Lindsey Sikora, MISt, PhD
@lindyrexie.bsky.social
Head, Research Support (HMSTEM) @uOttawaBiblio | Methodologist in knowledge synthesis | Dad joke fan | Coffee addict
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Parry Sound library champions Indigenous literature: ‘Language and culture are not things to be put away and shelved’ www.parrysound.com/things-to-do...
Parry Sound Public Library is expanding its Indigenous literature collection and book clubs to ensure local culture isn’t just celebrated in June.
Parry Sound Public Library is expanding its Indigenous literature collection and book clubs to ensure local culture isn’t just celebrated in June.
July 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Parry Sound library champions Indigenous literature: ‘Language and culture are not things to be put away and shelved’ www.parrysound.com/things-to-do...
Parry Sound Public Library is expanding its Indigenous literature collection and book clubs to ensure local culture isn’t just celebrated in June.
Parry Sound Public Library is expanding its Indigenous literature collection and book clubs to ensure local culture isn’t just celebrated in June.
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Doctors warned of rising tick-borne disease anaplasmosis. Bacterial illness is transmitted by blacklegged ticks, the same species driving up rates of Lyme disease, by Jennifer Yang
www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
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www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @cmaj.ca @theglobeandmail.com
Doctors warned of rising tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in new CMAJ report
Bacterial illness is transmitted by blacklegged ticks, same species driving up rates of Lyme disease
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Doctors warned of rising tick-borne disease anaplasmosis. Bacterial illness is transmitted by blacklegged ticks, the same species driving up rates of Lyme disease, by Jennifer Yang
www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @cmaj.ca @theglobeandmail.com
www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @cmaj.ca @theglobeandmail.com
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#medlibs and #systematicreview / #evidencesynthesis fans, next week’s Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium is using #lesss2026 for their tag 🙂 sites.google.com/view/lesss/h...
LESSS 2026
June 15-18, 2026
Schedule change: 11:15 am - 3:45 pm EST
Registration Open
sites.google.com
June 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
#medlibs and #systematicreview / #evidencesynthesis fans, next week’s Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium is using #lesss2026 for their tag 🙂 sites.google.com/view/lesss/h...
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gasp, you don’t say! the most obviously predictable thing happened when the lying machine was rolled out in healthcare?
May 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
gasp, you don’t say! the most obviously predictable thing happened when the lying machine was rolled out in healthcare?
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President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.
Trump’s Proposed Budget Guts Local Libraries and Museums
Luckily for patrons, there appears to be little support for the cuts in Congress.
www.truthdig.com
April 29, 2026 at 1:01 AM
President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.
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It's International Anti-Street Harassment Week!
Give me one hour of your time and I'll teach you five really practical ways that you can safely intervene and de-escalate harassment in public spaces.
It's free and open to anyone but it's not recorded, so show up or miss out!
Give me one hour of your time and I'll teach you five really practical ways that you can safely intervene and de-escalate harassment in public spaces.
It's free and open to anyone but it's not recorded, so show up or miss out!
We don't have to treat sexual harassment in public spaces as an inevitability.
Bystanders *can* intervene and change the narrative.
Join me this Int'l Anti-Street Harassment Week for a FREE training!
Open to anyone, anywhere. Cameras/mics off, so very chill!
Register:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Bystanders *can* intervene and change the narrative.
Join me this Int'l Anti-Street Harassment Week for a FREE training!
Open to anyone, anywhere. Cameras/mics off, so very chill!
Register:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
It's International Anti-Street Harassment Week!
Give me one hour of your time and I'll teach you five really practical ways that you can safely intervene and de-escalate harassment in public spaces.
It's free and open to anyone but it's not recorded, so show up or miss out!
Give me one hour of your time and I'll teach you five really practical ways that you can safely intervene and de-escalate harassment in public spaces.
It's free and open to anyone but it's not recorded, so show up or miss out!
