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Jane Falconer

@falkie71.bsky.social
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Librarian at @lshtm.bsky.social. Systematic review searching, user services and teaching at work. History, #LFC and #crochet geek at home. Exiled highlander. She/her

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The Cochrane Collaboration @cochrane.org · 01/04/2026
Join our introductory webinar designed for anyone new to Cochrane or systematic reviews. It will provide an overview of what Cochrane systematic reviews are, how they’re developed, and why they’re considered a gold standard in evidence-based healthcare. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/events/cochr...
Cochrane systematic reviews and the Cochrane Library: A Beginner’s Guide. Apr 7 2026, 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory.

The female scientist says 
“Analogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?”

The male scientist replies
“That's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!”

They step out onto a balcony. She says:
“Please tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” 

This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds
“It's got a fax machine!”
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Plus, I may have misread the graphic, but it looked like he missed all 5 targets on the first standing shoot. Giacomel and Campbell Wright obviously having major issues.
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I wonder when the UK Discovery commentators will realise that Elvira Oeberg took the 3rd leg and Hanna took the 4th of that #biathlon women’s relay. They were convinced it was the other way around despite the TV captions and close-up shots of the athletes clearly showing otherwise. 😂
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LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services @lshtm-laors.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A happy #LoveDataWeek to all! To celebrate, we're holding three seminars on research #data topics this week blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2026...
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Celebrate Love Data Week 2026 with us! - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog
Get ready to show your data some love! This February, the Library, Archive & Open...
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Italy where 2,900 athletes from 92 National Olympic Committees will take part in Alpine skiing, curling, ice hockey and more. Find out how you can help preserve web content for this historic event here: link.bl.uk/7yj #Olympics @netpreserve.bsky.social
Curling stones on an ice rink. Image by Felix from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services @lshtm-laors.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hi BlueSky! 👋 We are the LSHTM archives team- we hold documents, letters, photographs, maps, publications and objects relating to global health and the history of the school📚. We are excited to share sneak peeks of our collections!🏺 Check out our online catalogue: calmview.lshtm.ac.uk/calmview/
Image of a lady with dark hair lifting papers from an old book which has handwritten notes. In the background Ronald Ross's Mosquito box is visible with its lid off.
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LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services @lshtm-laors.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Thanks to everyone who has followed us already - and for the lovely welcome messages 😊 For starters, we'll be introducing each of the teams that make up Library, Archive & Open Research Services, sharing what we do and how we support learning, research & open science at LSHTM 🔬 Watch this space! 👀
The entrance to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical medicine. A frieze of the LSHTM School Seal can be seen above the door, along with the "London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine" sign in big gold lettering.
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LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services @lshtm-laors.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Hi from User Services 👋 We lead on front-of-house operations, whether in-person or online. We're here to help with access to our services and resources, including materials we don't hold ourselves. We also support users with disabilities. We're always happy to hear feedback, so do get in touch 💬
A user taking a book ('Understanding Health Services) from one of the shelves at LSHTM Library.
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LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services @lshtm-laors.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Hello Bluesky! We are #OpenAccess and #LSHTMPress (press.lshtm.ac.uk). Responsible for Open Access publishing and an open access publisher in the fields of public and global health. You can follow LSHTM Press here: www.linkedin.com/company/lsht...
open sign hanging from a door
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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Call for volunteers to join the National Committee for IFLA World Library & Information Congress in London 2027! Would you like to help organise the the sector's biggest global event & can spare 1-3 days per month? Check out our website: ow.ly/Wbhp50Y4Xic Deadline to apply: Midnight 13 Feb
Graphic inviting applications to join the IFLA WLIC 2027 National Committee with roles like marketing, programme, and social events.
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Library, Archive & Open Research Service at #LSHTM has joined Bluesky. You can follow them at @lshtm-laors.bsky.social. Watch out for info about what's going on, updates on our professional practice, and photos of our gorgeous library space.
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Sue Lacey Bryant @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The most prestigious international event in the calendar of library and information professionals is coming home to London in 2027. As President of @cilip.bsky.social I am delighted to share the news of @ifla.org World Library and Information Congress. www.stationers.org/news/industr...
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The World Library and Information Congress is coming to London for the first time in 25 years
The most prestigious international event in the calendar of library and information professionals is coming home to London in 2027. Freeman Sue Lacey Bryant who
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
If the IHR's publicity isn't enough, you can meet my work colleagues from @lshtm.bsky.social Archives service if you go.
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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Library services across all sectors can now sign up to test a pilot Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework and audit their climate actions! forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp #GreenLibraries
Women wearing a green shirt, sitting at a desk working on a laptop with her right hand raised. Plant in the foreground. Green Libraries Campaign logo in corner and #greenlibraries hashtag. ‘Pilot the Self-Assessment Framework’ top right
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A scoping review I provided the searches for has been published. Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a scoping review of Aedes vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in Africa. doi.org/10.1186/s130... #ScopingReview #MedLibs
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Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a scoping review of Aedes vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in Africa - Parasites & Vectors
Background The number of reports of arboviral outbreaks is increasing and, consequently, the need for effective surveillance and vector control plans for Aedes-borne diseases is becoming more urgent. ...
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Ella Flemyng @ellaflem.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Coming from mid-November 2025 for Cochrane reviews: 💥 A new AI disclosure section across all reviews 💥 Changes to all reviews types to reflect evolving methodological best practice & to align with recent changes to intervention reviews 💥 Changes to how rapid reviews are managed
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
👋It's #WelcomeWeek at LSHTM & the start of a new academic year! We're excited to welcome our new & returning students who are pursuing their #PublicHealth dreams. Here's to a successful & inspiring year ahead!🎉 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/new-st...
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. 
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. 
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
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Diana Soreil @silencedrowns.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them. tomlehrersongs.com
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
absolutely nails it. the work of language in the age of mechanical reproduction I guess
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I've updated my blog post on what's happening in the world of Trump, science and academic information to include a link to the Trump Action Tracker. This is maintained by @chrischirp.bsky.social.
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Alternative sources of US Federal Government Information - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog
(and information about what is happening within the STEM information landscape) With the transition to...
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Dr Anne Littlewood @anne-infospec.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Brilliant to see the important work of health information specialists highlighted. What use is a systematic review based on a poor search?
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Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
If you've worked on a library project to showcase ethnically minoritised authors, and you've received recommendations for books from students and staff (and you see this today or over the weekend...) I'd love to hear from you. We're buying some books on a tight deadline! Some more context below. 📚
I'm working on a UX-led project at the moment in inclusivity and belonging in the library. One of the recommendations is a showcase space for ethnically minoritised authors - a physical space, with physical books, which we're setting up now. Thanks to an unexpected injection of funds we are currently buying items to go into this space, but our ordering window ends on Monday due to the impending close of the financial year. 

