Lectures
Penn State Intercom......May 10 , 2001

Libraries offer a patent
and trademark seminar

A patent and trademark seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, in the Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library on the University Park campus.

This free training session, which is open to the public, will feature information specialists from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and practitioners in the field. The William and Joan Schreyer Business Library is host for the event. The library is a federal patent and trademark depository that offers print and electronic resources for general patent and trademark searches in many areas, including electrical, chemical, mechanical and computer technologies; biotechnology; and business and industrial processes.

The seminar will focus on beginning to intermediate research approaches for independent inventors; entrepreneurs; owners of small businesses; and faculty and students in science and technology, business and technology transfer.

The event is sponsored by the Business Library, Penn State University Libraries; Penn State Small Business Development Center; Ben Franklin Transformation Business Services Network; and the Service Corps of Retired Executives. Although there is no charge to attend this daylong seminar, registration is required. To register, call (814) 865-6369.

For more information, check the Web at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/business/seminar.htm .

CEO of Software Engineering
Institute to speak

Stephen E. Cross, director and chief executive officer of Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, will be the guest speaker at 7 p.m. May 21 in the Frable Conference Center at Penn State McKeesport.

The program is free to the public.

The presentation is being held in conjunction with the campus Information Technology Advisory Committee's spring meeting. Cross will discuss Carnegie Mellon's SEI and the Technology Insertion, Demonstration and Evaluation (TIDE) program. TIDE demonstrates the cost savings and efficiency benefits of applying commercially available software and information technology to small to mid-size manufacturing firms and to small businesses relying on information technology that supply goods and services important to the national defense.

The SEI is a federally funded research and development center.

For information, call Penn State McKeesport Academic Affairs at (412) 675-9052.

Lecture focuses on
Appreciative Inquiry theory

Georgia Abbey, consultant and executive director of Leadership Centre County, will lead a discussion titled "Introduction Appreciative Inquiry," during a meeting of the Quality Advocates Network from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, May 17, in 404 Old Main, University Park.

Appreciative Inquiry is both a philosophy and a method, with roots in psychology, speech communication and organizational behavior. During the meeting, theory and practice will be briefly explored and participants will discuss potential applications for Appreciative Inquiry at the University.

Quality Advocates Network meetings are open to any member of the University community with an interest in learning about tools for organizational change. RSVP by calling (814) 863-8721 or e-mail psucqp@psu.edu by Tuesday, May 15.

For information on Appreciative Inquiry, go to http://www.pegasuscom.com/ai/overview.html.

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