No doubt you've heard about the heartbreaking and unjust 1932 study by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) on the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men at Tuskegee Institute. NLM has just made available a collection of over 3,000 items including letters, meeting minutes, articles, and more available to anyone for use.
This newly digitized collection aims to "ensure this chapter in history is never repeated and build greater trust in current biomedical research through transparency."
One of our Library vendors sent the following notice about a new internet browser cookie consent banner that you'll be seeing soon if you use Ovid databases. [Read the full notice below ...]
Some Librarians are recommending that our users "accept all cookies" when searching or working with our fulltext databases. These will be coming up more often with other library resources.
Why: These internet cookies offer added functionality within the databases, such as remembering your history or other value-added features. If you don't accept the cookies, some important and useful things might disappear, or get blocked, and you'll wonder why the page is broken.
Behind the scenes, these cookies also help us track generic and anonymous usage data (NOT personal data) on what journals, articles, ebooks, etc. of our library databases are getting used. This is valuable stewardship data that helps us ascertain what resources are most useful for our library users.
Worth Repeating: These cookies do NOT collect or share your personal data.
That said, you may want to be selective about accepting cookies from non-library sources, who may not be as considerate of your privacy or personal information.
So if you want to get the most out of your/our Library databases, please "accept all cookies" when you see those banners.
Read more about how this cookie movement impacts Library resources:
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How to Publish a Manuscript by Dr. Glaumcomflicken
Yes, he's a real doctor.
Dr G. offers a humorous and satirical look at the state of scholarly publishing today.
See also:
Preserving Scrapbooks by Melissa Tedone, Conservator at Iowa State University.
Association for Collections & Technical Services, American Library Association (ALCTS-ALA)
If any of you are responsible for archival collections at your institution, this video may be helpful. Even though this video is 9 years old now, it's still valid, and was recently recommended to me by a bona-fide archivist.
I recently ran out of one of the supplies we use to reformat old scrapbooks and create new ones, and wanted some direction on what to use now since the item is no longer available.
Hint: Adhesive dots are NOT recommended, because they are similar to the old self-adhesive magnetic scrapbook albums and can migrate and stain paper and other materials.
This would also be a great introduction for any volunteers you may have doing this manual work for you, because it explains the whys behind what we do for conservation and preservation purposes.
This is a snippet from the presentation describing the materials and supplies for creating scrapbooks that last vs. supplies to avoid.
Generative Misinformation with Dr Jevin West
from the University of Washington, Graduate School Office of Public LecturesJoin the Office of Public Lectures for an evening with Jevin West, Associate Professor in UW Information School, Co-founder of the DataLab. Addressing misinformation is one of society’s grand challenges. In so doing, we might have a chance at the other grand challenges—preventing the next pandemic, preserving our planet, and protecting democracy. Humans, armed and amplified with social media, have been the primary producers of misinformation. This may be changing. Human-like chatbots and other forms of generative AI are and will contribute to this problem. It was a hard enough with humans; AI might make pre-2023 look like the good old days of mitigating misinformation. In this talk, I will address some of these new challenges and potential next steps. [AI did not generate this abstract.]
Dr. West frames the lecture in 4 parts:
Excellent lecture!
If this all sounds familiar, Jevin West is one of the authors of Calling BS: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World.
During a stroll through a local bookstore, I ran across this book on the history of "the library" appropriately called The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen.
This episode of "Travels Through Time", a history podcast, spoke with the authors and delved a little deeper into library history.
"Of all the accomplishments of human civilisation, the creation of libraries, making the preservation and transmission of knowledge possible, is surely the greatest. In this episode the academics Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen take us back to 1850, a pivotal moment in the history of public libraries."
NNLM Discovery, a podcast from NNLM, recently concluded their two-part series on library projects awarded the Collection Equity Outreach award. These stories encompass libraries of all kinds across Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington.
Don't forget about the upcoming WHSLA Wisdom Chat featuring Claudia Noonan.
Wednesday, November 8 from 2-3 pm CT
In this Wisdom Chat, Claudia Noonan, Medical librarian at Marshfield Clinic Health System, will inform us about what is important for librarians to know about copyright, so we can become a copyright asset to our organizations.
Join us for Claudia’s presentation followed by our usual round of sharing.
WHSLA Wisdom Chats are open to all WHSLA members in good standing. If you are a current member and didn't receive an invitation, please contact Barb Ruggeri, WHSLA Wisdom Chat coordinator.
For those interested in military medince, the University of South Alabama's Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library is hosting a virtual book discussion next week.
