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amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs Calling all Embase users (esp on Ovid). Anyone know what's up with subject headings that seemingly don't exist? I was demonstrating how you can use an indexed article for finding additional terms and clicked on the link for mechanical cpr, which brought me 22 new articles.
A screenshot from Embase on Ovid shows an article given the subject heading *mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This is also listed as a 'candidate term'. Clicking on the link (and removing focus) reveals 22 articles given this subject heading, which seemingly doesn't exist in the Embase thesaurus. Best guess is that Embase is allowing (authors? editors?) to recommend terms, but why are these listed as subject headings and not only under the suggested ones?
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs work is usually behind the scenes, but sometimes it gets a little notice. Faculty "scoured a very limited body of global scientific research to try to learn more about open-heart procedures conducted on pregnant patients." #giftlink www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/02089c0...
In groundbreaking procedure, Ontario doctors perform rare heart surgery on pregnant woman
Surgeons had to operate on Julia Morris at 23 weeks without endangering the fetus. The procedure is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada in the second trimester
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs
histoftech.bsky.social Mar @histoftech.bsky.social · Oct 18
This woman is in a nursing program & the entire textbook for her anatomy class is wrong because it was written by a professor who used chatgpt to generate the images & possibly the text. She complained to the prof, then the university— they’ve done NOTHING about it.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
PROFESSORS RESPONSE @lia #anatomy #ai #fyp #chatgpt #anatomyandphysiology
TikTok video by lia
www.tiktok.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
Impacts of US Administration decisions on Canadian healthcare
#MedLibs #CanMedLibs
guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/beyondborders
LibGuides: Beyond Borders: Impacts of U.S. Administration decisions on Canadian Healthcare: Home
LibGuides: Beyond Borders: Impacts of U.S. Administration decisions on Canadian Healthcare: Home
guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca
October 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
Happy library month #MedLibs #CanMedLibs the sources of information upon which you rely are being violently altered and shuttered
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Oct 11
Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Hey #medlibs #canmedlibs I'm super excited about this. Not just the content (awesome) but this new way of doing CE. Asynchronous for multiple times zones, followed by synchronous Q&A. All welcome!
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
libraryvines.bsky.social
#medlibs and #canmedlibs. This is devastating.
amandarosswhite.bsky.social Amanda Ross-White @amandarosswhite.bsky.social · Feb 27
Hey CanMedLibs and MedLibs - CADTH just laid off half their librarians and technicians. We're going from groundbreaking work in evidence synthesis to.... whatever the drug companies tell us.
February 27, 2024 at 2:09 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#CADTH may think we take a break on weekends. No we do not. Huge shout out to the three anonymous folks who donated to advertise this campaign #medlibs #canmedlibs chng.it/Fm5WMSDfKV
This campaign needs you now
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) was "established by Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments to be a trusted source of independent information and adv...
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March 9, 2024 at 1:40 PM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Félicitations à nos collègues de l'Agence canadienne des médicaments pour leur récente publication dans JMLA « What's beyond the core ? Database coverage in qualitative information retrieval » !

https://buff.ly/4hfoZL4

#CanMedLibs
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Hey #medlibs and #canmedlibs ! Did you see the call for papers at CHLA is open? Come join us in Vancouver this June! Photo of my daughter riding the fire truck in Stanley Park: www.chla-absc.ca/welcome_to_c...
Picture of a little girl in Stanley Park, Vancouver
December 10, 2024 at 8:18 PM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
🙏 Karuna. Dr. Leighton at the moment PubMed is working for me, though of course we will now daily fear it being yanked or altered. I’m a 15-year health sciences librarian; #MedLibs and #CanMedLibs have been discussing this situation. Hope you find that document somewhat helpful.
March 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Congratulations to #CanMedLibs / #medlibs Margaret Hoogland! She's an author on "Making an impact: the new 2024 Medical Library Association research agenda" in the latest issue of JMLA.

https://bit.ly/42bMeBb
February 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Congratulations to Alexandre Amar-Zifkin, Talien Ekmekjian, Virginie Paquet & Tara Landry! They recently published "Algorithmic indexing in MEDLINE frequently overlooks important concepts and may compromise literature search results" in JMLA
https://buff.ly/3WxA55J

