Heather B
@hbrarian.bsky.social
Librarian | ISTJ | Relator | Includer | Restorative | Harmony | Empathy
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Now can library journals do the same?
SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Now can library journals do the same?
If you worked with us, you could ice skate on your lunch break. I think our COM liaison position should be opening soon! #medlibs
Dust of your skates! ⛸️❄️
The UNMC Ice Rink 2025-26 season will run Friday, Dec. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.
Hours and admission details:
The UNMC Ice Rink 2025-26 season will run Friday, Dec. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.
Hours and admission details:
UNMC Ice Rink to return for skating Dec. 12
The 2025-26 ice skating season is slated to run through Feb. 22.
www.unmc.edu
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If you worked with us, you could ice skate on your lunch break. I think our COM liaison position should be opening soon! #medlibs
I was briefly seduced with a good use case for AI (re: chatbot to query internal documentation for our service desk. Answers to commonly asked questions). Then someone reminded me about environmental impact. The tool WOULD make things easier, BUT my conscience can't do it. (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I was briefly seduced with a good use case for AI (re: chatbot to query internal documentation for our service desk. Answers to commonly asked questions). Then someone reminded me about environmental impact. The tool WOULD make things easier, BUT my conscience can't do it. (1/2)
Attending the Access Services conference virtually. Off to a good start. Can't access the livestream. The joys of virtual conferences ....
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Attending the Access Services conference virtually. Off to a good start. Can't access the livestream. The joys of virtual conferences ....
Hey #medlibs, does anyone know if EBSCO's MEDLINE has a week's delay in content like in the past? I'm helping update our A-Z list and that is noted. I found info about Ovid being current, but can't find the EBSCO notation.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey #medlibs, does anyone know if EBSCO's MEDLINE has a week's delay in content like in the past? I'm helping update our A-Z list and that is noted. I found info about Ovid being current, but can't find the EBSCO notation.
I thought it was me, but maybe not? The No Action Needed button that appears/deletes the email once clicked in updated calendar invites, in the new Outlook desktop app AND web, is gone. Or is it? What am I supposed to do? Just delete the email? Google isn't helping and this is making me batty!
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I thought it was me, but maybe not? The No Action Needed button that appears/deletes the email once clicked in updated calendar invites, in the new Outlook desktop app AND web, is gone. Or is it? What am I supposed to do? Just delete the email? Google isn't helping and this is making me batty!
Working on/hopefully finishing slides for a symposium pres next wk. 10 min to say a lot. Heck it takes me 10 min to set it up. Reaction could be “yeah, we know, nothing new here” or “cool! I had no idea but also wtf?” Low stakes way for me to see if worth further investigation/writing or drop it.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Working on/hopefully finishing slides for a symposium pres next wk. 10 min to say a lot. Heck it takes me 10 min to set it up. Reaction could be “yeah, we know, nothing new here” or “cool! I had no idea but also wtf?” Low stakes way for me to see if worth further investigation/writing or drop it.
All filters turned off. Granted, I only read my follows. Let’s go people!
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
All filters turned off. Granted, I only read my follows. Let’s go people!
Hey public health #medlibs & NIH Public Access policy watchers. I'm looking at the American Journal of Public Health policy & it references the 2008 policy w/ no mention of the update. Refers to 12 mo embargo & OA option to make immediately available in PMC. Assuming it's still 12 mo? Anyone know?
AJPH
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hey public health #medlibs & NIH Public Access policy watchers. I'm looking at the American Journal of Public Health policy & it references the 2008 policy w/ no mention of the update. Refers to 12 mo embargo & OA option to make immediately available in PMC. Assuming it's still 12 mo? Anyone know?
The feeling I get when I receive a vendor email about their AI tools is very similar to how I feel when my cat is in an overly, much more than usual, needy mood
a woman wearing a yellow plaid jacket is walking down a street .
ALT: a woman wearing a yellow plaid jacket is walking down a street .
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The feeling I get when I receive a vendor email about their AI tools is very similar to how I feel when my cat is in an overly, much more than usual, needy mood
Hey #skybrarians, I recall seeing a news blurb about the Ex Libris response to the content filtering in AI Primo Research Assistant but can't seem to find it. I think I saw it in September? Anyone know? Thanks!
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey #skybrarians, I recall seeing a news blurb about the Ex Libris response to the content filtering in AI Primo Research Assistant but can't seem to find it. I think I saw it in September? Anyone know? Thanks!
It’s my old Twitter handle. Joining Twitter a few years after it launched, variations of my name were taken. And I’m a librarian who only uses these platforms for professional stuff. Though I started using Bluesky when you had to have an invite and did start out with my name, but decided to revert.
Explain your username:
Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @[email protected]
Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @[email protected]
Explain your username:
My last name is Noe. My first name is Matthew.
People have made weird jokes about "Noe" (some haha cringe, some rude and bullying) my entire life.
I thought it was an amusing way to reclaim some of that back in 2008. And despite me not loving "Matt" it is pithier 🤷♂️
My last name is Noe. My first name is Matthew.