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Librarians are called groomers for defending the right to read, including books that might feature, gasp, queer folks
Meanwhile, old, adult, conservatives are lamenting that 15 year olds aren't getting pregnant
On national television
As if that isn't fucking gross
Our culture is fucked
Meanwhile, old, adult, conservatives are lamenting that 15 year olds aren't getting pregnant
On national television
As if that isn't fucking gross
Our culture is fucked
Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"
April 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Librarians are called groomers for defending the right to read, including books that might feature, gasp, queer folks
Meanwhile, old, adult, conservatives are lamenting that 15 year olds aren't getting pregnant
On national television
As if that isn't fucking gross
Our culture is fucked
Meanwhile, old, adult, conservatives are lamenting that 15 year olds aren't getting pregnant
On national television
As if that isn't fucking gross
Our culture is fucked
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Don’t miss this hands-on workshop with Avery Swartz, tech educator and best-selling author. Explore live demos and learn how to use AI tools in your academic journey. No experience needed.
Date: March 31st (2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Learning Crossroads - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
Date: March 31st (2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Learning Crossroads - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
March 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Don’t miss this hands-on workshop with Avery Swartz, tech educator and best-selling author. Explore live demos and learn how to use AI tools in your academic journey. No experience needed.
Date: March 31st (2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Learning Crossroads - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
Date: March 31st (2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Learning Crossroads - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/library/even...
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Ne manquez pas cet atelier pratique avec Avery Swartz, formatrice en technologie. Explorez des démonstrations en direct et apprenez à utiliser des outils d’IA dans votre parcours académique.
Date : 31 mars (14h - 15h30)
Lieu : Carrefour des apprentissages - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/bibliotheque...
Date : 31 mars (14h - 15h30)
Lieu : Carrefour des apprentissages - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/bibliotheque...
March 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ne manquez pas cet atelier pratique avec Avery Swartz, formatrice en technologie. Explorez des démonstrations en direct et apprenez à utiliser des outils d’IA dans votre parcours académique.
Date : 31 mars (14h - 15h30)
Lieu : Carrefour des apprentissages - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/bibliotheque...
Date : 31 mars (14h - 15h30)
Lieu : Carrefour des apprentissages - CRX C220
www.uottawa.ca/bibliotheque...
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Training is open to anyone, anywhere but I wanna say to men: What we see in our sector is that men either don't care OR tend to be overly confident in their ability to intervene effectively.
I get so much feedback from men re: this workshop who say they've completely re-thought their approach now.
I get so much feedback from men re: this workshop who say they've completely re-thought their approach now.
Spring is in the air which for many of us, means a return to being on high alert for street harassment.
Help create safer community spaces by getting training in effective bystander intervention!
It's FREE and focused on practical skills of de-escalation.
Don't miss out!
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Help create safer community spaces by getting training in effective bystander intervention!
It's FREE and focused on practical skills of de-escalation.
Don't miss out!
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 23, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Training is open to anyone, anywhere but I wanna say to men: What we see in our sector is that men either don't care OR tend to be overly confident in their ability to intervene effectively.
I get so much feedback from men re: this workshop who say they've completely re-thought their approach now.
I get so much feedback from men re: this workshop who say they've completely re-thought their approach now.
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Ugh. Study shows use of AI can nudge our beliefs...
Are we moving toward a corporate controlled and (given who owns AI) an increasingly conservative hive mind?
Study: Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are we moving toward a corporate controlled and (given who owns AI) an increasingly conservative hive mind?
Study: Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues
Biased AI writing assistants shift people’s attitudes about societal issues; common interventions do not prevent this influence.
www.science.org
March 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Ugh. Study shows use of AI can nudge our beliefs...
Are we moving toward a corporate controlled and (given who owns AI) an increasingly conservative hive mind?
Study: Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are we moving toward a corporate controlled and (given who owns AI) an increasingly conservative hive mind?
Study: Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Attention all health professionals and clinicians who have an interest in the arts and teaching empathy: you should be in Ottawa April 19-21 2026 for this amazing conference. Your soul will be restored!
Email [email protected] for more details #meded
Email [email protected] for more details #meded
February 19, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Attention all health professionals and clinicians who have an interest in the arts and teaching empathy: you should be in Ottawa April 19-21 2026 for this amazing conference. Your soul will be restored!
Email [email protected] for more details #meded
Email [email protected] for more details #meded
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Because...
👏Countries with more female leaders have less inequality. (WEF)
👏Countries with more women in parliament have lower levels of corruption. (European Journal of Political Research)
👏Female participation in parliament has a positive effect on the economy. (Frontiers in Political Science)
👏Countries with more female leaders have less inequality. (WEF)
👏Countries with more women in parliament have lower levels of corruption. (European Journal of Political Research)
👏Female participation in parliament has a positive effect on the economy. (Frontiers in Political Science)
March 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Because...
