Build your career now - even as a graduate student.  Like any
specialist, information professionals need to network to advance their
careers.  You can do that through the Center for Intellectual Property
(CIP) Community social network that is just for information
professionals who grapple with and discuss intellectual property issues,
which you will constantly face throughout your career. Develop an
advantage that seasoned professionals wish they had when they started
their careers.  

Student membership is only $25 per year.  Join now at
www.cipcommunity.org/membership.

In addition to gaining access to the CIP online community, members enjoy
full benefits including:
* Discounts on online professional development workshops and events.
* Opportunities to manage interest groups.
* Free monthly online conversations with intellectual property experts.
* Legislative alert services.
* Constant updates about hot topics through listserv and newsletter
messages.

Are you going to the ALA Conference in June?
Between now and February 5, 2010, members are eligible to win free
registration to the 2010 CIP Symposium: Hybrid Copyright (a $430 value)
which occurs June 22-24, 2010 by entering the Project Profile contest at
www.cipcommunity.org/projectprofile; winners will be the people who have
the most active accounts.  The Symposium is just before the ALA
Conference in the same Washington, DC venue.  

Steve Petersen
Center For Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, MD  20783
(240)684-2865 office
(240)684-2961 fax
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