Abstract
Patents are one of the important indicators for measuring innovative performance as well as the level of R&D investment among firms. Patent data could also be reference materials while explaining the national competitive advantage. Librarians should play an active role when providing patent information. Therefore, from the perspective of libraries and information centers, this study proposed the patent curriculum planning and design in library and information science schools. First, this study indicated the specialties of patent information and different levels of information needs, as well as the overview of a patent curriculum for academies and industries in Taiwan. Second, the existing courses related to patent knowledge were investigated and proposed the curriculum design, of which content is from easy to advance and from broad to specialized. In addition, the patent curriculum design should concern not only theory but also practice. Moreover, a SWOT analysis was presented to provide a structure for analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in patent services that LIS graduates or librarians face. Several suggestions were proposed to educate the potential patent search professionals for library and information science schools.
| Keywords: | patent retrieval; curriculum planning; curriculum design |
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