Cochrane systematic reviews and the Cochrane Library: A Beginner’s Guide. Apr 7 2026, 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
Join our introductory webinar designed for anyone new to Cochrane or systematic reviews.
It will provide an overview of what Cochrane systematic reviews are, how they’re developed, and why they’re considered a gold standard in evidence-based healthcare.
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Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory. The female scientist says “Analogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?” The male scientist replies “That's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!” They step out onto a balcony. She says: “Please tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds “It's got a fax machine!”
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.
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Plus, I may have misread the graphic, but it looked like he missed all 5 targets on the first standing shoot.
Giacomel and Campbell Wright obviously having major issues.
So, it wasn’t me getting confused, Mike and Patrick just acknowledged their mistake on the first loop of the mass start. #biathlon In their words, Mistaking suits and mistaking sisters #oops
Mike Dixon and Patrick Winterton. They’ve been doing the UK commentary for years on Eurosport (now Discovery/TNT Sport). They often make bloopers, but that was on another level. They managed to commentate on 2 legs without noticing.
I wonder when the UK Discovery commentators will realise that Elvira Oeberg took the 3rd leg and Hanna took the 4th of that #biathlon women’s relay. They were convinced it was the other way around despite the TV captions and close-up shots of the athletes clearly showing otherwise. 😂
A happy #LoveDataWeek to all! To celebrate, we're holding three seminars on research #data topics this week blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2026...
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The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Italy where 2,900 athletes from 92 National Olympic Committees will take part in Alpine skiing, curling, ice hockey and more. Find out how you can help preserve web content for this historic event here: link.bl.uk/7yj
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We are the LSHTM archives team- we hold documents, letters, photographs, maps, publications and objects relating to global health and the history of the school📚. We are excited to share sneak peeks of our collections!🏺
Check out our online catalogue: calmview.lshtm.ac.uk/calmview/
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Thanks to everyone who has followed us already - and for the lovely welcome messages 😊
For starters, we'll be introducing each of the teams that make up Library, Archive & Open Research Services, sharing what we do and how we support learning, research & open science at LSHTM 🔬
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We lead on front-of-house operations, whether in-person or online.
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The most prestigious international event in the calendar of library and information professionals is coming home to London in 2027.
As President of @cilip.bsky.social I am delighted to share the news of @ifla.org World Library and Information Congress.
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If the IHR's publicity isn't enough, you can meet my work colleagues from @lshtm.bsky.social Archives service if you go.
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A scoping review I provided the searches for has been published. Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a scoping review of Aedes vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in Africa. doi.org/10.1186/s130...
#ScopingReview #MedLibs
Coming from mid-November 2025 for Cochrane reviews:
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Interesting! I've not been told that. However, the vast majority of our publications are OA so maybe not so much of an issue. @lshtm.bsky.social is VERY pro-OA.
I publish the final search, not all of my drafts. They're published in our institutional repository (see datacompass.lshtm.ac.uk/view/creator...). I keep my drafts in OneNote - I don't keep in Word or Excel so I can easily copy/paste plain text if needed.
Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them.
tomlehrersongs.com
absolutely nails it. the work of language in the age of mechanical reproduction I guess
I've updated my blog post on what's happening in the world of Trump, science and academic information to include a link to the Trump Action Tracker. This is maintained by @chrischirp.bsky.social.
I've found podcasts where historians are interviewing other historians are better at the historiography side of things than those with non-historians interviewing historians, or the main presenters telling the story.
I like some of Suzannah Lipscomb's episodes in 'Not Just the Tudors' quite good. Occasionally she'll host a round-table talking in-depth about a topic with other historians. She has a lot of historians on and always asks geeky questions about sources.