If you work in a library that has done this sort of thing before, specifically via *recommendations from staff and students*, I'd love to hear from you. Quite honestly, ideally with a list of the books you've ordered! Just send me a message here. 

I want to be clear that this isn't just about adding books to stock, or diversifying our collections as an end in itself, or anything generic. This is designed as a *celebration* of works by ethnically minoritised authors, and we want to buy books that are important to real people - and in fact we're ordering additional copies of items we already own as part of this if they're recommended to us, because we don't want to remove them from their regular places on our shelves. 

So if you've ever worked on a similar project, and happen to see this in the ludicrously short time-span required, get in touch! Thanks all.
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
You can go to the same location now and see a replica of the pump, then go for a drink in the John Snow pub. If you're really interested, you can join the John Snow society and come along to their annual lecture held @lshtm.bsky.social
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Welcome to the John Snow Society - The John Snow Society
The John Snow Society aims to promote the life and works of Dr John Snow, a pioneer of epidemiological method and celebrated anaesthetist.
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🤣 Those are terrible!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
Panel 1:
A robot stands before a tech CEO’s desk
“Sir, I can't thank you enough for the opportunity to read so many wonderful books! In fact, I've written a poem to express-“

The CEO cuts him off
“You're here to generate content, not express yourself.”

Panel 2:
Robot, enthusiastically “I'm just proud to be working to pay back all those great writers who taught me so much! “
CEO “The only people we're paying back are the investors.”

Panel 3:
Robot “Well, at least with all this money we can try to make the world a better place!

(No reply )

“Sir?”

CEO “Can someone take this thing away, please

Panel 4:
The robot wanders alone and mutters tearfully “Creating shareholder value is a kind of creativity, isn't it? … Sob!”
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I've updated my blog post for LSHTM Library on issues arising in the academic information space from changes in the US federal landscape. This update has the future of FlyBase in doubt and a possible new education database from Clarivate Analytics to replace ERIC. blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2025...
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Alternative sources of US Federal Government Information - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog
(and information about what is happening within the STEM information landscape) With the transition to...
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Masud Khokhar @masudk.com · 26/06/2025
Yesterday, I had the privilege of visiting the @lshtm.bsky.social & their beautiful Library. So pleased to be part of an @ahuauk.bsky.social programme with amazing colleagues including the wonderful Lesley Castens. Lovely to bump into David Archer, another brilliant colleague from the library world.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/06/2025
As a follow-up to _Calling Bullshit_, Jevin West and I developed the course about LLMs that we think every college freshman should take. Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
We need to talk about health #misinformation🤔 Join our flagship event on 15 Sept 2025 for ideas on how to defend yourself & your organisation from dangerous misinformation Info/book tickets: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e... In-person in London + online #PublicHealth
Health Misinformation UNPACKED: Monday 15 September 2025 13:00-17:00, LSHTM, Online
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books Summer Reading special.
Panel 6,7,8
The continue their work by Rating Selections, Comparing Preferences and Refining Results. 

