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New PubMed, the good, the bad, and the missing - November 20, 2020 @12 pm eastern
11/20/2020
Event Description
Session Description: We all have feelings about new PubMed, some good (cited by!), some bad (MeSH only on the homepage), some ambivalent (search details under advanced now). As librarians, we are expert searchers, however new PubMed is geared specifically for the non-savvy searchers; highlighted most crucially the new default sort of Best Match which now exists alongside the more well-known Automatic Term Mapping feature. Best Match may have implications that reach beyond facilitating searching for non-expert users. We need to understand the implications of these features both on our own searches for clinical practice or research. Understanding the implications will also allow us to improve our education of non-librarian users in best practices for searching PubMed, no matter the circumstance.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the search features of the new PubMed and how they can influence search results
Describe the strengths and weakness of non-Boolean searching features in PubMed, specifically those of Best Match, Similar Articles, and Citing Articles
Understand what search features contain AI within PubMed, and what effects that might have on search results and the use of those results
Information:
November 20, 2020
12:00 pm eastern / 9:00 am pacific
via Zoom
Cost:
$25 for CHLA-ABSC members
$50 for non-members (register as guest on next page)
Presenter Bios:
Clara Turp is a discovery systems librarian at McGill University Libraries in Montreal, Quebec. As part of Digital Initiatives, she is involved in managing, configuring, and integrating selected library systems, including, but not limited to the Library's Discovery layers. She is interested in how algorithms intersect with users and the ethical implications that arise from artificial intelligence.
Lucy Kiester is the Undergraduate Medical Education Library at McGill University Libraries in Montreal, Quebec. She is an embedded instructor in the EBM theme for all UGME students, and is working on research with Clara Turp on how algorithms might have effects on clinical decision making.
Dr. Margaret Sampson is a long-time health science librarian active in research. She is finishing a term as Manager of Library Services at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Moving forward, she plans to continue some professional activities, including research, international, and association work.
