Business Information is for Scientists too!

Sunday, July 31, 2022

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM EDT

Location: 207CD - Convention Center

Speaker(s)

Jay Bhatt, MS

Engineering Librarian
Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Alicia Biggers, MLIS

Director Information Services
Albemarle Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Ryan Splenda, MLIS

Business & Economics Librarian
Carnegie Mellon University
Ted Baldwin, MLS

Interim Head, Library Collections & Director, Science & Engineering Libraries
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Moderator(s)

Denise D. Callihan, MLS

Manager, R&D Library Shared Services
PPG
Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States

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Both academic and industry librarians are seeing more of an interest and need by our scientists on basic business information. Engineering entrepreneurship and tech transfer, along with those in industry transiting to a business track, show a strong push for being introduced to “new” resources. Learn from those who already have it as part of their scientific curriculum for a how to teach/introduce.

Learning Objectives:

Learn best practices for introducing business resources in scientific training curriculum
Understand trends for teaching business resources to scientists
Review business reference/resources for scientists