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PTRC News for 2021

Reno, NV

University of Nevada, Reno
Submitted by: Tara Radniecki

The PTRC at the University of Nevada, Reno continued to offer services throughout 2020, virtually from mid-March to June and both virtually and in-person, following all facial covering and social distancing protocols, from July through the end of the year. We currently have one PTRC librarian (Tara Radniecki) but will likely pull the business librarian back into the fold once such a hire has been made.

During this unprecedented year, our consultation numbers dropped substantially but we continued to provide information and services as we and our users navigated this new environment. Continue reading

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah
Submitted by: Alfred Mowdood and Tallie Casucci

Utah’s PTRC is located at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The PTRC representative is Alfred Mowdood, who became the rep after Dave Morrison retired in 2017. Tallie Casucci also helps the PTRC efforts. The Marriott Library has been a PDL and now PTRC since 1984.

With the pandemic lock-down, we moved all our teaching materials into online formats for both synchronous and asynchronous classes. Continue reading

Stillwater, OK

Oklahoma State University
Submitted by: Suzanne Reinman

Working remotely from March through July, patent and trademark reference assistance for researchers and inventors continued by phone and email. I created a link on our PTRC website for the USPTO COVID Response Resource Center.

In August, I contacted all new OSU faculty in the STEM disciplines regarding the Patent and Trademark Resource Center on campus. I contributed copies of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center brochure to new faculty packets for the fall semester. Continue reading

University Park, PA

Penn State University
Submitted by: John Meier

John Meier is the PTRC rep for University Park, PA hosted by Penn State University in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library. I am joined by Lori Lysiak and Carmen Cole as librarians with advanced PTRC training. A few other Penn State librarians have recently been trained online by John and the PTRC program office. We have been a PTRC for over 40 years and have grown rapidly in recent years due the University president’s Invent Penn State initiatives. Continue reading

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2021

PTRCA Officers

President's Report
Message from the Program Office
Treasurer's Report


Executive Committee Resolutions:
None


Minutes from 2020 Seminar:
Annual Business Meeting (PDF)
Executive Council Meeting (PDF)

PTRCA Journal

Volume 31 (2021)

2021 Journal Articles
  • Intellectual Property, Secrets, and Declassified Information. Mastering United States Government Information: Sources and Services, Christopher C. Brown, Libraries Unlimited, 2020.
    Suzanne Reinman
  • Questioning Authority: Patents and Source Evaluation in an Era of Misinformation
    Jess O'Toole, Georgetown University
  • Stalking the Wild X Patent
    Barbara J. Hampton
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