Hilda Bastian

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Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/

#MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #History #HistSci #Science #OpenScience #OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian3d ago
English-language international virtual meeting about OLSPub, the PubMed safety net plan from @ZBMED set for June 14: https://eveeno.com/information-event-olspub
#MedLibs
Online information event ‘Resilient and independent life science research infrastructure’

Strengthening the resilience and independence of the life sciences research infrastructure in Europe is necessary regarding the risks posed by dependencies on US-based information services. ZB MED will therefore develop an alternative to PubMed.

eveeno
Hilda Bastian4d ago
ZB MED5d ago

Deutschlands Plan für ein offenes und unabhängiges PubMed-Sicherheitsnetz: In einem Gastbeitrag in unserem Blog beschreibt @hildabast, wie ZB MED mit #OLSPub eine resiliente Infrastruktur für biomed. Literatur aufbaut: https://blog.zbmed.de/deutschlands-plan-offenes-unabhaengiges-pubmed-sicherheitsnetz

Im engl. Original erschienen bei Absolutely Maybe – PLOS Blogs ogy.de/agno
Dankeschön an Hilda Bastian, dass wir die deutsche Übersetzung veröffentlichen dürfen!

#OpenScience #PubMed #OpenInfrastructure

Deutschlands Plan für ein offenes und unabhängiges PubMed-Sicherheitsnetz

PubMed ist eine wichtige Literaturdatenbank. Könnte PubMed häufiger und für längere Zeit ausfallen? ZB MED stellt sich dieser Herausforderung.

ZB MED-Blog
Hilda BastianMay 22

The YouTube of the OLSPub presentation ( @ZBMED PubMed safety net ) is now online: Click on subtitles/captions for English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVEv1hwLU0&feature=youtu.be

Join the project list here: https://www.listserv.dfn.de/sympa/info/project_olspub

My original post here: https://mastodon.online/@hildabast/114506938813547939

OLSPub als Alternative zu PubMed: Infrastructure made in Europe

YouTube
Hilda BastianMay 21
Autumn has arrived very late here in southern Australia this year. First frost today. (RIP basil 😞)
Hilda BastianMay 19
NLnetMay 14

The Open Web Index goes public on June 6!
For over two years OpenWebSearch.eu has worked on a federated pan-European Open Web Index to promote independent web search. In June @openwebsearcheu will make almost a petabyte (and growing) of open web data available to anyone who is interested.
Join the kick-off event to learn how to access and use the Open Web index.
https://openwebsearch.eu/june-event-announcement-the-open-web-index-goes-public/

#NGI #Search

June Event Announcement: The Open Web Index goes public! - OpenWebSearch.eu – Promoting Europe‘s Independence in Web Search

After 2,5 years of intensive research and programming efforts, the entire Openwebsearch.eu project team is excited to grant access to its pilot of the first-ever federated pan-European Open Web Index (OWI). From June onward, commercial and scientific development teams of any size as well as interested individuals are welcome to access and make use of […]

OpenWebSearch.eu – Promoting Europe‘s Independence in Web Search
Hilda BastianMay 18
CarveHerNameMay 18

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.

#AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Hilda BastianMay 18
EdwinMay 18

Belfast humour.

**To all the people who like this post but who are not following me: follow me and see more.. by morning mistake I forgot to put it to followers only.

Hilda BastianMay 15
Hilda BastianMay 14

This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @ZBMED just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open and independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @PLOS on the meeting & how institutions & others can help: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/germanys-plan-for-an-open-and-independent-pubmed-safety-net/

#MedLibs

Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe

A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…

Absolutely Maybe
Hilda BastianMay 14
Jeroen BosmanMay 14
Very good English language write-up by @hildabast of the session today (20250514) on OLSPUB, a planned Pubmed safety net and alternative being worked on at ZB MED, the German national library of medicine. https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/germanys-plan-for-an-open-and-independent-pubmed-safety-net/. TL:DR: There's serious work going on to build an alternative Pubmed going beyond a mirror, so including independent ingestion of metadata and abstracts of new articles. https://www.zbmed.de/en/research/current-projects/olspub
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe

A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…

Absolutely Maybe
Hilda BastianMay 14

This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @ZBMED just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open and independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @PLOS on the meeting & how institutions & others can help: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/germanys-plan-for-an-open-and-independent-pubmed-safety-net/

#MedLibs

Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe

A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…

Absolutely Maybe