Tag: COVID-19
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Kicking Off 2023 with New Publications
I feel so lucky to have the time and freedom in my professional life to contribute to the scholarly discourse in librarianship. And I’m starting 2023 off strong with two back-to-back publications on two very different topics. In January, an article I wrote with the brilliant Deborah Charbonneau from Wayne State University was published in…
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The End of an Era: Sunsetting the VA COVID-19 Evidence Reviews Website
As of September 30, 2022, the evidence review website that I have been updating since April 2020 will start to make its way to sunnier pastures. The close of over two years of almost daily updates on COVID-19 evidence reviews feels like closing a significant chapter on a big part of my professional life and…
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New MLAConnect Article!
I wrote a short piece called “Let’s Stop Reinventing the Wheel: Locating and Evaluating Existing Systematic and Rapid Reviews on COVID-19 Topics”, which addressed the importance of checking for existing systematic reviews before starting a new one during the COVID-19 pandemic. I also included links to resources of systematic and rapid reviews, like the Cochrane…
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New Collaborations Lead to an MLA Connect Article
I had a few weeks ago, I had half a blog post written about the rise in COVID-19 reviews calling themselves “systematic reviews” and whether that was appropriate given the rapid development of literature in this area. While I was gathering my thoughts, a listserv email came into my inbox with a request from a…
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Yep, Still Here
I started this blog to keep track of professional activities and accomplishments, but I haven’t posted since October 2019. I’d like to say I’ve been super busy (I have been busy, just not super busy), but the fact is that I’ve had some trouble staying motivated the past few months. This isn’t the first time…
Kathryn Vela 