Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Popping on to say: Come to #LasVegas, #medlibs! #AZ #CA #NV librarians are holding a Joint Mtg Jan 16-18th and would LOVE to see you. Registration includes programming AND food (minus dinners). www.mlgsca.wildapricot.org/2026-Joint-Meetingmlgsca.wildapricot.org 110
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sKate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Every library worker has benefitted in some way from @fobettarh.bsky.social's work, and if you can afford to, please pay it forward: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo.... If you can't donate, please share.gofundme.comDonate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel GerrardHello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant 13121
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Being optimistic in these times is a challenge, but if you are a #librarian working in #healthsciences or #medlibs and want to either volunteer to be a promotion letter writer OR find librarians to do this for you, please take a look at this project: osf.io/e7mb2/ Please share widely :)osf.ioAcademic Health Sciences and Medical Librarian Volunteer Letter Writers ListThis project aims to compile a list of volunteers to write promotion or evaluative letters for other librarians. We attempt to gather the most pertinent information about the volunteers' rank, status,... 042
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sMedical Library Association @medlibassn.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Is your library truly accessible to all? Join us on Tuesday, August 5 for a live webinar and learn how to evaluate and improve your physical and digital spaces. Register here: bit.ly/4lL1pIs #medlibsbit.lyBeyond Compliance: A Guide to Accessibility Audits for Your LibraryScheduled: Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 1:00pm-2:30pm CT Discover how to create a truly inclusive library space with our upcoming webinar on accessibility audits. This session is designed to guide you… 021
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 22/07/2025There's too much to say. The comments say it all for me. 010
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80scshannon.bsky.social @cshannon.bsky.social · 19/07/2025#publichealth #medlibs 002
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025#medlibs 📚 0149
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 11/07/2025A a health literacy focused #medlib, the news about MedlinePlus AND outreach is devastating. BUT the mention of cuts to NCBI within that 40% reduction should chill everyone who does biomedical research. They maintain PubMed as well as Entrez, gene, protein, nucleotide, BLAST, PubChem... 010
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Sigh, AI. At least when I ran the prompt in OpenEvidence it did MUCH better...? 100
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I'm a bit worried... Anyone else a bit worried how they might meddle with the backend during this time? #medlibs 160
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Wtf C&RL? Caving to publishing "diverse viewpoints" thinly masked and badly argued as cognitive freedom - they don't even use 'intellectual' since their standpoint is clearly NOT based on best evidence... or any. 1/ 110
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Oh heeey! Who wants to come to Las Vegas and hang with #medlibs #canmedlibs? We promise to not torture you like ALA... 👀 Palace Station January 16-18, 2026 Joint #MLAnet chapter meeting from your friends in AZ, CA & NV. mlgsca.wildapricot.org/2026-joint-meetingmlgsca.wildapricot.orgMLGSCA - 2026 MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting 020
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Ouch. Not winning is already hard, but losing so badly you're even kicked out of the position you previously held? 🤭🤭 Thanks, #Canada! 🇨🇦🇨🇦 #schadenfreude #Carney #Poilievre 1111
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 28/04/2025#medlibs what is the app for #MLAnet25? I registered today for virtual (not my fault it's so late!) and never received an email on April 15th (or I trashed it 🫠) 310
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Hey US #medlibs check MEDLIB-L for a message of support from our CHLA friends and colleagues. Feels like a warm hug. 🥺media.tenor.coma cartoon of a person sending a virtual hug with a loading bar .Alt: a cartoon of a person sending a virtual hug with a loading bar . 360
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The fact that they are trying so hard to defund libraries, science and education means they know how powerful we are. It doesn't make the reality of our times better, but remember that you are a badass who billionaires and politicians fear. #librarians #highered #education #science 020
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sNikki Dettmar @eagledawg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025#medlibs heads up 191
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sTracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 27/03/2025#medlibs sla.org/news/697073/...sla.orgSLA Announces Dissolution - Special Libraries Association, Inc.The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a global organization dedicated to supporting information professionals and specialized librarians, has announced it will begin a dissolution process after 116 years of service to the profession. 413
