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 […]
As Information Governance professionals, we are constantly bombarded by news of new “disruptors” to our profession. As Michael P. Allen, MBA, CRM and Mary Beth Weaver, MLS, CRM, CIP, PMP discussed at a Metro Maryland ARMA meeting, being “disruptive” used to be a bad thing that got you sent to the principal’s office. Nowadays, we […]
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, […]
This piece is the second installment of a multi-part series on Data Analytics. See link to the previous Part 1 below, at the base of this post. Interlibrary loans are part of the lifeblood of research libraries, bridging the gap between research needs for information and shrinking library budgets. Data analytics, long used to […]
This piece is the fourth 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, 2, & 3 below, at the base of this post. Open data initiatives are a natural fit for government programs at any […]
This piece is the third 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 & 2 below, at the base of this post. Open data holds potential for public health on a number of different levels. […]