Why Should Librarians Care about Intellectual Property (IP)?: Focus on Trademarks

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

This piece is the second installment of a five-part series called “Why Should Librarians Care about Intellectual Property (IP)?” See links to the previous Part 1 below, at the base of this post. This blog post series highlights why librarians should learn how to identify and search for different types of intellectual property, such as […]

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Why Should Librarians Care about Intellectual Property (IP)?: Focus on Patents

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

This piece is the first installment of a five-part series called “Why Should Librarians Care about Intellectual Property (IP)?” and focuses on librarians working with patents. Librarians working with patents This series of blog posts will give a general overview about four types of IP: librarians working with patents, trademarks, designs, and copyrights. Librarians work […]

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Open Research Data: Strengthening the Scientific Process

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

This piece is the fifth installment of a six-part series called “Open to potential: How embracing open data can advance public health practice, governance, and research.” See links to the previous Parts 1-4 below, at the base of this post. As a longtime member of the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association, […]

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