Definitely my most listened to episode. Lots of re-listen-ability.

MM.02: 2023 MeSH Medlibs Miscellany · Episode

I still recommend episode 2, "2023 MeSH" all the time to people! Such a good explanation of MeSH searching.
open.spotify.com/episode/1ay1...

Well part of it is my fault too, so. I'll take responsibility!

You're welcome!

I believe so! Spotify for both.

Medlibs Miscellany, and The Librarian's Guide to Teaching Podcast.

The two I loved are no longer producing episodes unfortunately. 😢

Our next workshop under development: supporting grad student advisors whose students are doing SRs. Even though it's not an "assignment" does not mean the review can be any less rigorous.

Absolutely. Hopefully this workshop helps with educating the faculty members so they can better support students in an appropriate publication method.

Please add me when you have a moment. Thanks!

Please add me as well when you have a chance. I'm now the solo ES/SR librarian at my institution.

Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023 This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...

🚨 Preprint! We combine our recent open dataset of #APC prices with the article counts per journal-year from #OpenAlex to estimate how much the academic community has paid in APCs over the last 5 years.

A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)

$2.5B in 2023 alone.

arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci

But that's also why this workshop is structured the way it is. Starts with a discussion of "have you ever assigned an SR?," talks about why that's problematic, then presents ways they *can* help students get classroom experience with the method, while keeping the published lit high quality.

I had a similar conversation with a student recently, who knew of others being pressured but wasn't being pressured personally. We chatted about what they can do and how they can advocate for themselves if they end up in that situation. I did offer to back them up if they ever need it.

It's definitely a careful conversation full of power dynamics, especially if the student knows they should not be doing the review and the faculty member is pushing it.

Absolutely! The workshop includes a section citing a rebuttal written by faculty (e.g. not librarians) about how the search was not of enough caliber for the review (see the study on slide 10). The speaker notes say something about how we do not want set up our students/future colleagues for this.

Systematic Review(ish) Assignments: Learning Objectives for a Successful Classroom A resource for librarians to provide instruction to faculty members on systematic review assignments. Includes workshop slides, a reference Wiki, and SR assignment learning goals and corresponding ass...

If you know of anyone specifically doing this and could recommend some education / ways they can adapt SR methods to their specific learning goals for students, there is a librarian lead workshop and companion Wiki ready to go here: osf.io/gphyr/
#medlibs #canmedlibs

If by 2nd reviewer you mean "make sure the crappy methods paper was rejected," then yes.

Another #medlibs joins Bluesky!

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For me it's feeling the need to work in an angry ferver, instead of feeling like I have a moment to stop and breathe.

A couple people have asked me about SR training opportunities. I keep a mostly up-to-date list here, let me know if there are others!

carrieprice78.github.io/guides/syste...

There’s A Lot Of Misinformation And Pseudoscience In The Wellness Industry, Here’s How To Avoid It The wellness Industry is filled with misinformation and pseudoscience that can be harmful, but how can we tell what is scientifically sound from the spurious and absurd?

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That sounds like it will be so fun! Enjoy!!

a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means " to another bald man Alt: Gif of Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride says "you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." To Vizzini

My LinkedIn job search alert for "systematic reviews" is continuously and more frequently returning sales jobs that "systematically review" their area.

One of us is Vizzini.

google 2012: here's how to make tacos

google 2018: here's where to BUY tacos NEAR ME

google 2024: hard shell tacos are made from fried corn tortillas, while soft shell tacos are medium or large freshwater turtles with oval-shaped shells covered by skin

If you're comfortable sharing. You don't have to share if you don't want to!

Do you play or are you just a fan?

I also love D&D and am holding my next character for a solo campaign. 😼

Fun fact about proximity search in #PubMed : stop words (e.g., the, of, kg, with, etc.) are counted, not overlooked. That means if you are using proximity to find phrases like "cancer of the bladder" or similar, your proximity N will need to account for the stop words. #medlibs

Okay #librarians, what is your favorite hack for quickly answering references questions outside of your area of expertise?

I'll go first:
Google the topic and add "liguide" to the search. Pretty much guaranteed to have a well researched and open overview of a topic.

Thank you!