Panel 9
The couple read their chosen books as they trundle their suitcases along. One says
"The perfect Holiday reads! Now, where are we going?"

The other replies
"... I thought you'd booked something."
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Sometimes i'm proud to work for the organisation I do. I'm glad our Director put his head above the parapet and said what lots of us are thinking. #Gaza
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Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response, LSHTM @lshtmcepr.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🌟MISINFORMATION EVENT🌟 Join our @lshtm.bsky.social Health Misinformation: UNPACKED event to hear from leading voices on how to understand and combat the rising tide of health #misinformation in the UK 🗓️ 15 September 2025 ⏰ 13:00-17:00 GMT 📍 LSHTM Get tickets 👉 bit.ly/LSHTMHealthM...
LSHTM Health Misinformation UNPACKED event card. Monday 15 September 13:00 - 17:00 LSHTM Keppel Street or online.
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I agree completely. If you're working on an SR, you're part of the project team. My 'stupid' questions have highlighted places where individuals had different understanding, particularly in multidisciplinary groups. Or we've ended up with a more precise question.
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Phillip Barlow ⚒️ 🇬🇱 @hammerslibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What is an expert searcher? #iclc25
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
something I've learned by covering online archives and libraries is that many valuable, free, online resources are maintained by extremely small teams, maybe one volunteer. Asking them to deal with scrapers that behave like DDoS attacks is unrealistic www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
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AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 18/06/2025
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? White cotton gloves are not for use with paper-based books. We use them for some photographs and artifacts, but for handling “regular” rare books the professional standard has been clean, dry hands for decades.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Sharing this update provided to me directly about the state of NLM and the future of NNLM, traveling exhibits, and, somehow, MedlinePlus. I am so worried for friends and colleagues, and I'm stuck on that, but it is hard to not want to scream WTF about a MedlinePlus with no new material. #medlibs
Screenshot of a DM

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will undergo a “realignment” effective July 1. With 40% of staff positions eliminated, the remaining staff and services will focus on core library functions, including Collection Development and Health Data Standards (formerly Bibliographic Services).  NCBI will continue operations but with reduced staff and services.
Outreach will no longer be considered a core function. The Branch, which oversees NNLM, will be dissolved. NNLM will continue under the Office of Strategic Operations 
Traveling Exhibits and History Talks are suspended. Exhibits already on loan or scheduled will proceed, but no new programs or outreach initiatives will be offered.
No new website curations will be created. MedlinePlus will be maintained as needed, but no new content will be developed.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I’m convinced this is how a bay leaf would talk
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian, here's the script:

[Scene is the inside of a SOUP. Some CARROTS and BITS OF BROCCOLI are floating around and a STOCK CUBE and a BAY LEAF have just been dropped in.] 

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STOCK CUBE:
Alright lads - this is Bay Leaf.
My colleague from the spice rack.

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BROCCOLI:
Hi Bay Leaf

BAY LEAF:
Yuh yuh hi

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CARROTS:
You up for getting proper blended with us later, Bay Leaf?

BAY LEAF:
Nuh mate, getting scooped out before soup stage.

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CARROTS:
Oh! So… you’re not being eaten then?

BAY LEAF:
Eaten! Haha

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BAY LEAF:
Not allowed mate.

I’m afraid I’m a lil’ bit *toooo intense*...

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BAY LEAF:
Just here for the flavour hit.
Special forces, y’know.
That’s why there’s just one of me.

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BAY LEAF:
Over-deploy and you’d have this whole soup stiiinking of bay leaf…

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BAY LEAF:
You might wanna stand back actually.
This place is about to get preeetty bay leafy...

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[Silent pause]

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CARROTS:
Are you doing something

BAY LEAF:
Sure am mate.

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BAY LEAF:
Suuuuure am.

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BAY LEAF [Getting scooped out by chef’s spoon]:
You need training to perceive it.

CARROTS:
OK
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Librarians have procedures to choose books to get rid of. This is so they can make space for new ones. Sometimes that involves putting the old ones in skips. Nobody wants old, out of date, soiled library books.
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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
📈 New to conducting quantitative systematic reviews in health research? Our course will give you a grounding in designing, analysing, and interpreting quantitative systematic reviews in #datascience #health and #medicine How to join 🔽 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
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Jane Falconer @falkie71.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A new SR that I created the searches for. Great to see it published. #medlibs #litsearch #systematicreview
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Research data management at its finest outside a building in Cambridge! #RDM #research #librarians
A filing cabinet outside a building. The drawers say: 'Aladdin's Cave (no idea what this stuff is', 'old data, disks, notebooks', 'probably belongs to someone' and 'old equipment that might be useful'.
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 11/06/2025
This is something. 👀
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