From the President

If you are planning to be at ALA in New Orleans this year, be sure to attend the PTDLA session

PTDLA Day 2009

PTDLA Day Agenda
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Invited Speaker: 10am

National Inventors Hall of Fame
By Joyce Ward

Lunch & Business Meeting : 11am – 1:00pm
Attend the business meeting and enjoy a free box lunch sponsored by PTDLA

Includes a guest speaker from past Saturday Night Live, highlights of PTDLA Web site, and executive council resolutions for three PTDL staff

PTDLA Best Practices Presentations:

1pm – 1:30pm
Boring Patent Data? Continue reading

Strategic Plan Draft for Discussion

Please review and submit comments on the 2008 draft of the PTDLA Strategic Plan. Vision and mission statements were accepted at the 2008 PTDLA Business Meeting.

PTDLA Day 2008

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Invited Speaker: 9 am -11 am
Title: Patent information from the EPO – latest developments in policy, products and practice
Speaker: David Dickinson, EPO

Lunch & Business meeting 11:30 – 1 pm
Attend the business meeting and enjoy the free pizza lunch sponsored by PTDLA

PTDLA Panel Presentations 2:30 pm – 4 pm

Title: Marketing & Strategizing Outreach for Patent & Trademark Presentations
Speakers: Joanne Dugan, Jim Miller, and Bob Kackley

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Invited Speaker: 9 am -11 am
Title: Patent information from the EPO – latest developments in policy, products and practice
Speaker: David Dickinson, EPO

Lunch & Business meeting 11:30 – 1 pm
Attend the business meeting and enjoy the free pizza lunch sponsored by PTDLA

PTDLA Panel Presentations 2:30 pm – 4 pm

Title: Marketing & Strategizing Outreach for Patent & Trademark Presentations
Speakers: Joanne Dugan, Jim Miller, and Bob Kackley

Report from PATLIB 2007

PATLIB 2007
SEVILLE SPAIN
Report by Virginia Baldwin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://www.epo.org/about-us/events/archive/2007/PATLIB2007.html
May 14-16, 2007

PATLIB 2007
SEVILLE SPAIN
Report by Virginia Baldwin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://www.epo.org/about-us/events/archive/2007/PATLIB2007.html
May 14-16, 2007
Attending the PATLIB conference of patent and trademark librarians from all over Europe was an amazing experience. The Spanish Patent Office was the host of PATLIB2007, in Seville, in the province of Andalusia in southern Spain. Continue reading

Long Range Planning Document Draft

The Long Range Planning Committee has posted a draft planning document for member comment. Please post comments before the end of May.

Executive Committee Resolution Recognizing Mr. James A. Arshem (2006)

On December 14, 2006 the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association recognized and honored Mr. James A. Arshem with a Lifetime PTDLA Membership Award for his valuable years of leadership and commitment to making patent and trademark information available to the public, and for the many contributions that he has made to both the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program and United States Patent and Trademark Office.