Abstract
Patents are an under-used information source, in part because of an often-narrow focus by patent librarians on the tools and techniques of patentability searching. This approach can ignore a range of potential applications of patent information, using patents in their contexts as technical, design, historical, legal, and commercial documents. This paper suggests the adoption of a flexible approach, viewing patents and patent information in the greater context of information literacy, including that of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, more commonly known as the ACRL Framework.
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Zwicky, Dave
(2019)
"Thoughts on Patents and Information Literacy,"
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association: Vol. 29, Article 1.
Available at:
https://open.clemson.edu/jptrca/vol29/iss1/1
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