I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.

Gray cat stares into the existential void

Mood

Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...

No words for this, but tears of appreciation.

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

We’re hiring another evidence synthesis librarian. Come join us! #librarian #evidencesynthesis #ESI #LESSS

employment.unl.edu/postings/95354

Question for my fellow #librarians, #skybrarians, is anyone aware of any literature or conversations going on about evolving positionality statements in research to include the historical context of the moment researchers are writing in? Is this a thing? Should it be a thing?

Check out my latest blog post on the DIKW pyramid and evidence synthesis: researchmoment.unl.edu/the-dikw-pyr...

Chilly Sunday morning coping.

Since #LESSS2024 and #ESIcon24 dragged me back onto social media, maybe I should plug my most recent blog post discussing how we got to the terminology of Advanced Reviews for our ES support at UNL libraries

researchmoment.unl.edu/introduction...

Though, looking back at it, I might make some updates if I ever do get around to writing that blog post...

I re-worked a version where I combined a few of my favorites that I've been using for instruction. I've been meaning to write a blog post on it, but haven't done it yet, so it's just in Canvas Commons
lor.instructure.com/resources/e5...