It's International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

Give me one hour of your time and I'll teach you five really practical ways that you can safely intervene and de-escalate harassment in public spaces.

It's free and open to anyone but it's not recorded, so show up or miss out!

Librarians are called groomers for defending the right to read, including books that might feature, gasp, queer folks

Meanwhile, old, adult, conservatives are lamenting that 15 year olds aren't getting pregnant

On national television

As if that isn't fucking gross

Our culture is fucked

Photo of Avery Swartz with the text Hands-on workshop: AI as your study partner

Don’t miss this hands-on workshop with Avery Swartz, tech educator and best-selling author. Explore live demos and learn how to use AI tools in your academic journey. No experience needed.
Date: March 31st (2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Learning Crossroads - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/library/even...

Ne manquez pas cet atelier pratique avec Avery Swartz, formatrice en technologie. Explorez des démonstrations en direct et apprenez à utiliser des outils d’IA dans votre parcours académique.
Date : 31 mars (14h - 15h30)
Lieu : Carrefour des apprentissages - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/bibliotheque...

Training is open to anyone, anywhere but I wanna say to men: What we see in our sector is that men either don't care OR tend to be overly confident in their ability to intervene effectively.

I get so much feedback from men re: this workshop who say they've completely re-thought their approach now.

Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues Biased AI writing assistants shift people’s attitudes about societal issues; common interventions do not prevent this influence.

Ugh. Study shows use of AI can nudge our beliefs...

Are we moving toward a corporate controlled and (given who owns AI) an increasingly conservative hive mind?

Study: Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Attention all health professionals and clinicians who have an interest in the arts and teaching empathy: you should be in Ottawa April 19-21 2026 for this amazing conference. Your soul will be restored!
Email cpd@uottawa.ca for more details #meded

Because...

👏Countries with more female leaders have less inequality. (WEF)

👏Countries with more women in parliament have lower levels of corruption. (European Journal of Political Research)

👏Female participation in parliament has a positive effect on the economy. (Frontiers in Political Science)

OMG, that is so frustrating. EBSCO really needs to do better...

Five ways to spot when a paper is a fraud Science sleuths share their common-sense tips for sniffing out fishy articles.

🚨 5 ways to spot when a paper is a fraud www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com w @elisabethbik.bsky.social

- Check references
- Check authors & affiliations
- Pay attention to the science ("Paper-mill manuscripts tend to be formulaic")
- Irregularities in the text
- Use existing tools

How to make data open? Stop overlooking librarians Digital archivists are already experts at tackling the complex challenges of making research data open and accessible. We can help to smooth the transition.

How to make data open? Stop overlooking librarians www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why every scientist needs a librarian Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.

The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight #misinformation www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“We can’t be shrinking away from this space because it’s not going away.”

Agree. Love seeing more and more informed and creative voices in the mix! 🙏

Preliminary Evidence Linking Open Science to Research Integrity - The Scholarly Kitchen Is open scholarship an honest signal of researcher integrity? Today's post presents preliminary evidence that data and code sharing, preprinting, and other open behaviors are indeed less common in pap...

Early sharing of research through conference presentations may indicate quality, trustworthiness: "honest signals of a researcher’s willingness to expose their work to scrutiny"
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social

Why Authors Aren't Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen Only a negligible percentage of authors seem to actually be disclosing their AI use. Here's why I think that's the case.

I've found these articles on Scholarly Kitchen really useful:

Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It (parts 1 & 2)

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...

@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social

This is a fucking nightmare

🎯

I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got.

Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.

Oh no. Oohhhh no no.

Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...

Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.

Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.

Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist Background: Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) build the foundation for evidence synthesis, but they are exceptionally demanding in terms of time and resources. While recent advances in Artificial In...

#medlibs - an interesting proposal, and seeming more necessary as the complexity of AI tool details and uses in #evidencesynthesis work increases:

Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

CDC 1946-2025: R.I.P. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has now weaponized the CDC website to promote his anti-vaccine views

open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
RFK Jr. just reversed the CDC's position on vaccines and autism.

The CDC website was quietly edited last night to claim there’s “no evidence” that vaccines don’t cause autism.

This is false.

But this is damaging, even beyond people’s confidence in vaccines.

For the first time in my career, I cannot tell people to trust what the CDC website without hesitation.

BC Libraries Present — Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion In today’s world of endless information at our fingertips, it has become increasingly crucial (and difficult) to be able to tell apart fact from fiction. In his bestselling book, The Certainty Illusio...

Super excited about this event with my buddy @drjengunter.bsky.social! 🙏

Online Dec 4: BC Libraries Present — Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68e9b... cc @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Hope to see you (virtually) there!

Oh goodness, that's awful. I'm sorry you experienced that, as it's such bullshit. :S :(

Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 - Environmental Evid... 1. Evidence synthesists are ultimately responsible for their evidence synthesis, including the decision to use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and to ensure adherence to legal and ethical...

Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Just wanted to share a really nice poster by @carrieprice.bsky.social and colleagues. As someone who deliberately invited librarians a lot when I was editing systematic reviews, I can vouch for what they add. Specific info about attitudes and priorities is really interesting. osf.io/8khyp

Artificial Intelligence Search Tools for Evidence Synthesis: Comparative Analysis and Implementation Recommendations To inform implementation recommendations for novel or emerging technologies, Research Information Services at Canada's Drug Agency conducted a multimodal research project involving a literature revie....

Congratulations to Robin Featherstone and her team at Canada's Drug Agency on the publication of their article! / Félicitations à Robin Featherstone et à son équipe de l'Agence des médicaments du Canada pour la publication de leur article !
#canmedlibs
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Join us with @uottawa.ca for the inaugural Monique Bégin Lecture 🎉
✨ Keynote Speaker: Dr. Theresa Tam
✨ Opening Remarks: Huguette Labelle
🗓 Oct 30, 2025 | Ottawa
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Avec @uOttawa, nous lançons la toute première Conférence annuelle Monique Bégin
✨ Conférencière : Dre Theresa Tam
✨ Mot d’ouverture : Huguette Labelle
🗓 30 oct. 2025 | Ottawa
🎟 Billets : Lien dans la bio 🔗