From Tamara, aka PI Buzz, a private investigator who should also be declared an honorary librarian given her outstanding research, knowledge, and penchant for sharing attributes: Free Sources to Verify a Death
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.]
The 2012 PNPA Seminar and Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Governor Hotel in downtown Portland.
The topics and speakers for this year’s meeting are:
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“).
The Oregon DMV offers print (English and Spanish) and audio versions of the driver manuals:
From the Oregon DMV website, click through to their Manuals webpage.
And more from their Forms and Publications webpage.
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.
May 20-26, 2012, is Dog Bite Prevention Week. Who knew?!
“Important Tips for Preventing Bites from Man’s Best Friend” with a link to DogGoneSafe.
