iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

And maybe this one too, not sure if it's different than the one I linked earlier more.ebsco.com/Release-Note...

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You are welcome to contact me with any questions about anything ebsco. We have tested some of the AI features and, unsurprisingly, we have not been impressed with the results. We have turned them off as default whenever given the opportunity.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 7h

There's this one, but I think there's another email/newsletter thing buried somewhere. more.ebsco.com/preference-c...

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EBSCO Information Services

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 8h

I'm on the core e-team, and EBSCOhost is one of my platforms. I don't get updates directly from EBSCO due to my role on the team, but there are some alert things you can sign up for...let me do some digging and get back to you! uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

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Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my!

Bite-size tips for expert searchers. Editors Kate Saylor, Michele McGinnis, Hilary Kraus, and Paije Wilson

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"AI agents are not good at interpreting science. What can be done?" TRY THESE TWO NEAT TRICKS: 1. Partner with a librarian to help you conduct your searches 2. Read the papers yourself like a fully functional adult researcher cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

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As scientists increasingly use AI to do research, what can they do to counter the generally uncritical approach of the models?

As shortcomings of the agents become apparent, researchers are proposing strategies to help them improve their outputs

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.

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socalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

U. of Michigan Halts New Grading Plan After Backlash From Critics www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

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U. of Michigan Halts New Grading Plan After Backlash From Critics

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the worst timeline. I listen to music to connect my soul with another human soul. Listening to AI-generated music is no different than listening to the screeching modem dial-up noise. 🤮

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026

Every AI CEO sounds like this.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

yes yes yes to this list. It is non-stop!

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

U-Michigan Library is hiring an Associate University Librarian! Overseeing 6 division directors and guiding the work of over 80 employees. Posting is available through October 28, 2026. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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Associate University Librarian | U-M Careers

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#medlibs U-M Taubman Health Sciences Library's Systematic Reviews Workshop will be in Ann Arbor on 4/14-4/15/27. Complete the registration lottery form by 9/20/26 at 11:59pm (eastern). We will randomly select participants via lottery. umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Survey SR Workshop

Qualtrics sophisticated online survey software solutions make creating online surveys easy. Learn more about Research Suite and get a free account today.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026

Just go to therapy, bro.

DAVID JIANG, COFOUNDER and CEO of smart glasses company Viture, tells me about how he used to yell at his kid.

His 10-year-old son played tennis. During tournaments, Jiang says he had a habit of shouting and criticizing his son’s mistakes as he played. He wanted to apply pressure to make him succeed—it was the way he’d been taught to raise kids, after all. It made sense.

But then, unprompted, his smart glasses sent him a message. The AI assistant in his company’s newest wearable had picked up on what he was doing, recognized that his behavior wasn’t helpful, and messaged him about what he should do differently. Stop shouting. Stop criticizing. Just be there, be present, and show that you support your son. That worked, Jiang says, and being called out like that has supposedly made him a better father and improved the relationship with his kid, all thanks to his yet-to-be-released Vonder AI glasses.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What kind of promo image is this? Did a human design this marketing material?? That's definitely the image that comes to mind when I'm thinking about library advocacy. 😒

Man standing on a beach in camo pants holding a chainsaw between his legs.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

a conversation I've been wanting to have for YEARS is now on the 404 Media podcast: I got to talk to Sherry Turkle, the internet anthropology OG, about conversational chatbots, empathy, the existential threats to self-reflection and solitude, and so much more

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1/ Your water. Your rent. Your pharmacy. Your hospital. Your flight. Your concert ticket. Your local news. Different industries. Same pattern: fewer owners, fewer choices, more leverage over you. Corporate concentration reaches deep into our daily life. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"JJ Pionke, librarian, library and information studies educator, and advocate for people with disabilities, has died." One of the best of us has left this world, moving on, I hope, to a kind of peace. JJ, you will be missed. Fiercely. jj-pionke-memorial.org/in-loving-me...

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In Loving Memory

JJ Pionke 1978 – 2026 JJ Pionke, librarian, library and information studies educator, and advocate for people with disabilities, has died. JJ was born in suburban Chicago to Wayne and Rita Pi…

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026

When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.

Google
Sorry...
We're sorry...

... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
See Google Help for more information.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

wowza! Thanks for figuring it out! It was, of course, the last thing I was trying to do before leaving work. I was planning on picking it back on up Monday. THANK YOU!!!

static.klipy.com

Ice Age Possum: Thank You!

ALT: Ice Age Possum: Thank You!

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#medlibs since the new Trials tab split in Embase, has anyone been able to successfully import the exported trials .ris into Covidence? I'm getting an unsupported file error message

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

no. wtf. no. JUST READ THE PAPER. USE YOUR EYES AND YOUR BRAIN. #medlibs

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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 17/09/2026

This "Cliff's Notes" approach to scholarship degrades everything it touches. It doesn't just "oversimplify" scholarship—it *misrepresents* it. It filters the original contributions of scientists through an algorithm that files off all the *particularity* of a work—what's left isn't science anymore.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ack...bummer! Well, I appreciate you taking the time to confirm that something is wonky with arxiv!

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another question for you...if you've got the time. How about exporting out of arxiv? Not all of them have a DOI displayed, so it only grabs a few. And when I try to go with the default web connector option, it only extracts 10 random citations of my 42.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ah - I just restarted my Firefox and Zotero and now I see this list! Please hold while I try it 🤞

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 10/09/2026

World's cutest coworker just clocked in! Say hello to Bree: therapy dog, book muse, and the biggest floof we've ever met. Bree visited YDL today with Jared (the proud author behind "Paws of Comfort"), and our whole team is still smiling. 🐾

Four Ypsilanti District Library staff members stand together while one holds up a fluffy tricolor Sheltie/Collie-mix dog named Bree, who is being presented facing the camera with her front paws dangling down. The staff member holds a copy of the children's book 'Paws of Comfort: Bree's Helping Adventures' next to the dog. The group stands in a library hallway with a bulletin board of flyers behind them.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

whoa - I don't think I know how to find this DOI option. Where are you right clicking? The web connector folder?

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

349 records. It's very glitchy! I run web connector and it pulls in the first 75. But then I move to the next page of results and do the same thing. It APPEARS to run, but the results don't show up in my Zotero. Only the first 75.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is not what slop refers to. I'm not being purely academic about this. The conflation does matter. Because this is a type of conglation that people do to make any reasonable critique of "A.I." seem overwrought. "Oh they said the same thing about the internet!" And it is not true.

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#medlibs What's the most efficient way to bulk export out of medrxiv?? The "add all citations" button doesn't do anything and my Zotero web connector is hit or miss.

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