Michelle Zafron

I have removed the CDC from my LibGuides. I'm still linking to some discrete pages, but I don't feel comfortable linking to the main site. I hate this timeline. #medlibs

Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
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ChatGPT has fallen

millions of students must learn

I spend more time trying to find out how to turn off "helpful" AI....

#medlibs anyone familiar with Swift Active Screener? #systematicreviews

Only found out about this today (we use it for DOCLINE delivery): "The NNLM will end support for delivery.nnlm.gov on Friday, December 19th 2025. The document delivery site will no longer be available after that date, and it will not be replaced with a similar service." #MedLibs

The one I live and die by is the deduplicator. We have Covidence and I don't see us switching to this, but SR Accelerator (presumably teratools as well) has a stronger deduplication tool #medlibs #systematicreviews

Have you been using them? If I can have one review at a time without having to pay that would be great

According to the Systematic Review Accelerator page, the suite of tools is being sunsetted at the end of this October in favor of TeraTools. Any #medlibs have experience with that? #systematicreviews

I have twice now successfully used an anecdote from Elaine Stritch at Liberty in a workplace context with two of my reports...#lifegoals

Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift An executive order comes as access tightens and lawmakers eye state-level solutions.

Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift gothamist.com/news/hochul-...

Dear Microsoft,

Stop making me uninstall Copilot weekly. I do not want it and will not willingly use it.

Please and thank you.

Frustrated

a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

My mood at the moment...

NIH wants to hear from you. No really.

Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

#medlibs

Duke School of Medicine plans salary cuts for tenured faculty who do not meet grant expectations Set to go in effect in 2026, the proposed policy would apply to the School’s basic sciences units. These units rely heavily on grants from the National Institutes of Health, which have been increasing...

"A Duke professor who spoke to Science on the condition of anonymity called the May guidelines a “creative way to go around the tenure system and force tenured professors to quit on their own.”" www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

I just got back from a trip to the Maritimes and every Canadian I met was lovely and welcoming. It was a nice respite from the hellhole I live in now #elbowsup

Even with occasionally checking my email during my 2-week vacation, I still managed to have over 470 messages in my work inbox.

ugh we now have the new #EBSCO ux. Not a fan. #medlibs Evidence synthesis is going to be extra fun.

Did my lunchtime perusal of the national news and am, of course, horrified. This happens on a daily basis. I dream of a time when I can just shrug it all off and go back to living in uninteresting times.

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

McMahon Sharpens Tone on Accreditation Education Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation.

McMahon Sharpens Tone on Accreditation

@usedgov.bsky.social Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/44Mhx73

I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.

I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…

This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
#MedLibs

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.

Dr. Hayden, who served as the Librarian of Congress since 2016, was fired Thursday as the White House continues to remove officials seen as opposing the president's agenda. The LOC serves as the principal research library for Congress & hosts the US Copyright Office. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...

MetroFocus | MISTER ROGERS GOES TO WASHINGTON | Season 2019 MISTER ROGERS GOES TO WASHINGTON

Sharing that time that Mister Rogers went before Congress to defend public television.

For no reason at all.

www.pbs.org/video/mister...

Happy Monday- We're here to provide you with morel support ha ha!

I'm glad you made the session! Just sorry I didn't get a chance to chat with you!

#medlibs - great strategy thread for countering health dis/mis/malinformation 🌊both now & in times ahead

A colleague at #mlanet2025 alerted me to the insanity of the covid dot gov page.