Everyone,
The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Association is seeking contributions for the upcoming volume year. Topic proposals should be submitted to David Irvin (dirv@nmsu.edu>), with finished manuscripts due by Feb. 15th. Articles should be submitted in one of three categories: Scholarly Articles, Featured Articles, or Book Reviews.
The PTRCA Journal (JPTRCA) publishes articles and reviews in the area of intellectual property - primarily relating to patents and trademarks - of interest to information specialists in the field. It serves as a means to share related research, successful programs, and book reviews.
The scope of publications is broad: Authors can submit to the Journal in the areas of:
* patent analysis
* Intellectual Property (IP) practice
* search strategies
* open source and industry standards tied to patents
* innovation
* history of IP
* patents and trademarks licensing
* scholarly communications and/or frameworks for information literacy related to patents
* IP librarianship
* or other areas.
World count for scholarly articles is a minimum of 2,000 words. Manuscripts for featured or "from the field" articles should be between 500 and 1000 words
Examples of previous submissions can be found at the JPTRCA (https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftigerprints.clemson.edu%2Fjptrca%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csuzanne.reinman%40okstate.edu%7Cf6a7bd8d296f4b74479908d74b3faf12%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C637060609195128862&sdata=f4D%2FGa5TKRKdWBdm1mX5UkfDms3QSPz3J%2BtKPQRxVYQ%3D&reserved=0). Full submission guidelines are available at https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftigerprints.clemson.edu%2Fjptrca%2Fpolicies.html&data=02%7C01%7Csuzanne.reinman%40okstate.edu%7Cf6a7bd8d296f4b74479908d74b3faf12%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C637060609195128862&sdata=Cz4XvmeKqW%2B3SoI33IpV4AnIW9zOrRSXJVy%2BNNGRxV4%3D&reserved=0.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Regards,
Suzanne.
Suzanne L. Reinman | Library Professor, Government Information | ph 405.744.6546
Oklahoma State University | University Library | Stillwater, OK 74078 | http://info.library.okstate.edu/govdocs