#CanMedLibs
Algorithmic indexing in MEDLINE frequently overlooks important concepts and may compromise literature search results | Journal of the Medical Library Association
Objective: To evaluate the appropriateness of indexing of algorithmically-indexed MEDLINE records.
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
#PubMed #MedLibs #CanMedLibs I wrote this while watching wrestling; there will be errors AND omissions so please reach out with what I missed. Where can you search that is not PubMed? docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Health sciences and biomedical information - beyond PubMed
docs.google.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Congratulations to Nicole Askin, Tyler Ostapyk, & Carla Epp! They published "Filtering failure: the impact of automated indexing in Medline on retrieval of human studies for knowledge synthesis" in JMLA

https://bit.ly/4g7fiNj

#CanMedLibs
February 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
tcshields.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs : we need to keep an eye on MeSH, too.
February 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Morning #medlibs and #canmedlibs. Running a #CINAHL search on Friday gave me fewer results than the same search in February. A grad student is reporting the same thing. Any idea what's up? I have messaged Ebsco support
April 8, 2024 at 1:35 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
I'm not telling you to come to CHLA-ABSC in Vancouver for the shopping. But... it is the home of Fluevog's. #canmedlibs #medlibs
missinfotmation.bsky.social Miss🇨🇦Information @missinfotmation.bsky.social · Nov 28
We could see a reversal in cross border travel, with Americans coming to Canada to purchase cheaper goods not subject to tariffs. According to CBP, Americans are entitled an $800 exemption for an absence of 48 hrs. www.cbp.gov/travel/inter...
Types of Exemptions
Securing America's Borders
www.cbp.gov
November 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
lindyrexie.bsky.social
Hey library peeps! Question for you: How many of you get requests from students (and their supervisors) to conduct a #PRESS for them? What do you do in those situations? How do you handle them?

Please retweet, as I would really like to know! Thanks!

#canmedlibs #medlibs #ukmedlibs
April 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Congratulations to Robin Parker and colleagues on their latest publication in JMLA! Félicitations à Robin Parker et à ses collègues pour leur dernière publication dans JMLA!

DOI: doi.org/10.5195/jmla...
#CanMedLibs
May 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#canmedlibs Not sure when this will be announced publicly.
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Jun 18
Sharing this update provided to me directly about the state of NLM and the future of NNLM, traveling exhibits, and, somehow, MedlinePlus.

I am so worried for friends and colleagues, and I'm stuck on that, but it is hard to not want to scream WTF about a MedlinePlus with no new material.

#medlibs
Screenshot of a DM The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will undergo a “realignment” effective July 1. With 40% of staff positions eliminated, the remaining staff and services will focus on core library functions, including Collection Development and Health Data Standards (formerly Bibliographic Services). NCBI will continue operations but with reduced staff and services. Outreach will no longer be considered a core function. The Branch, which oversees NNLM, will be dissolved. NNLM will continue under the Office of Strategic Operations Traveling Exhibits and History Talks are suspended. Exhibits already on loan or scheduled will proceed, but no new programs or outreach initiatives will be offered. No new website curations will be created. MedlinePlus will be maintained as needed, but no new content will be developed.
June 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Look out #canmedlibs You know they'll be coming for us.
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
cpuyalg.bsky.social
Sobre la importància de les biblioteques de salut i dels seus bibliotecaris.
Posicionament de la Federació Canadenca d'Associacions de Biblioteques 2025 @chla-absc.bsky.social #canmedlibs
www.chla-absc.ca/docs/2025-02...
March 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
I just cleaned up at CHLA /ABSC Trivia and the organization should really know better than to run that game when I'm around. I am super competitive about useless knowledge. #canmedlibs
October 18, 2023 at 7:20 PM
greyson.bsky.social
How does "Navigation Guide" methodology differ from regular systematic review methodology? Everything I skim about it sounds just like...systematic review. #MedLibs #CanMedLibs
September 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM