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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
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Big change seemed to be the theme for 2011 – both on the local level and for the larger PTDL program.

Amherst, Massachusetts

niversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Submitted by: 
Paulina Borrego
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst Library has been part of the Patent & Trademark Resource Center Program since 1984.

Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan - Art, Architecture and Engineering Library
Submitted by: 
Leena Lalwani

The Ann Arbor MI PTRC is located in the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library (AAEL) in the Duderstadt Center at the University of Michigan.

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech Library
Submitted by: 
Lisha Li
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The Georgia Tech Library has gone through many changes in 2011, the biggest of which was the grand opening of the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (Clough Commons) in August 2011.

Baltimore, MD

University of Baltimore Law Library
Submitted by: 
Joanne Dugan Colvin

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.

Cheyenne, WY

Wyoming State Library
Submitted by: 
Karen Kitchens

Greetings to all PTRCs! The Wyoming State Library (WSL) has been a PTRC in 2005.

Cincinnati, OH

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Submitted by: 
Linda Kocis

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has been a member of the Patent & Trademark Depository Library system since it’s inception in 1871.

Clemson, SC

Clemson University
Submitted by: 
Jan Comfort

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.

College Park, MD

University of Maryland, Engineering & Physical Sciences Library
Submitted by: 
Jim Miller

COLLEGE PARK (PTDL/PTRC since 1984) - Our big news this year is Bob Kackley's retirement, March 1st 2012.

Dallas, TX

Dallas Public Library
Submitted by: 
Johanna Johnson

We continued to offer the bi-monthly One-to-One Question and Answer Workshops. Patent Librarian Steve Gaither coordinated the sessions with Patent Attorney and former Patent Examiner Bob Wise.

Dayton, OH

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

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.

Detroit, MI

Detroit Public Library, Business, Science & Technology Department
Submitted by: 
Mary Kordyban
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The year 2011 was a busy year for us. In April, we moved into our newly renovated department. For a year we had shared cramped quarters with another department as construction took place.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Broward County Main Library
Submitted by: 
Eileen Fischlschweiger
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Hi Readers!

Honolulu, HI

Hawaii State Library
Submitted by: 
Stewart Chun
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We wish you all a warm sunny aloha from our little slice of paradise in Hawaii.

Houston, TX

Fondren Library, Rice University
Submitted by: 
Esther Crawford
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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.

Lincoln, NE

University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Submitted by: 
Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

Virginia Baldwin, UNL’s PTRC rep and Engineering Librarian for 10 years, retired at the end of June, 2011. The new Engineering Librarian and PTRC rep is Tracy Bicknell-Holmes.