2006 - Jon Fiencke
At long last the co-blog manager has secured his first full time position after working as a library temp for the past year. After an extensive job search throughout the DC and SoCal areas I have started a position as a Reference Librarian at the US Trademark Law Library. My library is part of the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA, a vast new complex with over 10,000 employees. Althought the USPTO is a Federal Agency, my position is through the Artic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), a corporation based in Alaska that manages a couple of federal libraries amongst other things. My position involves conducting research on potential trademarks for trademark lawyers. The work is mostly done online and communicated mostly through email, although there is also some interlibrary loan, information literacy instruction, and possibly some web design. Learning a lot about online search databases and glad I got to learn about Dialog from Professor Maack in the reference class.
