#medlibs — Public Fediverse posts

A lot to think about in my annual roundup of peer review research:

— AI, mostly bad, but some suggestions of ways it may help

— State of evidence on financial incentives for peer review

— Studies on the influence of editors' biases

& more on equity and diversity, & librarians & systematic reviews

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/02/02/5-things-we-learned-about-journal-peer-review-in-2025/

#PeerReview #MedLibs

RE: https://wisskomm.social/@iqwig/115695334789619646

New study from IQWiG: You can do without searching Embase for drug studies – though that could change if something drastic happened to PubMed.

(Currently only in German.)

#MedLibs

If you are wondering why your data librarians, medical librarians, and schol comm librarians just started profusely swearing --

NIH just moved up implementation deadline for Public Access 2.0 from December 31 to July 1.

For Open Access, it's yay, great, lovely. for implementation...there's swearing.

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy

#DataLibs #MedLibs #ScholComm #OpenAccess

New paper out:
Rethlefsen et al (including me!) (2025). Improving peer review of systematic reviews and related review types by involving librarians and information specialists as methodological peer reviewers: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ evidence-based medicine, bmjebm-2024-113527. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2024-113527
#medlibs #PeerReview #EvidenceSynthesis

#medlibs and #PublicationEthics folks, take a look:
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/two-boston-doctors-sue-trump-regime-censoring-articles
🙏 @universalhub

Wow, PROSPERO look very different and it sounds like it is very different.
This is a great idea IMO
#EvidenceSynthesis #medlibs

Hi #medlibs, book recommendation:
Disposable: America's contempt for the underclass
Here's an excerpt - watch out, it is heartbreaking as well as insightful
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/sarah-jones-disposable-book-excerpt-right-covid-vaccines.html
#CollectionDevelopment #colldev

I can't access the US Department of Labor CLEAR database now
https://clear.dol.gov/
Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research
Very good database with added-value info about the strength of the evidence for different job-training interventions
#librarians #BusinessLibrarians #JobTraining #medlibs #govdocs

I can't access the US Department of Labor CLEAR database now
https://clear.dol.gov/
Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research
Very good database with added-value info about the strength of the evidence for different job-training interventions
#librarians #BusinessLibrarians #JobTraining #medlibs #govdocs

I can't access the US Department of Labor CLEAR database now
https://clear.dol.gov/
Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research
Very good database with added-value info about the strength of the evidence for different job-training interventions
#librarians #BusinessLibrarians #JobTraining #medlibs #govdocs

I can't access the US Department of Labor CLEAR database now
https://clear.dol.gov/
Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research
Very good database with added-value info about the strength of the evidence for different job-training interventions
#librarians #BusinessLibrarians #JobTraining #medlibs #govdocs

Hi folks, my library is hiring a data librarian for the health sciences

Appointment will be at the Librarian 1 to 3 ranks, with a starting salary range of $66,000 - $90,000. In-person required at least 3 days a week

Posting with salary range on the med library website: https://library.medicine.yale.edu/about/job-opportunities/data-librarian-2025

Posting without salary range on the HR website: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25053&siteid=5248#jobDetails=1594109_5248

I'm not part of the hiring committee and am happy to answer questions

#datalibs #medlibs

Here we go with a new NIH Public Access Policy

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-047.html

(big quotes below)

#Medlibs #medlib #datalibs #Datalib #OpenAccess #ScholarlyCommunication

Call for proposals -- NEASIST annual conference, April 1, 2025

"Voices Through Data: Integrating Information Science, Storytelling, and Digital Literacy"

Free for presenters and ASIST members, cheap for everyone else ($10)

Submit proposals for presentations, panels, workshops, lightning talks, posters at http://www.bit.ly/neasistcfp2025

#datalibs #medlibs #InformationScience #DataStorytelling

Hey #medlibs -- Megan Sapp Nelson is hiring at UIUC #jobad #MedLibJob #LibraryJob

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12041?c=illinois

You'd be reporting to her and you know I think highly of her! Open to early career!

