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Integrating Ai Into Collection Development Workflows: Prompts, Rubrics, And Responsible Use, Ivan Portillo, David Carson, Margaret Puentes

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

AI technologies are advancing at a rapid pace and offer new opportunities for library advancement. This session highlights practical ways AI can support collection development and discusses opportunities to improve library workflows.  Attendees will also learn how AI can strengthen library resource management by optimizing decision making and use of resources.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Attendees will learn about approaches to integrating artificial intelligence into collection development
• Attendees will learn about artificial intelligence tools and their applicability to collections 
• Attendees will learn about the ethical use of artificial intelligence tools 

A Scoping Review Of Empirical Research On Post-Retraction Citation, Will White, Caitlin Bakker, Susmita Das, Yuanxi Fu, Esther Hsiao, Jess Rogovin, Jodi Schneider

Posters and Presentations

This scoping review examines post-retraction citations as a proxy for epistemic risk (i.e., the likelihood that one holds a false or inaccurate belief). It aims to describe the current landscape of empirical research on post-retraction citation, with the specific aim of determining the extent of epistemic risk and describing how that risk may manifest and result in epistemic harm.

Celebrating 4 Million Downloads In Digital Commons @ Tmc, Alice W. Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

On April 5th, 2005, the first article was deposited in DigitalCommons@TMC. Since then, 44.1k items have been deposited into our institutional repository. On average, DigitalCommons@TMC is viewed on average by 185+ countries, 3200+ institutions, seeing 185k downloads monthly. Audio visual streaming materials have been hosted on DigitalCommons@TMC since 2023, and the system counts more than 1,750+ streams.

This repository reached its 3 million downloads milestone in October 2025, and we are celebrating reaching the milestone of 4 million total downloads in late April 2026. Collection highlights include open access journals, theses and dissertations, library archives and …

Improve Your Research Skills With Tmc Library Youtube Tutorials, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

No abstract provided.

Memorial Day Holiday Hours, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

No abstract provided.

Semantic Correlation Analysis Between Policy Texts And Corporate Annual Reports In The Context Of Digital Transformation In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Fangfang Wen, Xueying Zhang, Duoduo Chen

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance] Policy issuance constitutes a fundamental aspect of effective government administration. The alignment and relevance between policy content and corporate digital transformation practices determine whether policies can fulfill their functional attributes and ultimately affect the implementation effectiveness of enterprise digital transformation. [Method/process] Targeting listed companies in China's pharmaceutical industry, this study measures the semantic similarity between policy texts and annual reports, and examines the alignment between policies and corporate digital transformation behaviors at the thematic level. [Result/conclusion] Policy themes remain at the preliminary stage of digital transformation, exhibiting an overall lag behind actual corporate development. While enterprises are advancing digital …

Ai’S Role In Searching For Evidence: Friend And Foe, Barbara (Basia) Delawska-Elliott, Brandon Wilkinson

Publications 2026-present

No abstract provided.

Computer, Diagnose This Paper: Ai Tools For Student Health Information Research, Brandon Kennedy

Library Class: Lunch & Learn

Discover how to harness the power of artificial intelligence to navigate the rapidly expanding landscape of medical literature in this bite sized 30-minute session. You will learn how to utilize relevant AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Consensus to enhance your ability to develop effective search strategies and interpret information while strictly adhering to academic and ethical standards. Perfect for students who want to incorporate AI within their research workflow.

Planning For Summer And Fall Semester Orientations, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Research and Instruction Librarians are looking ahead to summer and fall orientations and classes. Once you have your dates planned, please request your session to ensure a librarian is available to present.

Install Libkey Nomad Browser Extension For Quick Pdf Access, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library offers direct and fast access to e-journal collections through the browser extension LibKey Nomad.  When you install LibKey Nomad in your favorite browsers and connect the extension to the Texas Medical Center Library, you won't need to find the “Open Athens login” for most sites and you'll get PDFs even faster.

Rare Books Exhibit, Katie Prentice, Sandra Yates

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Visit the new exhibit developed by the McGovern Historical Center team. This special exhibit highlights treasures from the rare book collections, with special focus on items with engraved illustrations. Find the exhibit inside the TMC Library, in the display cases near the Dr. Cooley portrait. This photograph is from Primitiae anatomicae: De humani corporis ossibus 1615) by Pieter Paaw.The actual books will be on display only through April 17 and will be replaced with photographs for the rest of the exhibition. Please note that rare books are always available for viewing/research by appointment.

Ai Powered Research: Consensus, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Consensus is an AI search engine for academic research. It searches over 200 million academic papers and uses language models to help find, understand, and synthesize peer-reviewed literature.

For every query, Consensus first retrieves the most relevant academic papers. It analyzes top results and generates a clear, cohesive synthesis of the findings. Every response includes citations, so you can trace each insight back to the original source.

Use Medical Mode to target your search in 1,000 top medical journals.

Enhancing Patient Care: The Power Of Librarian-Mediated Literature Reviews, Heather J. Martin, Carrie Grinstead, Danielle Linden

Publications 2026-present

Background: Our health system library fields thousands of requests for literature searches each year in support of research, policy, evidence-based practice projects, and care for individual patients. With fewer library staff than comparable institutions and an engaged, multidisciplinary clinical workforce, we face ongoing pressures to do more with less and to demonstrate our value.

