Our librarians are out there every year, making presentations, leading panels, writing articles – and it really does make a difference. Sometimes it’s a contribution to the field and sometimes the impact is much more personal.
In 2010, Connie Wu gave a talk in titled: “From a Patent Examiner to an Academic Librarian,” at Life Beyond Patent Information Session of International Patent Information User Group 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Six years have now passed, but she received the following letter in January:
Hi Connie,
I am a fellow PIUG member. I just wanted to let you know how much you inspired me when you gave a talk at a PIUG meeting about being a librarian. I think that was in 2009 or 2010. I was so inspired that I enrolled in Kent State University’s program in 2010. Since I work full-time at LexisNexis, it took me 6 years to complete the program plus an additional program in Information Architecture. I graduated from Kent State on December 16, 2016 with a dual MLIS and M.Sc. in Information Architecture degree.
Thanks very much! I hope to thank you in person someday.
The un-named Sender is a Global Content and Project Specialist for Copyright, E-Commerce, Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret at LexisNexis.
Way to go, Connie!