Hey #medlibs -- Megan Sapp Nelson is hiring at UIUC #jobad #MedLibJob #LibraryJob

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12041?c=illinois

You'd be reporting to her and you know I think highly of her! Open to early career!

Hey #medlibs -- Megan Sapp Nelson is hiring at UIUC #jobad #MedLibJob #LibraryJob

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12041?c=illinois

You'd be reporting to her and you know I think highly of her! Open to early career!

Hey #medlibs -- Megan Sapp Nelson is hiring at UIUC #jobad #MedLibJob #LibraryJob

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12041?c=illinois

You'd be reporting to her and you know I think highly of her! Open to early career!

Hey #medlibs -- Megan Sapp Nelson is hiring at UIUC #jobad #MedLibJob #LibraryJob

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12041?c=illinois

You'd be reporting to her and you know I think highly of her! Open to early career!

The first gen AI study that I really want to read (maybe even do):
1 recruit participants WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS of experience in evidence synthesis and searching
2 show them chatbot output for prompts like "pretend you're a medical librarian and create a SR search strategy to use in PubMed for my research question," using whatever the state of the art guidelines are for "prompt engineering"
3A ask the participants to evaluate the chatbot output

#medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis

Hi folks, you are invited to a free NEASIST meet-and-greet online!

NEASIST = Northeast US chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology

**You don't have to be an ASIST member**

In ASIST world, Northeast US = Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and DC
#LIS #medlibs #datalibs #library

For 1000 *protocols* of *living* systematic reviews, how many reviews get published, and how many continue to be updated on the original schedule? Anyone have an estimate?
#medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis

Just learned about the Result Assessment Tool (RAT)

Is anyone using this for #GreyLit in #EvidenceSynthesis #systematicreviews ?
#medlibs

Just learned about the Result Assessment Tool (RAT)

Is anyone using this for #GreyLit in #EvidenceSynthesis #systematicreviews ?
#medlibs

Just learned about the Result Assessment Tool (RAT)

Is anyone using this for #GreyLit in #EvidenceSynthesis #systematicreviews ?
#medlibs

Just learned about the Result Assessment Tool (RAT)

Is anyone using this for #GreyLit in #EvidenceSynthesis #systematicreviews ?
#medlibs

Just learned about the Result Assessment Tool (RAT)

Is anyone using this for #GreyLit in #EvidenceSynthesis #systematicreviews ?
#medlibs

Is anyone here going to #mla24 #mla2024 #mlanet24 #mlanet2024?
Especially, anyone participating virtually?
Would love to chat but also - I'm in the Pheedloop site but I don't see where to start the livestream.
#medlibs

Is anyone here going to #mla24 #mla2024 #mlanet24 #mlanet2024?
Especially, anyone participating virtually?
Would love to chat but also - I'm in the Pheedloop site but I don't see where to start the livestream.
#medlibs

Is anyone here going to #mla24 #mla2024 #mlanet24 #mlanet2024?
Especially, anyone participating virtually?
Would love to chat but also - I'm in the Pheedloop site but I don't see where to start the livestream.
#medlibs

Is anyone here going to #mla24 #mla2024 #mlanet24 #mlanet2024?
Especially, anyone participating virtually?
Would love to chat but also - I'm in the Pheedloop site but I don't see where to start the livestream.
#medlibs

Is anyone here going to #mla24 #mla2024 #mlanet24 #mlanet2024?
Especially, anyone participating virtually?
Would love to chat but also - I'm in the Pheedloop site but I don't see where to start the livestream.
#medlibs

Building on NIH’s data sharing policy | Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adn5594

#DataLibs #medlibs #DataSharing #NIHDMSP #DataManagement #DataManagementPlan

Hi #datalibs and #medlibs
My library is hiring a biomedical informatics librarian (new role)

Blog post *with salary range* on the library website:
https://library.medicine.yale.edu/about/job-opportunities/biomedical-informatics-librarian

Posting on the HR website *without salary range*
https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25053&siteid=5248&PageType=searchResults&SearchType=linkquery&LinkID=14124655#jobDetails=1586743_5248

Reading rec for #medlibs, #datalibs, anyone interested in #reproducibility or #reporting of research using machine learning

Lombaers, P., de Bruin, J., & van de Schoot, R. (2024). Reproducibility and Data Storage for Active Learning-Aided Systematic Reviews. Applied Sciences, 14(9), 3842. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14093842

And, #medlibs and #CollectionDevelopment people -- is there something like #SubscribeToOpen, but for journalism?

