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The Newsletter of the Patent & Trademark Depository Library Association

News from PTDLs

Akron, OH

Akron-Summit County Public Library
Submitted by: 
Monique Mason

The Science & Technology department at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, home of the Akron PTDL, enjoyed a busy 2010.

Albany, NY

New York State Library
Submitted by: 
Bill Schilling

The main news this year is that we have a new representative to the PTDL Program. Stephanie Barrett is taking over from Bill Schilling who has just retired at the end of March, 2011.

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Institute of Technology
Submitted by: 
Lisha Li
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In collaboration with the PTDLP Office at USPTO, Georgia Tech PTDL held a free “Patents and Trademarks 101” Workshop (http://libguides.gatech.edu/patentsworkshop) on campus in November 2010.

Auburn, AL

Auburn University
Submitted by: 
Andrew Wohrley

Last year was active for the Auburn PTDL. I had my first meeting with inventors, organized through the Small Business Development Center on campus.

Cheyenne, WY

Wyoming State Library
Submitted by: 
Karen Kitchens
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The Wyoming State Library (WSL) became a PTDL in 2005. I am the sole staff member within the PTDL, and additionally manage the Federal Depository Library program here at WSL.

Clemson, SC

Clemson University
Submitted by: 
Jan Comfort
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Greetings from sunny Clemson SC. As I write this, spring is beginning to become evident on campus. It’s my favorite season here, because it means that the PTDL Training Seminar will begin soon.

College Park, MD

University of Maryland, College Park
Submitted by: 
Jim Miller

Jim Miller and Bob Kackley are still the main “patent folks” at College Park (PTDL since 1984), though we try to get other people involved.

Dallas, TX

Dallas Public Library
Submitted by: 
Steven Gaither
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During the past 12 months, the Government Information Center at the Dallas Public Library has continued to offer intellectual property programs to local inventors.

Dayton, OH

Wright State University, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
Submitted by: 
Ran Raider

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library has been a PTDL since 2000. Our PTDL collection is stored in the Information Commons area of the main library.

District of Columbia

Howard University, Founders Library
Submitted by: 
Adia Burriss Coleman
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Greetings from the Nation’s Capital,

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Broward County Library System
Submitted by: 
Eileen Fischlschweiger

Hi Readers!

Honolulu, HI

Hawaii State Library, Federal Documents Section
Submitted by: 
Stewart Chun

A big warm sunny aloha to everyone from our corner of the world.

Houston, Texas

Fondren Library, Rice University
Submitted by: 
Esther A. Crawford
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The PTDL at Rice University is located in Fondren Library’s Kelley Center for Government Information and Microforms.

Little Rock, AR

Arkansas State Library
Submitted by: 
Michael Strickland
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It’s hard to believe that a year ago the Arkansas State Library officially re-opened to the public after moving to our new location at 900 W. Capitol Ave in Little Rock.

Louisville, KY

Louisville Free Public Library
Submitted by: 
Rae Shepherd-Shlechter

Let me introduce myself. I’m Rae Shepherd-Shlechter and I have been the PTDL Librarian since 1998 for the Louisville Free Public Library.

Madison, WI

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kurt F. Wendt Library
Submitted by: 
Nancy Spitzer

Wendt Library serves the departments of Engineering, Computer Science, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, and Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.