Joanne Tobin

Schools Served as Subject Librarian

Provides patent and trademark research and reference services to:

• School of History, Technology, & Society.
• College of Architecture, Industrial Design
• Dupree College of Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Any other interested colleges or schools

Research Support Services

• Research and reference assistance by appointment, e-mail, and phone.
• Patent citation verification, patent subject searching, current awareness, and trademark verification

Teaching and Other Services

• Provide customized, course-integrated library instruction covering specific resources and strategies as they pertain to course assignments
• Provide collaboration with faculty in structuring assignments that contain patent research component
• Provide demonstrations and/or hands-on instruction sessions teaching the use of catalog, patent databases and reference sources for individuals, groups, or classes
• Georgia Tech representative to the United States Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries Program.

Professional Affiliations

• Special Libraries Association
  • Georgia Chapter, Past President
  • Library Management Division
  • Engineering Division
  • Baseball Caucus

Education

Master of Science in Library Science
University of Maryland

Bachelor of Arts in Education
Queens College