*RENEGADE FUTURE
a special show at Circus Tokyo
2026/06/13 (sat.)
13:00-20:00
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2 simultaneous stages of dance music fueled by international cooperation and optimism for a better tomorrow.
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~ The past and the present, from me to you. 🌐⛅
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#canmedlibs
🥳 Happy National Medical Librarians Month!
October is here to officially celebrate the unsung heroes of healthcare. This year’s theme says it best: Better Information. Better Decisions.
Learn how to join the celebration by visiting MLANET: https://bit.ly/4o2eFcp
#medlibs #healthinformation
Save the date for the EBSCOhost Idea Exchange, an open forum for questions, solutions, and all things new-UI-related on Nov. 19, 12-1:30pm Central! Invite is making the rounds on the usual channels, so keep an eye out (or DM for an ics). Sponsored by the MLA UX Caucus but all are welcome! #medlibs
New Online Guide Tracks U.S. Science Policy Fallout Affecting Canadian Healthcare
guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/beyondborders
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#medlibs
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40652554/
"Uncritically adopting AI tools in discovery systems will perpetuate, if not exacerbate, existing biases and suppression of minoritized people."
#FSCI2025 #FORCE2025 #FORCE25 #medlibs #scholcom
acrlog.org/2025/07/21/w...
Screenshot of a DM The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will undergo a “realignment” effective July 1. With 40% of staff positions eliminated, the remaining staff and services will focus on core library functions, including Collection Development and Health Data Standards (formerly Bibliographic Services). NCBI will continue operations but with reduced staff and services. Outreach will no longer be considered a core function. The Branch, which oversees NNLM, will be dissolved. NNLM will continue under the Office of Strategic Operations Traveling Exhibits and History Talks are suspended. Exhibits already on loan or scheduled will proceed, but no new programs or outreach initiatives will be offered. No new website curations will be created. MedlinePlus will be maintained as needed, but no new content will be developed.
Sharing this update provided to me directly about the state of NLM and the future of NNLM, traveling exhibits, and, somehow, MedlinePlus.
I am so worried for friends and colleagues, and I'm stuck on that, but it is hard to not want to scream WTF about a MedlinePlus with no new material.
#medlibs
Citation Contamination by Paper Mill Articles in Systematic Reviews of the Life Sciences
- 299 reviews included retracted fakes (0.15%); increasing with time
- Oncology is the most affected field (shocking!)
- ~ 1/3 of citations happened after retraction
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Screenshot of an email announcing the cancellation of an NCI publication
An NCI publication dies.
More firings at the National Cancer Institute, including the Cancer Information Service, “which provides answers to doctors and patients about cancer, and updates to databases summarizing cancer information for healthcare providers”.
I mean who needs it, right?
www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...
Deeply saddened that the ENTIRE TEAM at NCI PDQ Cancer Information has been eliminated.
Our evidence-based summaries were updated throughout the year with the latest research and supported informed decision making between clinicians & patients with cancer across the US. 🇺🇸
The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
On Monday, vote like your health depends on it. Because it does. 🇨🇦
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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And, just like that, the top journal in the field of Environmental Health, published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a part of the NIH, goes dark...
www.governing.com/policy/major.... #medlibs #skybrarians #evidencesynehesis
And there it is. The official notice making grant conditional on enforcement of anti dei policies.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
This is probably useful for non-US researchers as well.
Since so many things are stored on US servers, or done in collaboration.
Also keep PDF copies of your publications.
I'm following too :) Me thinks there is a better way for me to save my searches.
In my post about PubMed, I raised concern about what might happen with the committee that decides what journals are PubMed-indexed. They could open the anti-science/pseudoscience floodgates.
This is the message now where the committee should be. Gulp
internet.csr.nih.gov/Committees/M...
#MedLibs
America, show up for your libraries! Watching in horror from Canada.
www.ala.org/advocacy/sho... #ForOurLibraries
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
HEY APA! Didn’t you know that the first rule of fighting tyranny is DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE?! So why the fuck are you obeying in advance?!??
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
