especially that the generated text is NOT an "authored" text.
People always aske me "What does SIFT for AI look like?" Meaning, what is the minimal set of habits you need to teach students to use it effectively for exploration of claims online? It's taken a couple years to get here but this is a start at a response mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/get-it-in-...
Get it in, track it down, follow up
Three essential moves to using AI for verification and contextualization, with a bit of LLM-specific guidance
mikecaulfield.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Number 2 seems to be the most important one, and it seems like everyone forgets to look at the sources! They forget especially that the generated text is NOT an "authored" text.
Just saw this announcement that NNLM's Region 5 grant funding has been reinstated?!? #Medlibs news.nnlm.gov/region_5/r5r...
Region 5 Reinstatement Announcement – Region 5 Blog
news.nnlm.gov
August 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Just saw this announcement that NNLM's Region 5 grant funding has been reinstated?!? #Medlibs news.nnlm.gov/region_5/r5r...
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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For anyone attending #MLAnet25 who's also antsy about scheduling, I just downloaded the conference app PheedLoop Go! and it seems complete. I was able to log in with the email I registered with and it shows me the full schedule.
Also, tell me about your presentations/posters!
Also, tell me about your presentations/posters!
April 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For anyone attending #MLAnet25 who's also antsy about scheduling, I just downloaded the conference app PheedLoop Go! and it seems complete. I was able to log in with the email I registered with and it shows me the full schedule.
Also, tell me about your presentations/posters!
Also, tell me about your presentations/posters!
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April 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Gaaaahhh. Of interest to #medlibs ...so happy we pay so much to publishers for high quality work like this!
Medical textbook is pulled from shelves after an extract found stating the line – "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice."
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...
$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’
Peter Purgathofer looked over “Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy” by Nanasaheb Thorat, published in March by Springer Nature. On page 25, he found why we pay Springer the big bucks: [h…
pivot-to-ai.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Gaaaahhh. Of interest to #medlibs ...so happy we pay so much to publishers for high quality work like this!
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One problem i think with a lot of librarian discourse on "Ai" is its all very high level. While some of this is valuable I think there is more value in looking at specific use cases. I'm focusing on "ai in search" and that itself is very broad and requires further breakdown (1)
April 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Sharing this to remind myself to put this into Google Translate later!
This is a crazy impressive but long piece on Ai impact on academic search and discovery urfistinfo.hypotheses.org/4645 by i think librarians in France (1) i was kinda planning to do a long overview like this but this makes it kinda pointless ha.
#WorkInProgress : IA générative et outils de recherche de littérature académique
La recherche d’informations et la revue de littérature académique n’échappent pas à la récente vague d’intelligence artificielle générative, promesse d’assistance et de productivité. Durant les deux a...
urfistinfo.hypotheses.org
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sharing this to remind myself to put this into Google Translate later!
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