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@tcshields.bsky.social
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personal account | opinions are my own and all that | too curious for my own good | avid reader (no, I probably won't share because y'all might get judgey) | she/her | #medlibs 🦀 #EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews | 🌈 🌻

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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AND! There are livestreams and highlight videos if you want to see things in action. explore.org/livecams/bro...
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Brown Bear Salmon Cam Brooks Falls | Brown Bears | Live Cams | Explore.org
Watch Brown Bear Salmon Cam Brooks Falls live cam at Brown Bears on Explore.org.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Whoohoo! It's Fat Bear Week! 131 Marshmallow is looking fluffy. katmaiconservancy.org/fatbearweek
katmaiconservancy.org
Katmai Conservancy | About Fat Bear Week | Join the Conservation Celebration
Discover the story of Fat Bear Week, a celebration of resilience and survival among Katmai's bears. Vote for your favorite and support conservation efforts.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Rather fitting for me today. 🙃
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Another day, another #medlibs job posting where the hourly rate/salary is abysmally low, like insultingly so. Especially for position that requires a Masters degree and is full time. DO BETTER, libraries and library leadership.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Proof: school photo, Caton's Chapel 1954ish. Dolly is second from the right, in between the 2 kids on the right front. The teacher on the left is my grandmother, little boy front center in the plaid shirt is my dad.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm from the same hometown as Dolly. My dad went to school with her. My grandmother was one of her teachers. I got to meet with her a few times, including my freshman year of high school when she had the marching band be on her tv show. Her passing is hitting harder than I expected.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm heartbroken. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
nytimes.com
Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Today in #EvidenceSynthesis and reading #SystematicReview methods: "A systematic search of the NCBI Database" - I guess that means PubMed? Also, the way I absolutely loathe extra/unnecessary parentheses in searches, I want to rage so hard. 🙃 #medlibs Source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#medlibs and @medlibassn.bsky.social : Has something borked up the listservs again? I haven't gotten any emails from caucuses or other emails. Is it just me? Ever since they switched to the new website nothing has worked well. I miss old school listservs
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yes! And last week the latest Murderbot Diaries book, Platform Decay, came out.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Libraryland has a serious salary problem. 50K salary unacceptable anywhere for any position asking for an experienced person with a Masters degree, full stop. #medlibs makes it even worse, because of the subject matter expertise needed on top of that.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#medlibs - PCOS is getting a new name: polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Will have to see if MeSH follows. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
That this is a thing at all is galling, but coming out at the start of Mental Health Awareness month is especially egregious. I am here today and a functioning member of society because of antidepressants. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...
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Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#medlibs heads up, this book is coming out July 7 and definitely getting put at the top of my TBR: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Harsh Medicine
Why Women Can't Get Ahead in Science and Health Care
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
US centric: DEA, NIDA, SAMHSA, CDC, Dept of Labor, state health departments, some professional orgs may have info on that as well since there's a fair bit of misinfo out there on the topic
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
People who insist on double spaces after periods in text are the bane of my existence. STOP DOING THAT.
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a little girl in a red and purple dress is giving a thumbs up and the words `` stop it '' are behind her .
ALT: a little girl in a red and purple dress is giving a thumbs up and the words `` stop it '' are behind her .
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The plot thickens! As folks review the final version, "reads like AI" and "needs polishing" have been invoked by someone who is now offering substantial edits and comments that would have been helpful oh, 2 months ago.
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a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .
ALT: a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is heartbreaking and infuriating. AHRQ does such important, vital work. My #medlibs introduction to #EvidenceSynthesis is directly tied to AHRQ - specifically the Evidence-based Practice Centers they funded. rollcall.com/2026/04/07/n...
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‘Nobody answers’: The unraveling of a patient care research agency
A small federal agency responsible for studying how health care works for patients is largely dormant despite receiving millions of dollars from Congress for research into antibiotic resistance, healt...
