The Poison Book Project (be careful with green)

To help call attention to ALA's Preservation Week (April 28-May 4), American Libraries Call Number podcast recently covered an interesting project between a museum and university library around toxic bookbinding materials from the 1800s. Check out the Poison Book Project from the University of Delaware and the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. I don't know if you have any books in your collection that might fall into this category, but it's an interesting read regardless. 

It's time for the BMJ Christmas issue!

This probably makes me a giant nerd, but one of the things I most look forward to in December is the BMJ Christmas issue.  I love that it's silly, but they still "do not publish spoofs, hoaxes, or fabricated studies."  Side note, I also love their use of the Oxford comma.

This year, I particularly enjoyed their unsystematic review examining the poisonous plants of the holiday season and this interactive article inviting readers to spot real article titles vs those generated by AI.  It's harder than you might expect.

TOXNET Website to Retire Dec. 16, 2019: Most content will Remain Available

Table of Contents: 2019 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER No. 430

TOXNET Website to be Retired, Most Content Will Remain Available. 

NLM Tech Bull. 2019 Sep-Oct;(430):e3.

On December 16, 2019, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork) website will be retired. Most content will remain available through other NLM databases as well as from external websites.

TOXNET has served as an integrated system of toxicology and environmental health information. The most frequently used databases are being incorporated into three NLM core resources: PubChem, an open chemistry database; PubMed, a resource for biomedical literature; and Bookshelf, a free online resource to access books and documents in life science and healthcare.

Several resources in TOXNET came from other organizations, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and will continue to be available from those sources. Some databases will be retired.

The TOXNET transition page provides a list of its databases and how to access their content. Please check that page and the NLM Technical Bulletin for updates.

If you have questions, please contact NLM Customer Support at https://support.nlm.nih.gov/.

ISSN 2161-2986 (Online) 

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