@hansket
Medical Information Specialist, Medical Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Find my co-authored publications on ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-3150 or on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ket+h+OR+ket+jc&sort=pubdate&sort_order=asc
Looking at a utterly delusional librarian substack post and thinking whether I want to respond. There's a lot I agree with the piece e.g. in terms of the trust users have with the library and how often we see things other institution units may not notice. But equally there's this delusional view (1)
Curious how AI can transform literature searching? 🔎🤖
Join this webinar on March 26 to explore how today’s scholarly AI tools can support topic mapping, uncover research gaps, and enhance library search workflows.
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#medlibs
Our PubMed Searching in 30 Minutes online class is Wed., Mar. 4th, at 1:00-1:30pm. Learn quick tips to locate articles in PubMed in a 30-minute class. Register: zurl.co/5gu9V #RLML #IUmedschool
#medlibs was the title of APA PsycInfo at one point in time stylized differently to be partially all caps? So many automatic or errant mentions of PsycINFO (and let’s not talk about PsychINFO). Perhaps it’s just a MEDLINE effect we can blame on NLM 🙂
MEASUREMENT - This article describes measurement of OA materials - a challenge as usage and provision changes katinamagazine.org/content/arti... 2020 saw temp removal of paywalls during the COVID-19 lockdown & the introduction of R&P agreements. Article considers these and identifies usage trends
[Read]PaperSearchQA: Learning to Search and Reason over Scientific Papers with RLVR arxiv.org/abs/2601.18207. only trains on factoid-QA though. 3 types of behavior - 1. Explicit planning and keywordextraction, 2. Reasoning about the problem before search, 3. Verification of in-parameterknowledge
Author disclosure of AI use is associated with "manuscripts that were rejected (OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.05-1.62) or withdrawn prior to review (OR, 8.48; 95% CI, 5.30-13.22) vs accepted or asked to revise." but let's not jump to conclusions too quickly...(1) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#medlibs and #evidencesynthesis nerds - the next Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium (LESSS) is upon us and open for free registration 😊 sites.google.com/view/lesss/r...
We had a great time talking about our work with this crew of amazing people!
A sad day at NIH...
The NIH Record was a great way for NIH folks to find out what was going on across NIH.
Many important stories published there over the years.
nihrecord.nih.gov/2026/01/30/n...
#medlibs
I'm a little dubious about the LLM ranking the results, because while they may have agreed with each other, a group of human experts arrived at different results: elicit.com/blog/elicit-...
A follow up to this completed in December (not published afaik) showed they are much improved, but...
Image: Closing Keynote Photos of Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen and ALA President Sam Helmick. Claim your spot - Register Now! Recharging in Challenging Times An ALA Virtual Event Feb. 10, 2026 FOR OUR LIBRARIES. American Library Association
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Apply to the MLA Research Training Institute (RTI), a year-long fellowship for health sciences librarians. Join the drop-in session on February 4 at 1:00 pm CT to learn more and get your questions answered.
🗓️ Applications close February 16, 2026.
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#medlibs
Take your systematic review search skills to the next level
This webinar helps you translate search strategies across PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and CINAHL. Learn how to break down search components, apply correct syntax, and compare manual techniques.
Register here: https://ow.ly/xAPc50Y1eIZ
"If a single click can irrevocably delete years of work, ChatGPT cannot, in my opinion and on the basis of my experience, be considered completely safe for professional use."
well, duh 🙄 #medlibs
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Social Network Analysis of Liaison Librarian Relationships by
Ellen Hampton Filgo, Joshua Been
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Honestly I have no idea what EBSCO is doing. Are they trying to be worst version of Google
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wish I were going to PLA -Hot takes -
1. Professional librarians will no longer exist
2. The real threat isn’t book banners—it’s libraries' self-censoring
3. Trauma-informed isn’t free—pay library workers for the care they provide
4. Want a strong future? Make books the star of your library again
Just when you thought it was safe to dive into MeSH terms...
I'm popping up a bit late to give a peek at what I've found for new #2026MeSH descriptors. Behold, a #medlibs and adjacent #expertsearching thread!
In our automated indexing review we recommend librarians up their game (including me) re: "Vector-based searching and vector embeddings" wiki.ubc.ca/Vector-based...
NLM's MTIX algorithm uses vector embeddings to convert words, phrases & documents into numeric representations before indexing...🤔
Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World?
lithub.com/can-biblioth...
Exposure to Community Violence and Biomarkers of Allostatic Load: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis published in Psychological Bulletin in 2025. Authors: Gresham, Morency, Corcoran, Kunkel, & Riegelman
doi.org/10.1037/bul0000488
Neighborhood conditions and neurodevelopment: A systematic review of brain structure in children and adolescents published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in October 2025. Authors: Lewis, Gresham, Riegelman, Ip
doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
Personas of librarians and their response to AI - part 2. This is all tongue in cheek. substack.com/@aarontay/no...
Ready to share your work at MLA ’26?
The deadline to submit proposals for Lightning Talks and Posters is January 22. This is your chance to showcase your ideas, connect with peers, and help shape the future of health sciences librarianship.
Submit here: https://ow.ly/iwvY50XTFXq
#MLANET26
I am also trying out a new tip jar. My blog is 100% independent + sponsor-free and always will be. If you’d like to support my work ko-fi.com/aarontay
And yet another Dec 2025 blog post - Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers - Wiley AI Gateway & PubMed - How Claude can now pilot test search strategies using PubMed open.substack.com/pub/aarontay...