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#medlibs www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
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Where Do Americans Get Health Information, and What Do They Trust? | Pew Research Center
(PIKSEL via Getty Images) About this research This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on health information and how they view their own health. Why did we do…
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i don't want to live through one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Those KSAs are wildly applicable in non-library positions - many of which pay better, too. And sure, there's unpaid, invisible labor in other jobs, but not near as much as there is in libraries, in my experience. Workload is lighter, pay is better too.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
When I stepped away from working in a library, I realized how varied and specialized the skill set I have from that experience. Anyone in a library position develops a wide range of knowledge, skills, and abilities out of necessity. That's rarer than you might think outside of libraryland.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I've been thinking about this lately, esp. as it applies to burnout. When you add in all the unpaid labor libraryland requires to function, the salaries become even more egregious. And don't get me started on the specialized skill set needed for library work - looking at you, #medlibs.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You think they will have documents displayed in bathrooms?
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Reading inserted comments in a work document with a lot of collaborators is more entertaining than it should be. You can see the pettiness just seeping out. No amount of emojis can save some async interactions.
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a panda bear is standing in a kitchen next to a man and a chef .
ALT: a panda bear is standing in a kitchen next to a man and a chef .
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Reading this article and watching these videos are so rage inducing. That these boys dictated what projects were rejected is sickening.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I just had to monitor my facial expression for 90 minutes so now i need my blank wall time ok
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#medlibs and others in #libraries or library-adjacent spaces: If you haven't encountered cardcatalogforlife.substack.com, there's some really thoughtful discussions around AI, information literacy, and how to think about our interactions with information. Good stuff.
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
Card Catalog | Hana Lee Goldin, MLIS | Substack
Teaching you how to think like a librarian in the age of AI. Click to read Card Catalog, by Hana Lee Goldin, MLIS, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This. I can't pinpoint exactly when it changed, but it's fairly recent/only been a few years. I want to say they added the APA too. Or at least it was mostly referred to as just PsycINFO/PsycInfo.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
For any #medlibs who might need some encouragement
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
omg I bawl my eyes out, even on rereads. I don't know if I'll emotionally handle season 2 of the tv show if it follows The Long Game. Also, I had to explain Heated Rivalry to my therapist recently, she didn't know about it. Yours seems more tapped in.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
ngl, that's a really cool flex. Which book are you on? 🙂
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
THANK YOU! I thought the same thing.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
May her name forever be spoken in remembrance for all she shared in this life.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Yes, it's the worst.
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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Friends, if you were waiting to check in on a bud, but keep delaying: do not delay, check in. Tell your friends you love and care about them, and if you’re thinking: I should reach out. REACH OUT.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I swear, the hardest part of any job that I've had is the annual performance review and setting goals.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#medlibs
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Very cool! The visuals really tell a story.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Yeah, that's weird. It is my understanding that the old MeSH term should map to/be replaced by the new one. I could be wrong though... any other #medlibs have ideas? I would contact the help desk about what you found and ask what is happening.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
it gets better 🙃<insert everything is fine gif> www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/s...
statnews.com
Why some hospitals are making their own ChatGPTs for patient records
Some large health systems are building their own AI-powered chatbots to make it easier for their clinicians to query patients' health records.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Feb 2010 in Nashville, I drove through snow to take a friend that had abdominal pain to the ER. Next day, the melt refroze into black ice. I slipped on it while taking out the trash, ended up at the same ER with 3 fractures - dominant side shoulder, both wrists. Huge mess. Winter weather is no joke.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"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...
nature.com
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I'll send you the files and documentation of what I did. 🙂
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So there you go - some new MeSH descriptors, some changes to old, and a lot less shenanigans than I feared. Thanks for joining me on this nerdy medical taxonomy journey.
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
And a few more random new #2026MeSH: > Nursing Home Residents > Cognitive Enhancement > Reiki > Tuberculosis Disease > Royal Jelly > Thermal Comfort > Autoimmune-Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants > Reverse Vaccinology > Microneedle Drug Delivery > Vestibular Migraine
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
new #2026MeSH : #EvidenceSynthesis [publication type] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099... Am I a little giddy about this? Maaaaybeee
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
speaking of drugs... new #2026MeSH : Drug Dispensaries www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099... There's a bunch of protein terms, Extrachromosomal DNA (interesting), but then... (drum roll please)
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Looks like a few drugs have moved up from supplementary concept to full #2026MeSH descriptor: Semaglutide www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099... Abacavir (I think this was supp con before?) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099...
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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
new #2026MeSH : Plant-based Milk www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099... For the vegetarians, vegans, and lactose intolerant. "Soy Milk" has been around as MeSH, but this is a broader term for (entry terms): Almond Milk Coconut Milk Nut Milk Oat Milk Plant Milk Rice Milk
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