People have made weird jokes about "Noe" (some haha cringe, some rude and bullying) my entire life.
I thought it was an amusing way to reclaim some of that back in 2008. And despite me not loving "Matt" it is pithier 🤷♂️
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s my old Twitter handle. Joining Twitter a few years after it launched, variations of my name were taken. And I’m a librarian who only uses these platforms for professional stuff. Though I started using Bluesky when you had to have an invite and did start out with my name, but decided to revert.
Does anyone have a recommended estimate or range for writing APCs into NIH grants? How’d you determine that? Of course if/when APC caps happen, there’s your answer. #medlibs #scholcomm
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Does anyone have a recommended estimate or range for writing APCs into NIH grants? How’d you determine that? Of course if/when APC caps happen, there’s your answer. #medlibs #scholcomm
Just spent a good chunk of time figuring out paperwork to return an ILL book to Canada. We normally don't borrow returnables outside of the US, so not sure if this is normal or new, considering. But seriously, could French proper nouns be any longer? Didn't fit in the form!
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Just spent a good chunk of time figuring out paperwork to return an ILL book to Canada. We normally don't borrow returnables outside of the US, so not sure if this is normal or new, considering. But seriously, could French proper nouns be any longer? Didn't fit in the form!
The integration of clinicaltrials.gov into Embase is becoming a problem with ILL. Folks think they are requesting an article, but no. Had to create a cancellation reason for it, directing them to our reference service point if they want us to see if anything has been published yet. #medlibs
September 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The integration of clinicaltrials.gov into Embase is becoming a problem with ILL. Folks think they are requesting an article, but no. Had to create a cancellation reason for it, directing them to our reference service point if they want us to see if anything has been published yet. #medlibs
Good information here. I’m currently working with our office of export control on how to handle a return to Canada. We received it before the change date but we normally don’t do international loans so need the extra guidance!
September 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Good information here. I’m currently working with our office of export control on how to handle a return to Canada. We received it before the change date but we normally don’t do international loans so need the extra guidance!
ALA members. Does ALA have like regular email newsy stuff delivered to you without you asking? I’ve never received this kind of thing, just subscribing to ACRL blogs to help me know what is happening. I feel I’m missing out on stuff. And I am on Connect which is member driven. Thanks!
September 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ALA members. Does ALA have like regular email newsy stuff delivered to you without you asking? I’ve never received this kind of thing, just subscribing to ACRL blogs to help me know what is happening. I feel I’m missing out on stuff. And I am on Connect which is member driven. Thanks!
This article points to Beall’s list (groan) and one I haven’t heard of: kscien.org/predatory-pu... I haven’t dug into it yet but I’m not seeing why the journals are listed as predatory. Also, I don’t like lists.
September 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This article points to Beall’s list (groan) and one I haven’t heard of: kscien.org/predatory-pu... I haven’t dug into it yet but I’m not seeing why the journals are listed as predatory. Also, I don’t like lists.
Re: convo w/ a v savvy grants admin about updated NIH PA policy / pubs requiring gold OA to comply. W/ embellishments:
Them: I’ve read the pub policies & watched the webinars & when I told so & so they’d have to pay APC, they said no way, that’s not correct. Am I understanding this right?
Me:
Them: I’ve read the pub policies & watched the webinars & when I told so & so they’d have to pay APC, they said no way, that’s not correct. Am I understanding this right?
Me:
a man wearing glasses is talking on a cell phone with the words " might sound crazy but it 's true " on the bottom
ALT: a man wearing glasses is talking on a cell phone with the words " might sound crazy but it 's true " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Re: convo w/ a v savvy grants admin about updated NIH PA policy / pubs requiring gold OA to comply. W/ embellishments:
Them: I’ve read the pub policies & watched the webinars & when I told so & so they’d have to pay APC, they said no way, that’s not correct. Am I understanding this right?
Me:
Them: I’ve read the pub policies & watched the webinars & when I told so & so they’d have to pay APC, they said no way, that’s not correct. Am I understanding this right?
Me:
Reposted by Heather B
I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
LibGuides are the bane of my existence, lol
New Journal Article: "Effectiveness of Academic Library Research Guides for Building College Students’ Information Literacy Skills: A Scoping Review" (via C&RL, 86.5) crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr... #libraries #academiclibraries #infolit
September 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
LibGuides are the bane of my existence, lol
Sounds like a recent database platform change, oh, and, the AI-ification of everything. #medlibs
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sounds like a recent database platform change, oh, and, the AI-ification of everything. #medlibs
This is a perfect analogy! Saving this for potential use in presentations.
A friend who watches too much YouTube has shown me the author’s videos. Good stuff! #medlibs
A friend who watches too much YouTube has shown me the author’s videos. Good stuff! #medlibs
*cracks knuckles*
okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?
now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?
now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
September 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is a perfect analogy! Saving this for potential use in presentations.
A friend who watches too much YouTube has shown me the author’s videos. Good stuff! #medlibs
A friend who watches too much YouTube has shown me the author’s videos. Good stuff! #medlibs
Its more of a saxophone solo than a question really
September 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM