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CenTENnial:
WSU Libraries celebrate two federal programs
The
WSU Libraries will celebrate 100 years of participation in the
Federal Depository Library Program of the U.S. Government Printing
Office and 10 years as a patent and trademark depository library
of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Both
programs, housed in Ablah Library, provide access to more than 750,000
government documents in printed and CD-ROM formats and direct, electronic
searchable access to more than eight million files of patents, trademarks,
and documents via the Internet.
The
WSU Libraries are among only 86 libraries nationally designated
as patent and trademark resources. It is the only patent and trademark
depository program in Kansas.
The
public is invited to three events Oct. 23-24 starting with a dessert
reception and program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the Sudermann
Commons Room in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
Francis
Buckley Jr., superintendent of documents of the U.S. Government
Printing Office, will be the guest speaker. Buckley will discuss
the vision of the 1895 Printing Act and how that compares with the
contemporary view of e-government, including the overall role
of the U.S. Government Printing Office and the federal depository
library program in thedigital age.
The
festivities continue with a cake cutting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
24, in the Ablah Library foyer. Cake will be served following a
brief ceremony to recognize the role WSU Libraries play in making
government information available to the public.
A patent
and trademark workshop will be held 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 24, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. The featured speaker
is Thomas Mosley Jr., author of "Marketing Your Invention."
The workshop will be presented by WSU Libraries, WSU’s Small
Business Development Center and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
There
is a $40 registration fee for the workshop, which includes lunch.
To register, call 978-3193.
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