I would love to see libraries, especially health sciences libraries, supporting The Sick Times.

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor & Information Services and Liaison Librarian (Liaison to Medicine) https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8575?c=uic

I am not on the search committee, happy to answer questions. Your office will be in the same building as me.

#LibraryJob

#LibraryJobs

#MedLibs

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor & Information Services and Liaison Librarian (Liaison to Medicine) https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8575?c=uic

I am not on the search committee, happy to answer questions. Your office will be in the same building as me.

#LibraryJob

#LibraryJobs

#MedLibs

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor & Information Services and Liaison Librarian (Liaison to Medicine) https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8575?c=uic

I am not on the search committee, happy to answer questions. Your office will be in the same building as me.

#LibraryJob

#LibraryJobs

#MedLibs

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor & Information Services and Liaison Librarian (Liaison to Medicine) https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8575?c=uic

I am not on the search committee, happy to answer questions. Your office will be in the same building as me.

#LibraryJob

#LibraryJobs

#MedLibs

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor & Information Services and Liaison Librarian (Liaison to Medicine) https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8575?c=uic

I am not on the search committee, happy to answer questions. Your office will be in the same building as me.

#LibraryJob

#LibraryJobs

#MedLibs

#medlibs #datalibs #CMS

https://www.cms.gov/data-research/files-order/data-disclosures-and-data-use-agreements-duas/important-research-data-request-access-policy-changes-0

Anyone know any organizations that are drafting comment on the proposed access changes (access reduction in practice) to CMS data? It's just an "informal RFI" to inform implementation

So today I presented at #NAHSL to lots of #medlibs :)

Clarity of definitions in medical misinformation research: A call for more rigorous reporting by authors and critical appraisal by librarians and other readers

The slidedeck and talk are at https://osf.io/d75cp/.

TL;DR

Researchers need to explain in detail the boundaries of how they define "misinformation," because:

WOW, mind absolutely blown by the promotion criteria instituted by Melissa Rethlefsen at UNM Health Sciences Library, which incentivize open science and disincentivize questionable research practices
#medlibs #NAHSL

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There's a free "Covid Conscious" friends and dating match system beginning. Open to all walks of life.

It's launching in Oregon, while also offering to help anyone who wants to start their own local group anywhere else.

A community building niche for people who struggle to find others will do a lot of people some good, please spread the word.

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Know anyone who is still masking or working to avoid covid to some degree? Maybe they feel more isolated or limited socially, and having more social options that match their precautions would help.

There's a free "Covid Conscious" friends and dating match system beginning. Open to all walks of life.

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Know anyone who is still masking or working to avoid covid to some degree? Maybe they feel more isolated or limited socially, and having more social options that match their precautions would help.

There's a free "Covid Conscious" friends and dating match system beginning. Open to all walks of life.

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A community building niche for people who struggle to find others will do a lot of people some good, please spread the word.

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Know anyone who is still masking or working to avoid covid to some degree? Maybe they feel more isolated or limited socially, and having more social options that match their precautions would help.

There's a free "Covid Conscious" friends and dating match system beginning. Open to all walks of life.

It's launching in Oregon, while also offering to help anyone who wants to start their own local group anywhere else.

A community building niche for people who struggle to find others will do a lot of people some good, please spread the word.

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#longcovid #mask #covid #community #vaccine #friends #dating #social #leftbehind #health #mentalhealth #medlibs #MedMastadon #covid19

@kikimora *raises hand* Twelve years in MedLibs over here.

I don't think I've ever heard of us using those terms that way. Happy to try and connect you with other people at my place agoben AT uic

Also, if you want to mod your thing to add #medlibs #medlib hashtags others can weigh in.