Come work with me!https://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=202681 #medlibs #libraryjobs #informationist #librarydirector #researchservices
Laura Lipke 🦀
@liblaura.bsky.social
#medlibs #nursing #publichealth #evidencesynthesis #methodology Health science librarian at Binghamton University ORCiD: 0000-0003-3653-5843 "Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but its the only way you can do anything really good." W. Faulkner
#medlibs we added a paper by Gagen et al. on development and validation of #searchfilters for #Transgender and #GenderDiverse Populations in #Ovid #MEDLINE and Ovid APA #PsycInfo sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
In order to provide evidence-based healthcare, we need to be certain that we’re basing our decisions on high-quality research. Being able to separate the strong evidence from the poor is where our critical appraisal skills come into play. Contact the Library for Critical Appraisal training.
2026 Guide to Rayyan's Free Version for Record Screening in Systematic Reviews Feel free to share with anyone who may find it useful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-G... #SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis #AI #ML #Automation #medlibs
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Automated indexing in MEDLINE (scoping review). Happy to chat about any of the topics. Skip to the good part(s)! #medlibs jmla.mlanet.org/ojs/jmla/art...
Check out this week's #JMLASpotlight! Evaluating automated or artificial intelligence search tools for evidence synthesis➡️ https://ow.ly/7Ehm50Zjq2h #medlibs #healthsciences
#medlibs - excellent article on the need for more defined standards on the use and reporting of grey / gray literature www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Guidance to including gray literature in systematic reviews-recommendations from an epidemiological study
Gray literature studies are materials produced outside traditional academic or commercial publishing such as theses, conference proceedings, technical…
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Another blog post from me! #medlibs clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/a...
A to Z of Expert Searching – P is for PICO
… and other question frameworks. Question frameworks are now essential when writing reviews and guidelines. The main reason is that you want to be very clear what your question is so that sea…
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Interested in systematic review training? In the latest HSLJ issue, Bryn Murphy and Emily C. Adydan share a scaffolded training model designed to prepare early-career health librarians to deliver systematic and scoping review services. Full article here 👇 journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs... #MedLibs
Growing Together: Scaffolding Systematic Review Training for Early Career Health Sciences Librarians | Health Sciences Libraries Journal
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#medlibs - I feel that my instruction and resource design skills have benefited a lot from recent accessibility compliance learning. Definitely take the opportunity to start or continue your learning on this topic if you’re able! www.nnlm.gov/training/cla...
Doing an Accessibility Audit of Your Library
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Queen’s health sciences librarian Sandra McKeown developed an open access module series to address educational needs and gaps of researchers conducting systematic reviews #LESSS2026 #EvidenceSynthesis guides.library.queensu.ca/knowledge-sy...
👉 Check out our new paper that explores the accuracy of source summarization in Open evidence using two medication-related case studies. @potterynerd-8.bsky.social @eblinglibrary.bsky.social #medlibs doi.org/10.1002/jac5...
Prescribing Caution: A Critique of OpenEvidence to Answer Medication‐Related Questions
OpenEvidence is a newer medical large language model (LLM) that is growing in use among health professionals and students for clinical care and research. This paper provides an overview of existing l...
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Tip #68 Searches Gone Wild! Popular Database Platforms and Their Wildcards #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/06/tip-...
Tip #68 Searches Gone Wild! Popular Database Platforms and Their Wildcards
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#medlibs and #systematicreview / #evidencesynthesis fans, next week’s Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium is using #lesss2026 for their tag 🙂 sites.google.com/view/lesss/h...
LESSS 2026
June 15-18, 2026 Schedule change: 11:15 am - 3:45 pm EST Registration Open
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#medlibs we added a paper by Morgan-Daniel J et al about the Development and Validation of a #SearchFilter to Identify #Research on #Bisexuality sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
"But conducting systematic reviews is not a purely computational task. Human specialists are needed to define meaningful review questions, evaluate relevance, interpret results and understand clinical or policy implications." h/t @kvanderboll.bsky.social #medlibs www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why AI can’t be trusted to write scientific reviews
The production of the highest-quality literature reviews requires the judgement and expertise of people.
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I added a new statement to my email signature. Is it too pushy/bitchy? #dontcare #needabillboard #medlibs
#medlibs we added a paper by Pollock et al reporting an extensive vocabulary used to describe #evidencesynthesis which should inform decisions on choosing #searchfilters sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
ISSG Search Filters Resource - Systematic Reviews
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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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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Ooooohhh so many new PRISMA extensions under development!! #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis ✨ www.prisma-statement.org/extensions
PRISMA extensions — PRISMA statement
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