👏Countries with more female leaders have less inequality. (WEF)
👏Countries with more women in parliament have lower levels of corruption. (European Journal of Political Research)
👏Female participation in parliament has a positive effect on the economy. (Frontiers in Political Science)
👏Countries with more female leaders have less inequality. (WEF)
👏Countries with more women in parliament have lower levels of corruption. (European Journal of Political Research)
👏Female participation in parliament has a positive effect on the economy. (Frontiers in Political Science)
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🚨 5 ways to spot when a paper is a fraud www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com w @elisabethbik.bsky.social
- Check references
- Check authors & affiliations
- Pay attention to the science ("Paper-mill manuscripts tend to be formulaic")
- Irregularities in the text
- Use existing tools
- Check references
- Check authors & affiliations
- Pay attention to the science ("Paper-mill manuscripts tend to be formulaic")
- Irregularities in the text
- Use existing tools
Five ways to spot when a paper is a fraud
Science sleuths share their common-sense tips for sniffing out fishy articles.
www.nature.com
February 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
🚨 5 ways to spot when a paper is a fraud www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com w @elisabethbik.bsky.social
- Check references
- Check authors & affiliations
- Pay attention to the science ("Paper-mill manuscripts tend to be formulaic")
- Irregularities in the text
- Use existing tools
- Check references
- Check authors & affiliations
- Pay attention to the science ("Paper-mill manuscripts tend to be formulaic")
- Irregularities in the text
- Use existing tools
How to make data open? Stop overlooking librarians www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to make data open? Stop overlooking librarians
Digital archivists are already experts at tackling the complex challenges of making research data open and accessible. We can help to smooth the transition.
www.nature.com
February 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
How to make data open? Stop overlooking librarians www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why every scientist needs a librarian
Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.
www.nature.com
February 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight #misinformation www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“We can’t be shrinking away from this space because it’s not going away.”
Agree. Love seeing more and more informed and creative voices in the mix! 🙏
“We can’t be shrinking away from this space because it’s not going away.”
Agree. Love seeing more and more informed and creative voices in the mix! 🙏
The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation
Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.
www.nature.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight #misinformation www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“We can’t be shrinking away from this space because it’s not going away.”
Agree. Love seeing more and more informed and creative voices in the mix! 🙏
“We can’t be shrinking away from this space because it’s not going away.”
Agree. Love seeing more and more informed and creative voices in the mix! 🙏
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Early sharing of research through conference presentations may indicate quality, trustworthiness: "honest signals of a researcher’s willingness to expose their work to scrutiny"
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social
Preliminary Evidence Linking Open Science to Research Integrity - The Scholarly Kitchen
Is open scholarship an honest signal of researcher integrity? Today's post presents preliminary evidence that data and code sharing, preprinting, and other open behaviors are indeed less common in pap...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Early sharing of research through conference presentations may indicate quality, trustworthiness: "honest signals of a researcher’s willingness to expose their work to scrutiny"
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social
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I've found these articles on Scholarly Kitchen really useful:
Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It (parts 1 & 2)
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...
@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It (parts 1 & 2)
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...
@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
Why Authors Aren't Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen
Only a negligible percentage of authors seem to actually be disclosing their AI use. Here's why I think that's the case.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I've found these articles on Scholarly Kitchen really useful:
Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It (parts 1 & 2)
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...
@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It (parts 1 & 2)
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...
@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
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This is a fucking nightmare
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
This is a fucking nightmare
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🎯
I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got.
Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.
I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got.
Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🎯
I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got.
Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.
I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got.
Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.
Oh no. Oohhhh no no.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Oh no. Oohhhh no no.
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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#medlibs - an interesting proposal, and seeming more necessary as the complexity of AI tool details and uses in #evidencesynthesis work increases:
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist
Background: Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) build the foundation for evidence synthesis, but they are exceptionally demanding in terms of time and resources. While recent advances in Artificial In...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#medlibs - an interesting proposal, and seeming more necessary as the complexity of AI tool details and uses in #evidencesynthesis work increases:
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things