The presentation slides and recording are now available for Michael White’s 4/30/12 webinar on “Introduction to Patents for Chemistry Librarians and Information Professionals” Continue Reading

Title: Introduction to Patents for Chemistry Librarians and Information Professionals

Date/Time: Monday, April 30 from 3-4:30 pm EST

Presenter: Michael White, Queen’s University
Sponsored by: Chemistry Division, Special Libraries Association: http://chemistry.sla.org

Cost: Free of charge to both SLA members and non-members.  Registration is limited.

Description: Patents are an important source of chemical information, much of which is not published in journals. The American Chemical Society estimates that 46 percent of all new small molecules added to the CAS Registry in 2010 were disclosed first in patent applications. The growth in chemical patents is accelerating, driven in part by China. In 2010, approximately 2 million new patent applications were filed worldwide; of these, about 22 percent were chemistry related. The patent literature is interdisciplinary and international, encompassing innovations in every field of technology during the last two hundred years. Patents reveal the current state-of-the-art and provide vital information for making informed decisions about new research projects and business opportunities. In this 90 minute workshop, Michael White (Engineering & Science Library, Queen’s University) will introduce you to patent documents and patent search tools. Learn how to:

• Navigate patent documents;
• Select the best patent database for your information needs;
• Retrieve patent documents;
• Search by inventor and company name;
• Search by patent classification;
• Retrieve patent family and legal status information; and
• Analyze patent data using free visualization tools.

Presenter: Michael White is the librarian for research services in the Engineering & Science Library at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He has worked with patent information since 1991. He was the engineering, patents and trademarks librarian at the University of Maine from 1995-1998 and a librarian in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1998-2005. During his career he has conducted dozens of workshops on patent searching for inventors, attorneys, librarians and paralegals. In addition, he has given presentations on patents at the Canadian Engineering Education Association, American Society for Engineering Education, Ontario Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association. He is an active member of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG), Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association, SLA and ASEE.

Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/754992656

NOTE: Registration for the live event is limited to 100 people.  Registration will close once this limit is reached. A recording of the webinar will be posted to the Chemistry Division’s website shortly after the event.  The archived recording will be available free to all.

GoToMeeting System Requirements:

• PC users: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
• Macintosh users: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

Why is copyright a librarian issue?  Why does your organization need to be copyright compliant? What are some common copyright myths?

 CCM100. Introduction to Copyright Management: Principles and Issues addresses these and other questions.  Join instructor Lesley Ellen Harris on 18 January to improve your copyright knowledge and add value in your organization.  Continue Reading

 

Registration for the SLA Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division’s 2012 Spring Meeting will be held March 18-20, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland is now open!
Full meeting information and registration is online at:  http://www.regonline.com/pht2012
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Join us for a Webinar on January 12
What do you call a librarian without a library?

Flexible, brave, curious, energetic, and involved!

With all the debate about the lack of traditional library jobs, have you ever wondered what else you can do with your information professional expertise?  How do you find a non-traditional role that uses all of your skills? And what new skill-sets would you need to learn?

Bethan Ruddock talks about the career options that an information professional qualification opens up for you, and gives you tips on how to align your thinking and development to working in a non-traditional environment.

Bethan Ruddock is an early-career professional, working as Content Development Officer for Library and Archival Services at Mimas, University of Manchester. She is Awards Chair and Early Career Co-Chair for SLA Europe, and Co-Chair of the LMD Marketing Section.  Bethan blogs at http://bethaninfoprof.wordpress.com, tweets as @bethanar, and is currently editing a New Professional’s Toolkit (http://lisnewprofs.wordpress.com/), due for publication in 2012.

Title:
LMD PD Series: Alternative Careers Webinar
Date:
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Time:
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

As you plan for conference travel in 2012, please consider attending an SLA Chemistry Division CE course during the SLA 2012 conference in Chicago, IL. You will find brief course information and ticket prices here.

You are not required to register for the full conference in order to attend a weekend CE course. I hope that this entices your colleagues who live in the local area!

Contact Ted Baldwin Professional Development Chair, with any questions.

The Chemistry Division will host three continuing education (CE) courses on June 11 & 12, during the SLA 2011 conference in Philadelphia, PA. These hands-on courses will give you skills to enhance your understanding of chemistry fundamentals, chemical information, and specialized structure searching. Continue Reading

The recording of the October 19 webcast “Chemical Information for the Non-Practitioner” is now available for viewing. Continue Reading

The SLA Chemistry Division is pleased to co-sponsor an upcoming webcast, featuring the Division’s very own Judith Currano. This educational webcast will teach you the basics of locating chemical information.

“Chemical Information for the Non-Practitioner” begins at 6:00pm EST on Tuesday, October 19. This webcast is free, although advanced registration is required (by Monday, October 18 at noon EST). Note: the onsite program is held in Philadelphia, and includes a tour of the Chemical Heritage Foundation prior to the webcast. More details follow.

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DESCRIPTION:
This session will provide sources and insight into the process of locating chemical information for those without a science background. Even if you’re a seasoned professional, this session will demonstrate some new approaches to age-old questions in the chemical field.
By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:

• Understand the organization of the chemical literature and the unique access points that it offers
• Identify key sources or types of source for various types of chemical reference questions,
• Be aware of the specialized search techniques that exist to answer particular types of question.

Sponsored by the SLA Philadelphia Chapter and SLA Chemistry Division. The webcast will also be recorded and archived.

Will you be at the Special Libraries Association 101^st annual conference in New Orleans this June? Please consider attending the SLA Chemistry Division’s Continuing Education courses on June 12-13. These highly-regarded courses provide essential hands-on learning on the fundamentals of chemistry and chemical information, and are taught by experts in their field. Full course details are provided below. Both courses provide discounted rates for SLA student members.

SLA 2010 conference registration is now open at http://s36.a2zinc.net/clients/sla/sla2010/public/enter.aspx. CE course tickets can be purchased during the registration process.

Note: you are NOT required to attend the conference in order to come to a CE course. Contact Ted Baldwin for details.

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Chemistry for the Non-Chemist Librarian

Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8am-5pm

Ticket # 130 : $299 members / $399 non-members / $149 student members (limit 5)

Instructors: Bartow Culp (Purdue U.), Judith Currano (U. of Pennsylvania)

Description: It is necessary that any information scientist with responsibilities for providing chemistry reference services understand the structure and language of chemistry. This course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the five major divisions of chemistry, their basic principles, and the intellectual tools that chemists need to do their work. It will be composed of three basic sections, an introduction to chemistry as a science, basic concepts and research questions in chemistry and strategies for effective communication with chemists, and the ways in which chemists’ research needs dictate their information needs. SPECIAL NOTE: Student Member Rate = $149.

Chemical Information Sources, Request, and References

Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 8am-12noon

Ticket # 305 : $199 members / $299 non-members / $99 student members (limit 5)

Instructors: Judith Currano (U. of Pennsylvania), Dawn French (Millennium Inorganic Chemicals)

Description: The course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the types of questions that chemical researchers ask and reference sources that can be used to answer them. It will provide an overview of the structure of the chemical literature, types of reference sources in the chemical sciences, unique access points for chemical information, and strategies for an effective search. Informal lectures, interspersed with hands-on reference questions, will compare and describe the major chemical information resources. SPECIAL NOTE: Student Member Rate = $99.