Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020.
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Visiting Professor, Knowledge & Information Mobilisation at MMU. KM Consultant. Hon Advisor, HIN KSS. Coach & mentor. Chair, Health & Digital Literacy Partnership; past President of CILIP; Walford & Cyril Barnard Awards. Former CKO for NHSE. Stationer.
I'm welcoming an exceptional lineup of local & international experts to get under the bonnet of Learning Health Systems through the upcoming British Computer Society webinar series. Webinar 1 kicks off of 29 Sept at 17.00 BST. sign up using the QR code or via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-1-...
@houseofcommons.parliament.uk Library Briefing: Environment Agency forecasts securing future water resources is a significant challenge. By 2050 there will be a shortfall of 5 bn litres of water a day - more than a third of water supply currently available for public consumption tinyurl.com/32h7hd48
Glaçons dans un verre d'eau
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Undoubtedly public libraries can engage communities in activities that address social determinants of ill health - social isolation, low health literacy & digital exclusion. share.google/BAPlHL1Ghu6TxS… But this takes investment in library staff & training & keeping libraries open!
RuPaul Declares 'The Library Is Open'
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A record number of families are going without the essentials, our research finds. That's 7.4 million households. New PM Andy Burnham has promised to put tackling the cost of living "front and centre" of his government. Bold policy choices are needed to make that happen:
Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
Two new facts stand out: 1. 85% of hallucinated citations in preprints are also in the subsequent journal version (thanks, peer review!) 2. Fake cites more likely to use the names of (male) scholars who are already highly cited, creating a fake-citation Matthew effect. arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723
LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations
Large language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p...
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Wishing all the medical librarians from around the world who have come together in Glasgow a wonderful Conference, making a lasting, positive legacy for the future of the profession. May you Flourish - and have fun. @CILIPHLG #ICML2026 www.hlg-conference.com
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The 14th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) 2026, 14th - 16th July 2026, Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), Glasgow, Scotland
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Great to meet up with former colleagues and friends, David Stewart and David Byrne at the @cilip.bsky.social RPG AGM today at Birmingham and Midlands Institute. A chance to talk about the group's work and flag the Review of the PKSB. Find out more about RPG members: share.google/78SFPHHBkUxr...
What do people ask Copilot about health? Did you spot this analysis of 500K+ de-identified conversations? The emerging patterns "have implications for the design of health AI and for understanding health needs that existing systems may not be meeting." tinyurl.com/yv6pxbz9
Confused 3D Man with Question Mark
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Alert: Can you spot a Predatory Journal? They are "a serious threat to the integrity of scholarly communication, prioritizing profit over scholarship", disregarding ethical standards leading to the dissemination of poor research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Identifying Predatory Journals: A Practical Guide for Researchers - Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Predatory journals are unethical publications that exploit researchers by charging fees without providing proper peer review or editorial oversight. They pose a serious threat to the integrity of scho...
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When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
Just heard about this vacancy for a Lecturer in Library and Archive Studies. Includes contributing to the development, delivery and administration of the MA in Library and Archive Studies and more. 0.5WTE at Manchester University. Closes 24/6 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job...
Lecturer in Library and Archive Studies (Teaching & Scholarship):Oxford Road
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"Knowledge itself is power". Looking forward to our joint @cilip.bsky.social #BCS cross-industry knowledge webinar this Tuesday www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
Computable knowledge is far behind computable patient data. We need it for education, clinical decision making, patient communication, operational efficiency. Join me at the BCS conference on Computable knowledge for digital transformation in health & care. 17/06 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/computable...
Computable knowledge for digital transformation in health and care
Computable knowledge is required to support education, clinical decision making, patient communication and operational efficiency.
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Interesting! With thanks to Solomon Bracey et al, especially Jeremy C Wyatt for bringing this to my attention: The ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for AI-based Clinical Decision Support Systems. #AI #ClinicalDecisionSupport link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for AI-based clinical decision support systems - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - The implementation of Artificial Intelligence assisted Clinical Decision Support Systems (AI-CDSS) shows significant potential to improve healthcare....
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85 years on, remembering the 118 who died as HMS Calcutta went down in the Battle of Crete. Thanking the crew of HMS Coventry who picked up the 255 survivors. My father watched as an Officer asked a rating: "Don't you have a life jacket boy?" and then took off his own and gave it to the young man
Is our ardour for digital transformation cooling or are things just hotting up? The motion reads: "We are entering an era of digital transformation fatigue". With an incredible line up for next week's Summit, I look forward to debating this with Dr. Sheikh Mateen Ellahi. @vincentsaisi.bsky.social
Eid Mubarak to our Muslim communities celebrating Eid ul-Adha.🌙
Is our ardour for digital transformation cooling or are things just hotting up? The motion reads: "We are entering an era of digital transformation fatigue". With an incredible line up for next week's Summit, I look forward to debating this with Dr. Sheikh Mateen Ellahi. @vincentsaisi.bsky.social
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Not the first, won't be the last. I strongly believe the days of "transformative agreements" are numbered. But those seeing this as the end of open access are doom-mongers, plenty of other routes, and as they have a rights retention policy may I suggest green OA?
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4mo ago'The University of Nottingham has chosen not to renew five publishing deals this year as the research-intensive institution struggles under severe financial pressure.' Said to include T&F, CUP, OUP and Wiley. 1/3
Looking forward to joining the Speed debating Panel at www.pathfinder-cic.com/digital-summ.... #DigitalSummit2026
Interesting! With thanks to Solomon Bracey et al, especially Jeremy C Wyatt for bringing this to my attention: The ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for AI-based Clinical Decision Support Systems. #AI #ClinicalDecisionSupport link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for AI-based clinical decision support systems - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - The implementation of Artificial Intelligence assisted Clinical Decision Support Systems (AI-CDSS) shows significant potential to improve healthcare....
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There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN. Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
Alex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries. The schools previously remove…
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The volume of knowledge, data & information managed across large-scale enterprises has increased exponentially. We are set to see a great leap forward in the potential to manage & discover knowledge. What can health learn from other sectors? Where can we offer useful experience? tinyurl.com/3nmahyhs
Thought this was a model response from @celiarichardson.bsky.social to a pretty harsh article in the Spectator about the National Trust
Check out our Special Issue of Learning Health Systems, focused on health equity as both goal and driver, to leverage the benefits of LHSs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Health Equity and Learning Health Systems Special Issue: Learning Health Systems
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