DSM-5 Draft Criteria Open for Final Public Comment: May 2nd through June 15th, 2012
Oh, the wonders of the internet – and the DSM and its 5th edition, for which psychiatrists, psychologists, and lawyers await with baited breath: DSM-V is expected in May 2013.
Free, public workshop at the Multnomah Central Library:
Sunday, June 10, 2012
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Multnomah County Central Library
801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR
U.S. Bank Room.
Free and open to the public.
If you follow national and international news it’s important to make sure you remember that other people in other places may define THINGS differently from the way we define them in America.
For example: Did you know that a U.S. Billion is different from a British Billion? (See also the Oxford Dictionaries website entry.)
(Think about those $$$ amounts thrown out in news stories about international financial debacles. Whose “Billion” is being referenced?)
The April 2012 Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin contains a detailed summary of this interesting case about blogging, bloggers, journalism, defamation, and the law: Obsidian Finance Group, LLC and Kevin D. Padrick v. Crystal Cox (3:2011cv00057) (D. Or. Nov. 30, 2011) (Motion for new trial denied Mar. 27, 2012) (Appeals filed March 30, 2012, and April 25, 2012)
“The Poster Child: How Oregon’s Blogging Defamation Case Attracted National Attention,” by Janine Robben.
Excerpts:
“Last November, a federal jury in Portland found a vitriolic, Montana-based blogger liable for $2.5 million for defaming an Oregon State Bar member and his company online. On March 27, 2012, a U.S. District Court judge denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial, setting the stage for an appeal that will be followed by First Amendment lawyers, bloggers and traditional journalists around the country.
Read this blog post by Ernie the Attorney. At first blush it looks as if it is recommending yet another tech tip, and it is, but it is also describing a useful tech lesson he has learned on how to make better use of his time.
It’s no miracle cure (there isn’t one) for our “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can” era, and it might not work for you, but if it does, it just might reduce a little of your tech-stress so you can at least enjoy your weekends:
“What’s Time to a Pig? Or How to Learn to Be super-efficient With Technology?
Professional indexing is an art and a craft. If you are a writer who is inclined to go it alone, for money or for love of indexing, or if you have someone who loves you and is willing to create an index for your book:
Chronicle of Higher Education has a 3-part article about DIY book indexing:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
The May 25th, 2012, Library Link of the Day, and other sources, tip us off to this article:
“How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit,” by Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, May 15 2012.
InfoDocket links us to, “New Report from ALA Explores Challenges of Equitable Access to Digital Content”
“The American Library Association (ALA) today released a new report examining critical issues underlying equitable access to digital content through our nation’s libraries. In the report, titled “E-content: The Digital Dialogue,” authors explore an unprecedented and splintered landscape in which several major publishers refuse to sell e-books to libraries; proprietary platforms fragment our cultural record; and reader privacy is endangered….” [Link to ALA press release and report.]
We have updated our guide: “How to dispose of used law books.“
You can link to the guide from the Washington County (Oregon) Law Library website (under the heading “Donations“).
Thank you to the Law Librarian Blog post: 2012 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction: Voting for one of three finalists closes on July 8
Excerpt from ABA news article (and you can vote here):
“After reviewing some 40 submissions, judges have selected three finalists for the 2012 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Now you can help them pick the winner by voting in the poll accompanying this post through July 8.
Oregon Legal Research Blog