Consider contributing a small amount in memory of our wonderful friend, mentor, teacher, Ronald Hagler. A Ronald Hagler Prize will be given to a librarian or archivist pursuing a career in cataloguing, metadata creation or book history. Read more here / quote from me: ischool.ubc.ca/news/in-hono...
1,000,000 views. Yup, one (1) million.
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Don't let anyone tell you "No, it can't be done that way"
This platform ....
hasn't really panned out that well, or the way I had hoped.
I remember the halcyon days of promoting microblogging, lol
Ah well. There's always linkedin.com
How are researchers using AI to perform / supplement traditional GL searching?
"...Such approaches are generally intended to complement traditional grey literature search methods rather than replace them. AI tools may be particularly useful where..."
wiki.ubc.ca/Artificial_i...
The other angle in the story was the opinion among skating fans like myself that only a perfect Kagiyama, or a charging Sato, could deny a less than perfect Malinin. No one saw Shaidorov coming. He wasn’t supposed to be the story. Yet somehow, the skating gods aligned perfectly for him.
Moltbook is a new Artificial intelligence (AI)-only social network...
URL: www.moltbook.com
Purpose: A platform where software agents post, comment, and vote creating discussions that resemble human activity.
I consider the implications of this new social network here:
wiki.ubc.ca/Moltbook
Brilliant!
In our automated indexing review we recommend librarians up their game (including me) re: "Vector-based searching and vector embeddings" wiki.ubc.ca/Vector-based...
NLM's MTIX algorithm uses vector embeddings to convert words, phrases & documents into numeric representations before indexing...🤔
Our scoping review on MEDLINE indexing manuscript was submitted yesterday but I was able to generate a handy infographic via #Copilot @Copilot based on abstract. 🗂️
Note sections on searching: implications for librarians and #algorithmic effects in #MEDLINE #medlibs
I'll ADD "Less AI, More Human-In-The-Loop Models". 👨👨👧 OK, more health sciences librarians (and other librarians) in the loop, also. I may try to put into practice more "LOUD SINGING" 🤣
Reporting guidelines in medicine in the AI era!
Here's CHART 2025 and summarized on my wiki:
wiki.ubc.ca/Chatbot_Asse...
CHART is "...designed for studies that evaluate generative-AI chatbots when used to summarize clinical evidence or to provide health advice"🍁 #librarians #medlibs
ps. I neglected to mention that for "Other" ways of staying current in AI and knowledge synthesis, librarians mentioned
@farhadshokraneh.bsky.social and @julieglanville.bsky.social
Thanks to the convenors of the @medlibassn.bsky.social "Systematic Review Caucus" for hosting me. I think we had about 70 participants but here is the data from the two polls I adminstered during my presentation📚
Thanks Martine!
"Which of the following (including experts) sources do you use primarily to stay current with AI developments in evidence synthesis?”
✒️MLA “Systematic Review” caucus
🗽Library Association webinars e.g., CHLA/ABSC, MLA
📕Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com
🛟Key journals
🤣Other? Please comment, thanks!
Three (3) years with emerg docs. But "mission accomplished"; hope it makes an impact 🥳
Cunningham, Bobrovitz, Shanmugaraj, Giustini D, Collins. Defining emergency physicians' consultative roles in emergency care: a scoping review. CJEM. 2025 Nov 3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41182684/
Top twelve (12) Entries by "Most to Least Views:
wiki.ubc.ca/User:DeanGiu...
Knowledge Synthesis (KS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Related Topics... #artificial_intelligence #knowledge_synthesis
50+ entries on #knowledge_synthesis topics, #artificial_intelligence issues in libraries, and AI powered search tools such as #Elicit, #Undermind & @openevidence.bsky.social
Amazing - 250,000 views in a short period. Browse for info:
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"Why physicians need the counsel of a skilled medical librarian in the era of artificial intelligence (AI)". Oct2025. British Columbia Medical Journal
By implementing interim measures, the CPSBC can mitigate Library’s closure & make a commitment to evidence-based care. bcmj.org/letters/why-...
Consensus.app is an AI-powered search tool using #Copilot based on LLM; ask a question, click on search, get an answer with bullet points / references to published papers. No fake citations—but summaries have errors. wiki.ubc.ca/Consensus
Talk to your librarian folks about using other sources, too.
Hey thanks Wendy. Would love to see you sometime. Perhaps at the new house for V, B and B? have a good w/e 😀
This open textbook (or wiki channel) is intended to help librarians and other information professionals learn about #AI.
It is not, in itself, meant to be seen as promotion of #AI.
50 entries in 6 weeks; 125,000 views. Seems a hit.🎯
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Here comes ASTA — scholarly research assistant w/ coverage via corpus of 108M+ scholarly abstracts & 12M+ full text in Semantic Scholar. Initiative of Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) "to accelerate scientific discovery through trustworthy open-source agentic AI." Untested. wiki.ubc.ca/Asta_(agenti...
Automated indexing wiki.ubc.ca/Automated_in...
🖊️NLM uses neural network technology to index MEDLINE
💹Since 2024, NLM has indexed millions of papers using AI
⤴️Tools such as Undermind.ai and Elicit.com will destabilize subject indexing, so I'm doing research proving that the latter is still needed.
"...In her role as the AI and Machine Learning Program Manager, Kari will help build awareness, competency, knowledge, and skill levels among library staff across Ontario and support the program’s five pilot projects."
ocul.on.ca/kari-weaver-...
"OCUL Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Survey August 2025" Kari Weaver, AI & Machine Learning, Program Manager - how to advance objectives & values of academic librarianship in AI era "to understand training needs of library workers in Ontario universities ..." ocul.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Note I cite Hannah's blogpost bsky.app/profile/thar...
Will Google Scholar survive the AI-powered bots? and AI-powered search tools? Time will tell.
wiki.ubc.ca/Google_Scholar
#Automated_indexing may be performed using a range of computer-based methods, #algorithms (hence, the phrase algorithmic indexing), #natural_language_processing and even #artificial_intelligence (AI). Most library databases and indexes use some form of AI. wiki.ubc.ca/Automated_in...