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/03/2025Newsletter: The tech media needs to move away from optimism and dreaming about what AI (and AGI) can do, and start focusing on the dangerous financial crises brewing. Failing to hold the powerful accountable is cowardice, and actively harmful to society. www.wheresyoured.at/optimistic-cowardice/wheresyoured.atThe Phony Comforts of AI OptimismA few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism," framing those who would criticize generative AI as "having fun," damning them as "hyper-fixated o... 17990197
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 27/03/2025It'd be nice to know the journals that have been cut from the national agriculture library, too. 🥺 010
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I was waiting for this but hoping it wouldn't be so soon. #libraries #medlibs #publiclibraries 112
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Life as a librarian means deriving joy from small, silly things. + I scheduled a meeting where the title was all acronyms and it described it accurately + I suggested our regional conference theme should start with "Dam it" since it's taking place in Las Vegas. 100
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 11/03/2025MAHA-hahahaha. #vaccines #HHS #RFKJr #PublicHealth 000
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Why buy drugs when you can be a cop and steal 'em for free? 🤡 #fentanyl #ACAB www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comCalifornia deputy seized fentanyl during an arrest, then OD'd while on duty, report saysA Sacramento County sheriff's deputy resigned earlier this year after a yearlong investigation found that he had kept seized drugs for personal use. 000
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Hello #medlibs #Librarians or anyone interested in #ConsumerHealth 👋 Does anyone have a subscription to youtube where you can download videos? DM me for details. 200
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I never expected to retire and/or have social security benefits, but the 17.5% of my income my job forces me to invest in a 401k instead of providing a pension is making me verrrrrry upset as I watch the economy get completely destroyed. I've never trusted the concept of 401k anyway. 000
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sKaetrena @kaetrena.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Colleagues: are you interested in learning about Critical Hope or how it can be applied in libraries? Would you like to be part of an emerging community of practice? Please join Ione Damasco and me as we host this community-building event! Register at: tinyurl.com/3pjs3ck5 094
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 25/02/2025#medlibs still in #MLA, There's a town hall scheduled for THIS Friday at 8am pst/11am est. "Share concerns and ideas relating to recent EOs that may be affecting you and your institutions and how association can best support you." Your Chapter Community Councilor should have the info. 031
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80seileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 08/02/2025State-by-state breakdown for N.I.H. funding, and how many jobs, institutions, and research impacted www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...unitedformedicalresearch.orgNIH In Your State - United For Medical ResearchSelect a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America. 22110
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Higher Ed institutions, especially public ones who rely on diverse student populations, have nothing to gain from complying with fascists. They hate educated citizenry no matter the color or sex. Your institutions will fail anyway, so why be oppressors in the interim? #HigherEd #DEI #Diversity 000
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Have a bit of a doom scroll cleanse. Duncan, 6, and a very demure car passenger. 010
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Int'l Health Literacy Assoc.'s Librarian group welcomes library students and all library workers interested in improving health info services to the public. Mtgs every other month on 2nd Thursdays, 3-4pm CT. Next meeting 2/13/25. Register tinyurl.com/y63v86kn #medlibs #Libraries #HealthLiteracytinyurl.comInternational Health Literacy Association Librarians Advancing Health Literacy Interest Group MeetingThis meeting is an opportunity for librarians, paralibrarians, library students and information professionals to share how they are promoting or supporting health literacy within... 130
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Has anyone heard if any of these data and information scraping endeavors have included medlineplus? Does it matter as much since it tended to link out to other resources? #medlibs #canmedlibs 231
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 04/02/2025*Runs in, throws a match, runs out* #medlibmedia.tenor.coma man with a beard is covering his mouth with his hand and says oops .Alt: a man with a beard is covering his mouth with his hand and says oops . 260
Another Katie from the 80s @leapyear84.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I'm finally building an advanced query in PubMed and... They really mucked it up and it makes me very sad. 😢 010
Reposted by Another Katie from the 80sJohn Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Pretty funny that in 2006 people said libraries and librarians were obsolete because of search engines and now the internet is nothing but AI that will tell you glue is a food group 231143290