Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating the 1864 birth of John Wesley Gilbert to a slave family in Hephzibah, Georgia. Gilbert attended Paine College and is the first African American to receive a graduate degree from Brown University. While working on his graduate degree, Gilbert was awarded a fellowship to attend the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece, the first African-American to receive this fellowship. Tuesday, July 14, 2:00 ET Patent Pending: A Project to Support Faculty in Disclosing Inventions and Filing Patent Application Description In collaboration with the Technology Transfer, Licensing and Commercialization Unit (TTLCU) at Jackson State University, the H. T. Sampson Library developed a program to support faculty research by bridging the gap between faculty research and their knowledge of copyright and intellectual property rights. Due diligence by faculty is critical to the patenting, copyrighting and trademarking process and with library support, disclosing inventions and filing patent applications was believed to become easier. To implement this process, a number of library resources, including guides, digital materials, tutorials, webinars and workshops were developed to serve as a roadmap to securing patents and intellectual property protections. This webinar will provide information on how to support faculty research by bridging the gap between faculty research and their knowledge of copyright and intellectual property rights. Further, it will detail the collaboration between the H. T. Sampson Library and JSU's Technology Transfer, Licensing and Commercialization Unit to extend the impact of research conducted by JSU faculty. Suggested attendees for this webinar include outreach, instruction and reference librarians. Learning Outcomes At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to garner ideas to assist with developing collaborative relationships with university technology transfer units. Instructors Melissa Druckrey currently serves as the Dean of Libraries at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. Professionally Druckrey holds many interests including information literacy, emerging library technologies, preservation and archival management. She and her colleague Jama Lumumba are at work on an information literacy iBook to be introduced in freshman orientation classes this fall. A contributor to the book HEAR AND NOW: Desk Guide for Administrative and Academic Decision Making with Higher Education Action Research, Druckrey holds advanced degrees in Library Science (MLS) and Urban Higher Education (PhD) Jama Lumumba currently serves as the Assistant Director of Libraries and Coordinator of Public Services, H. T. Sampson Library at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. Professionally, Lumumba's interests include information literacy, outreach library services, design thinking for libraries, and emerging technologies specifically related to information literacy (i.e. iBook design and functionality). A 1998 Spectrum Scholar recipient, Lumumba is co-author of Historical survey of Library services for blacks in Mississippi 1866-1954 published in Mississippi Libraries, and holds the advanced degree in Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) and degrees in History (M.A.) and Educational Technology (M.S. Ed.). Registration Paste this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RGRH92X into your address bar and register no later than Friday, July 10th. Registrants will receive log-in information on Monday, July 13th. Stay tuned! Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.