AlanFricker
@alanfricker.bsky.social
Still growing stuff, running and generally interested. Probably library chat will happen.
A benefit from coming to the office
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A benefit from coming to the office
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If the tags I've just added to the post I'm publishing first thing tomorrow morning appeal to you, sign up to London Centric to have it in your inbox: www.londoncentric.media
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If the tags I've just added to the post I'm publishing first thing tomorrow morning appeal to you, sign up to London Centric to have it in your inbox: www.londoncentric.media
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Useful review of ebook licencing models 📚https://www.charleston-hub.com/2025/10/atg-special-report-ebooks-types-of-licensing-models-and-access-attributes-for-libraries/
ATG Special Report — eBooks, Types of Licensing Models, and Access Attributes for Libraries - Charleston Hub
October 17, 2025 - By Liliana Giusti Serra (Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Phone: -
www.charleston-hub.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Useful review of ebook licencing models 📚https://www.charleston-hub.com/2025/10/atg-special-report-ebooks-types-of-licensing-models-and-access-attributes-for-libraries/
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I'm conducting research for my prof doc at the Uni of Salford. I'm interested to hear from UK-based healthcare staff who've authored #systematicreviews with or without collaborating with librarians and info professionals. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/re...
#medsky #research #Health
#medsky #research #Health
Researcher version: Librarian Contribution to Systematic Reviews
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'm conducting research for my prof doc at the Uni of Salford. I'm interested to hear from UK-based healthcare staff who've authored #systematicreviews with or without collaborating with librarians and info professionals. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/re...
#medsky #research #Health
#medsky #research #Health
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The latest Public Services Performance Tracker from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the NHS is long but well worth a read. It is full for good skeptical analysis and some absolute crackers. Some quotes below: ...
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The latest Public Services Performance Tracker from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the NHS is long but well worth a read. It is full for good skeptical analysis and some absolute crackers. Some quotes below: ...
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A good piece. It is very sad that there is not more public interest in the British Library. But then, I suppose, most people have never been inside a reading room and don't really understand how research infrastructure works.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A good piece. It is very sad that there is not more public interest in the British Library. But then, I suppose, most people have never been inside a reading room and don't really understand how research infrastructure works.
A helpful explanation set firmly in medical library examples 📚 blog.tripdatabase.com/2025/11/05/w...
What Is Vector Search?
Vector search is becoming increasingly prominent. At Trip we’re exploring its use and – in the spirit of transparency – we wish to share insights into what it is and how it differ…
blog.tripdatabase.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A helpful explanation set firmly in medical library examples 📚 blog.tripdatabase.com/2025/11/05/w...
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Our new preprint! The Acknowledgments problem, and what to do about it.
With @martonkovacs.bsky.social, @pietropollo.bsky.social, @philobolobstime.bsky.social, Losia Lagisz, & Mohammad Hosseini.
With @martonkovacs.bsky.social, @pietropollo.bsky.social, @philobolobstime.bsky.social, Losia Lagisz, & Mohammad Hosseini.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Our new preprint! The Acknowledgments problem, and what to do about it.
With @martonkovacs.bsky.social, @pietropollo.bsky.social, @philobolobstime.bsky.social, Losia Lagisz, & Mohammad Hosseini.
With @martonkovacs.bsky.social, @pietropollo.bsky.social, @philobolobstime.bsky.social, Losia Lagisz, & Mohammad Hosseini.
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The Internet Archive’s microfiche digitization #livestream gives you real-time preservation work plus mellow lo-fi vibes — the chillest way to watch history get saved.
Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...
#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...
#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Internet Archive’s microfiche digitization #livestream gives you real-time preservation work plus mellow lo-fi vibes — the chillest way to watch history get saved.
Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...
#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...
#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
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So thanks @kraftylady121.bsky.social for writing it #medlibs 📚
Having seen OpenEvidence earlier this week as part of a presentation on AI in medical education this is a timely post asking important questions about funding, functionality and transparency
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So thanks @kraftylady121.bsky.social for writing it #medlibs 📚
Having seen OpenEvidence earlier this week as part of a presentation on AI in medical education this is a timely post asking important questions about funding, functionality and transparency
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Having seen OpenEvidence earlier this week as part of a presentation on AI in medical education this is a timely post asking important questions about funding, functionality and transparency
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
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Great blog post! "OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing?" kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence... If there is any tool that locks out librarians, I'm immediately skeptical! What are you hiding, OpenEvidence?! #medlibs #canmedlibs
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Great blog post! "OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing?" kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence... If there is any tool that locks out librarians, I'm immediately skeptical! What are you hiding, OpenEvidence?! #medlibs #canmedlibs
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Sometimes when there's not a class on, I go into the empty gym studio and re-rack all the body pump plates because I can't bear seeing them all mixed up on the wrong holders.
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Nation of Language predictably brilliant at the Roundhouse. Less excited by Westerman supporting
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nation of Language predictably brilliant at the Roundhouse. Less excited by Westerman supporting
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A five year national strategy for public libraries www.gov.ie/en/departmen... Just imagine...
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A five year national strategy for public libraries www.gov.ie/en/departmen... Just imagine...
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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I have some webinars with @thecdi.bsky.social in the calendar for 2026! To book: www.thecdi.net/training-and...
#LMI #LabourMarket #FutureOfWork #GlobalTrends #Careers
#LMI #LabourMarket #FutureOfWork #GlobalTrends #Careers
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I have some webinars with @thecdi.bsky.social in the calendar for 2026! To book: www.thecdi.net/training-and...
#LMI #LabourMarket #FutureOfWork #GlobalTrends #Careers
#LMI #LabourMarket #FutureOfWork #GlobalTrends #Careers
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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Interesting new Google Scholar PDF button feature scholar.googleblog.com/2025/11/mark...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Interesting new Google Scholar PDF button feature scholar.googleblog.com/2025/11/mark...
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Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.
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