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January 2022
Advanced Patent Information Course (APIC)
17 half day sessions on advanced patent searches, legal aspects, the accessibility and retrieval of patent information. Successful innovation is inseparable from the proper use of Patent Information. Patent Information has an essential role in both the legal as the technical-scientific aspects of the innovation process. Good Patent Information Management is of very high value for companies and gives a competitive edge! Get the right advanced knowledge, insights and skills.
Find out more »Professional internet research (Online)
In times of Information Overload it is very important to be able to ‘filter’. This is especially true for information specialists who deal with supporting research. The secret of effective and efficient searching for information lies in the skill to formulate a clear research question, a structured approach and the right search strategy. Only when these 3 aspects of search are taken care of it is possible to change your search output form 10 million irrelevant hits tot 500 hits with…
Find out more »RDA and LRM (online)
RDA (Resource Description and Access) was introduced and implemented worldwide in 2014 and there will a new version in 2021. It is the new cataloging standard that uses the concept of LRM (Library Reference Model). As an cataloger you will encounter these terms more and more. There has been published a lot about these new standards. In this course we will look at the practical side for you as an Information specialist or Librarian.
Find out more »April 2022
Basic Patent Information Course – Online (BPIC)
Succesful innovation is inseperable from the proper use of Patent Information, both concern the legal-patent aspects as well as the technical-scientific aspects of the innovation process. However, the use of Patent Information is often far from optimal for the following reasons: The lack of knowledge with the material, on one hand with the scope/meaning of the protection rights and, on the other hand, with the accessibility and retrievability of necessary information, Patent accessibility is very specific and deviates substantially from…
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