Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.
www.weherepress.org
Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s
The Academic Librarians Caucus has launched a free, open access database to help MLA members find and connect with colleagues willing to write letters of support for promotion and tenure.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43OWG0x
#medlibs
"Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City, opens tomorrow! Read more about the exhibition exploring the remarkable lives of Philadelphians who experienced the American Revolution:" - American Philosophical Society www.amphilsoc.org/events/exhib...
If the people on the front line "don't understand your plan," that's because you didn't include them in creating it. #cildc
Employers like it. I like options. So it was an investment in my future as well.
"Philly arts organizations are navigating stormy federal funding guidelines" whyy.org/articles/phi...
Hot off the presses. It was an absolute pleasure to put this together with @liblaura.bsky.social!
Takeaways:
1. Don't assign systematic/scoping reviews to your students!
2. Don't ask your university librarian to support this terrible idea!
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hy...
Had been putting off AHIP renewal. Remembered why. Finding all the documentation. Submitted. Did my best.
I'm brimming with joy to announce a call for chapter proposals for a new book I'm co-editing with Ione Damasco! "Catalyzing Critical Hope in Libraries: Narratives of Challenge & Change" will be published with @ala-acrl.bsky.social (ACRL). Visit tinyurl.com/bdbjsnwy for details (& please share!)
Join us on Wed 2 April as @dorothyjberry.bsky.social delivers a public lecture as part of the Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference.
Looking Back Through Opaque Glasses: What Born-Digital Archives Can Learn from Analog
Free and open to all. In-person. Drinks reception after.
Let me know if you’ll have any time to come see the oldest medical library in the US. I have an in. (;
Shoot. All I have is a very anxious dog overseeing my packing. I’m sending him to family on actual moving day. It should hopefully be a wonderful surprise for him to return to a new home!
You do you -- two Biomedical Librarians, one for #ScholCOmm and one for #EvidenceSynthesis
www.usajobs.gov/job/825184600
www.usajobs.gov/job/825185700
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My first repost is such a great one!! Librarians doing the work!!
Hellooo. Going to try to keep up over here too.
