Phew! #BookSky

Why the Gates Foundation Abandoned Article Processing Charges (and What They’re Doing Instead) katinamagazine.org/content/arti... - I hear there has been a swing away from supporting the APC model....(1)

Why the Gates Foundation Abandoned Article Processing Charges (and What They’re Doing Instead)

In 2024, the Gates Foundation updated their Open Access Policy to redirect funds from APCs to support more equitable models. Ashley Farley explains their thinking and vision for the future.

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There isn't a single "most important" part of any university, but your library is probably on the short list. And if you don't know anyone that works at your library, you should remedy that. They almost certainly want what you want - scholarship and research done well.

Sonraí - Irish Data Stewardship Network@sonrai.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The 2026 CONUL conference has officially been launched in Galway. Some presentations on data stewardship included in the programne: conference.conul.ie/programme-20... #CONUL26 #CONUL2026

Are doctoral students working in teams now? Are they ti/ab and full text reviewing for each other? Data extracting for each other? That's the only way I can think of to have actual an systematic review as your doctoral thesis. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Systematic Reviews as Part of Doctoral Theses and for the Promotion to Associate Professor: A Descriptive Study of University Policies in Sweden

Background Almost a decade ago, about half of biomedical PhD programs across Europe specifically stated that systematic reviews could not be accepted as part of a doctoral thesis, illustrating limit...

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Updating the PRISMA reporting guideline for scoping reviews: a scoping review @andreatricco.bsky.social, Emily Robinson, Sharon Straus, Heather Colquhoun, Christina Godfrey, David Moher, Zachary Munn, @daniellepollock.bsky.social et al www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

A milestone. For the first time ever, we have surpassed 2 million books on our website. That is 2 million books available to you through an independent, online bookshop. With competitive shipping prices. Shop local. www.kennys.ie

Health Sciences Collection Development: An Overview of Fundamental Knowledge and Practices is an openly published book from the Medical Library Association Collection Development Caucus, currently edited by Karen Gau and Iris Kovar-Gough #medlibs 📚 pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/hscolldev/

Health Sciences Collection Development: An Overview of Fundamental Knowledge and Practices (2nd Edition)

<p>This work was created by members of the Medical Library Association’s Collection Development Caucus to provide librarians with key concepts about health sciences collection development. The chapter...

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Comments due May 8 (not limited to members) - ALA Draft Guidance of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries Comments #skybrarians #publibs #medlibs acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/...

ALA Draft Guidance of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries Comments Due May 8

The ALA AI Policy Working Group is pleased to share the draft document Guidance of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries for public comment. This document is intended to support library prof...

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🥊HSLG Literature Search Peer Review Buddy Scheme round 6 🔍Working in a library or as an information specialist in Ireland and carrying out searches for your users? ✍️Sign up to meet others like you and develop your searching skills! www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/CHUS4C/

HSLG Literature Search Peer Review Buddy Scheme Spring 2026 - Round 6

Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

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Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done? Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests. #medlibs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.

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Check out this week's #JMLASpotlight! Using andragogy and instructional design to teach workshops on systematic searching in an academic library: case report➡️https://ow.ly/kxXv50YGG16 #medlibs #healthsciences

#medlibs - Version 3 of the Responsible use of AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) is out! osf.io/fwaud/files/...

A really interesting and somewhat reassuring talk from Prof Brendan Kelly on navigating AI. Key message is Don't panic! #HSLG

#hslg2026 annual conference kicking off today with the inspiring introduction from the HSLG chair Niamh Lucey 🙌

#medlibs Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why every scientist needs a librarian

Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

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📣Librarians can help ensure that AI supports more equitable, trustworthy, and responsive health information for all users. On March 12th, Professor Brendan Kelly will examine the role of health librarians in a rapidly changing information landscape. 🎟https://tinyurl.com/3fwyvw5m

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

UCC Library is hiring a Scholarly Communications Librarian! Lead Open Research initiatives, manage CORA & UCC Journals, and shape scholarly publishing. Permanent, whole-time. Closing 24 March. More info www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Our #oerofthemonth is our new pressbook Your Essay Builder: Clear steps to plan and structure by Roisin Kelly The book provides a starting point to reduce stress, prevent overwhelm & support learning preferences. Scan the QR code in the image below to view. #essaybuilder #tuslibrary #tusopenpress

🚨 Keynote confirmed for HSLG Conference 2026 🚨 Join us on 12 March at the Ashling Hotel Dublin for Professor Brendan Kelly’s keynote: “Information, Intelligence, Instinct: Navigating Knowledge in an Ocean of AI” Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...

English professors double down on requiring printed copies of readings | Yale Daily News share.google/lfEW5Jpk1FVE...

Completely agree with this 🔽 Also gift a book! Share a story you love, or something you'd like to read, and make time to discuss it with the person you gift it too. This can make reading so much more enjoyable. 📚💙 #Booksky

Tom Lloyd@tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Buy a book. Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever. Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.

Thrilled to have collaborated with @mlrethlefsen.bsky.social & Sara Schroter (& the wonderful librarians involved in our study) on this new article in BMJ Open. TL;DR: Librarians have expertise to support evidence synthesis & many would happily be peer reviewers! bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

The Cochrane Collaboration, The Campbell Collaboration, JBI & Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) have released a position statement on the use of #AI in #EvidenceSynthesis, marking a unified global approach to managing AI's integration into #EBP research. https://ow.ly/1Fzg50Xqkkb #EBHC

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libfocus@libfocus.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Our Latest guest post by Siobhan Bowman, Paul Breen, Stephanie Chen, Breeda Herlihy, Ronan Madden & Ben Williamson of UCC Library is now available. They write about learning together to strengthen evidence synthesis skills and support research across campus. www.libfocus.com/2025/11/libr...

UCC Library invites staff to take part in our UCC Library Survey (28 Oct–25 Nov). Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections. It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...

#medlibs #publichealth

LMU Open Science Center@lmu-osc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How to ensure your research data is error-free & understandable by other users & your future self?🗂️ This tutorial by LMU OSC is on documenting & validating data in R to make it more reusable. Self-Paced Tutorial of the Day: Data Documentation & Validation using R📑 lmu-osc.github.io/data-documen...

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. 🎃🍫🍬👻

"This study reveals that Australian health libraries operate with staffing levels approximately 34% below the country’s national guidelines. The recommended ratio of 1 health library staff member per 1250 institutional full-time equivalent is proposed to guide workforce planning." #medlibs

Amanda Ross-White@amandarosswhite.bsky.social · last yr.

It's a niche area of libraries, but hot off the press: doi.org/10.1071/ah25...

Join us for OVID Platform and Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) training, 28th Oct @ Health Research Board. Register at www.eventbrite.ie/e/ovid-platf... Certified by LAI CPD Committee. This training is for LAI members. If you are not an LAI member, contact the HSLG to join a waiting list.

Ovid platform & Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) training

Ovid & CASP training

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