Case Presentation: A 2021 article in the Journal of Hospital Librarianship offered an existing survey and basic project design that we used to assess our impacts. We adapted, with permission, the survey and methods of “Analysis of a Hospital Librarian Mediated Literature Search Service at a …

Mendeley: Cite Smarter Not Harder, Jennifer Stockton

Library Class: Lunch & Learn

Tired of manually formatting bibliographies and struggling to keep your research organized? This class introduces you to Mendeley, the free, powerful reference manager that will revolutionize how you handle citations. Learn how to quickly capture and organize references, generate bibliographies in various citation styles (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago), and deduplicate your results. Join us to save time, reduce errors, and focus on your research, not your formatting!

Adapting Peer Review Of Electronic Search Strategies For Single-Concept Hedges: Introducing Press-H, Jenn Ann Monnin, Lynn Kysh

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Interlibrary Loan: From Basics To Current Issues, Jennifer K. Lloyd

Library Faculty Publications

While interlibrary loan has been a core service for health science libraries for decades, changes in policies, software, and workflow are accelerating. This webinar will explain some basics of ILL and its platforms while also focusing on current issues and changes that are confronting libraries.

Rocscholar Annual Report 2025, Lisa Buda

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

RocScholar is the institutional repository (IR) for Rochester Regional Health (RRH) and is managed by the Libraries at RRH. It provides storage and access for RRH’s research and scholarly activity. This report highlights the repository’s fifth year of implementation.

Learn More About Article Processing Waivers And Discounts, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Analysis of the Library’s Publishing Support program reveals over 300 authors benefitted from waivers and discounts from 2023-2025, saving members and institutions around $845,000. Learn more and check your eligibility for this program at the guide Publishing Support at the TMC Library.  The list of participating publishers and details for each agreement are available in the guide. The newest publisher agreement added for 2026 is Springer Nature.

Lunch & Learn Webinar Series, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

We are so excited to bring this series to you and look forward to seeing you in 2026!

Check our institutional repository for presentation and resources guides of archived classes since 2025.

Behavioral Health Resources At The Tmc Library, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

No abstract provided.

Zotero: Your Research Lifeline, Jennifer Stockton

Library Class: Lunch & Learn

No abstract provided.

Reading Ourselves: Self-Documentation, Infamy, And Collective Health In Brazilian Peripheries, Asy Pepe Sanches Neto

Proceedings from the Document Academy

This paper explores self-documentation as a social instrument for surviving misrecognition and constructing situated forms of care. Drawing from Foucault’s Lives of Infamous Men, it examines how lives become visible only when touched by power, through brief administrative inscriptions. Building on Documental Fixity (Sanches & Day, 2020), the argument shifts from the stabilizing power of documents to the anticipatory actions of those who know they are read. Rather than asking what a document is, I treat “document” as a modeling frame imposed upon things to manage indexicality. From passports to school uniforms, documentation organizes visibility and authority. In racialized and …

Lunch & Learn Webinar Series, Jenny Stockton

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

This session offers a comprehensive introduction to Zotero, a free, open-source reference management tool. Learn practical skills to streamline your research and writing process.

Register here to attend the session.

Library Collections By Subject, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The library offers a list of books and journals organized by subject! Have you ever tried to find a book or journal on a specific topic but had trouble remembering the full title?

You can easily browse library resources or perform a quick search using Collections by Subject.

Where To Publish Your Research, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library offers a Where to Publish Your Research LibGuide designed to help researchers identify appropriate journals for submitting their manuscripts. Choosing a journal early in the writing process can save significant time and effort and increase the likelihood of a successful submission.

From Clicks To Clarity: Advanced Searching In Cinahl, Tracy Ashby, Jennifer Stockton

Library Class: Lunch & Learn

Take your CINAHL search to the next level. Learn practical techniques for combining Subject Headings, keywords, and filters to create strong, effective search strategies that support your evidence-based research.

Paywall Payout: A Three Year Review Of The Soml Open Article Fund, Aidy Weeks

Library Faculty Research

In 2022, the School of Medicine Library launched the Open Article Fund as a way to support faculty, residents, and fellows with their scholarly activities when submitting open access publications that would otherwise be ineligible for funding through the University Libraries fund which limited recipients to tenure-track faculty. After feedback from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Office of Research, The pilot fund was structured after the University Libraries funds with some modifications including awarding $2,000 instead of $1500 towards a publication, allowing for publications in hybrid journals, and requiring multi-author team submissions. The fund was initially supported by $30,000 …

Research Support Newsletter (Winter 2026), Elizabeth D'Angel

The AC's Research Support Newsletter (Formerly AISR Connections)

Sections

• New Resources & Updates 
• Research Support & Data Management
• Grants & Funding Opportunities
• Writing & Publishing Support
• Design & Presentation Tools
• Research Integrity
• Research Workshops

Digital Commons@Tmc 2025 Highlights, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

No abstract provided.

Lunch & Learn Webinar Series, Sandra Y. Desjardins, Jenny Stockton

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Take your CINAHL searches to the next level in this hands-on library training. Learn practical techniques for effectively combining subject headings, keywords, and filters to create strong, efficient search strategies that support evidence-based research and clinical decision-making.

Register here to attend the session.