Akron-Summit County Public Library Big change seemed to be the theme for 2011 – both on the local level and for the larger PTDL program. The year started with the retirement of two long-term Science & Technology department librarians, who, while not directly responsible for the library PTDL program, were nonetheless a deep resource upon which we had come to depend. The good thing to come out of the retirements was the hiring of new librarian Janice Radl who was quickly added to the Patent Team, along with Monique Mason and Curtis Bower.
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Submitted by reinman on March 9, 2012 - 3:18pm
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Library has been part of the Patent & Trademark Resource Center Program since 1984.
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Submitted by reinman on March 5, 2012 - 4:03pm
The Ann Arbor MI PTRC is located in the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library (AAEL) in the Duderstadt Center at the University of Michigan.
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University of Baltimore Law Library We’ve had an extremely quiet year, so I don’t have a whole lot to report. Our public patrons have had mostly mechanical inventions based on a need they noticed while going about their own routines. One of our professors has developed an interest in trademarks, so I’ve gotten more experience doing trademark searching. I find it more challenging than patent searching because you really have to analyze an image and can’t rely as much on keyword searching.
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Greeting s to all PTRCs! The Wyoming State Library (WSL) has been a PTRC in 2005. I am the sole staff member within the PTDL, and additionally manage the Federal Depository Library Program here at WSL. We are the only PTRC in the state and consequently, serve the entire population of Wyoming. Our state population is approximately 544,000. As you can imagine, this compels me to focus more actively on distance service versus in-house.
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It has been a very eventful year here at Clemson. Since last year’s Seminar, I have been involved in a number of Intellectual Property activities. On April 26th I celebrated World Intellectual Property Day with a program for Library staff. The theme for the year was “Designing the Future,” so the program was mostly about design patents, with some trademarks and copyrights thrown in for good measure. Attendance was pretty good, and not JUST for the cake. In the fall, I participated in our Library Instruction program designed to reach EVERY freshman and transfer student.
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Submitted by reinman on February 13, 2012 - 11:57am
COLLEGE PARK (PTDL/PTRC since 1984) - Our big news this year is Bob Kackley's retirement, March 1st 2012.
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Submitted by reinman on March 5, 2012 - 4:01pm
The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library has been a PTRC since 2000. Our PTRC collection is stored in the Information Commons area of the main library.
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Submitted by PTDLA on March 13, 2012 - 4:21pm
The PTRC at Rice University had a busy year. We were so happy to welcome Siu Min Yu back from her fellowship at the PTDL Program Office in Virginia.
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Submitted by reinman on February 21, 2012 - 11:30am
March 15 will mark the second year that the Arkansas State Library (PTRC since 1983) has been at our new location at 900 W. Capitol Ave in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Submitted by reinman on February 29, 2012 - 2:32pm
In 2011, the Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS), a Patent & Trademark Resource Center since 1985, celebrated its 40th anniversary.
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Submitted by reinman on March 7, 2012 - 8:30pm
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Submitted by reinman on February 29, 2012 - 2:29pm
Established in 1993, the Orono, Maine PTDL is located at the Raymond H. Fogler Library's Science & Engineering Center at the University of Maine.
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Oklahoma State University Edmon Low Library The Oklahoma State University Library has been a Patent and Trademark Depository Library since 1956. We are housed in the main University Library and are part of the Government Documents Department, a regional depository for federal government documents.
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Pennsylvania State University, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library The Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library is the PTRC for the Pennsylvania State University Libraries which has been part of the program for 31 years. Our primary librarian for patent and trademark information services is John Meier and the Head of the library is Nan Butkovich. Of our additional three full time staff, Megan Folmar has attended the PTDL workshop in the past. Penn State has 22 campuses and at least 3 of them have librarians teaching patent information literacy.
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