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Science and Engineering Librarian / Patent and Trademark Resource Center Librarian / Mass Aggie Seed Librarian

Science & Engineering Librarian, lover of weird and quirky patents, and wrangler of seeds and seed saving.

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Science & Engineering Librarian, lover of weird and quirky patents, and wrangler of seeds and seed saving.

Present	Science and Engineering Reference Services Librarian, University Libraries, University of Massachusetts Amherst ‐ University Libraries
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Library and Information Science

Integrated Sciences & Engineering Library
Lederle Graduate Research Tower Lowrise
740 North Pleasant Street
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: 413-545-7891

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-6440

Published Articles / Essays (10)

Effect of Maternal Diet on Maternal Milk and Breastfed Infant ...

Paulina Borrego and Kathleen Arcaro

While it is widely recognized that nutrition during pregnancy and lactation can affect the microbiome of breast milk as well ...

Understanding Seed and Intellectual Property Rights

Proceedings of the 11th Organic Seed Growers Virtual Conference (2022)

Paulina Borrego, Paulina Jenny, William Gallagher, Daniela Soleri, et al.

Paper to accompany presentation at the Organic Seed Growers Virtual Conference. Jenney, Gallagher, Borrego, Soleri, and Hubbard., Understanding Seed and ...

Yours, Mine, Ours: Some Best Practices for Authors Writing Collaboratively

Journal of Creative Library Practice (2021)

Paulina Borrego, Thea P Atwood and Rachel Knapp

Peer-reviewed article addressing best practices when working collaboratively with other authors.

The Five College Hub: Connecting Libraries Across Campuses

Journal of Creative Library Practice (2021)

Paulina Borrego, Jane Janecki and C.M. Flynn

Essay about the Five College Professional Committee and the workings therein including the Five College Libraries All Staff Event.

Necessity as a Liberator: A Decade of Creating Low-Cost Exhibits ...

Journal of Creative Library Practice (2020)

A decade of creating low-cost exhibits in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Science and Engineering Library for outreach and ...

Curiosity as Outreach: Flipping Outreach on its Head

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (2020)

Paulina Borrego, Anne R. Graham, Ellen E Lutz, Melanie Radik, et al.

Science and Engineering Library staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst visited several sites on campus in a novel outreach ...

Quirky Patent Coloring Books: An outreach project focused on changing ...

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association (2020)

Paulina Borrego

How creating a patent coloring book containing quirky patent images can be used for outreach, teaching, and engaging with regular ...

Broadening the patent experience: the value of PIUG and attending ...

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association (2020)

Paulina Borrego and Rachel Knapp

How attending the PIUG (Patent Information Users Group conference) can broaden your patent experience and generate new ideas and connections.

The Making of the Mass Aggie Seed Library: A Gardening ...

The Journal of Creative Library Practice (2020)

Paulina Borrego

The making of the Mass Aggie Seed Library, located in a Science & Engineering Library at a public university, along ...

Collection Development and Data Visualization: How Interactive Graphic Displays Are ...

Charleston Library Conference Purdue e-Pubs (2014)

Paulina Borrego and Rachel Lewellen

Given the changing collection management landscape a clear tool for evaluating purchase decisions is needed to help selectors make the ...

Encapsulated Magic and The Shape of Time - Sabbatical Report - Paulina ...

Paulina Borrego

Sabbatical report submitted April 2024 covering the sabbatical period 16 July - 6 April 2024. The objective of my sabbatical ...

Investigating Ways to Deliver Patent & Trademark Services to the ...

Paulina Borrego

Sabbatical report submitted July 2016 covering the period 1 February - 15 July 2016. The purpose of my sabbatical was ...

Conference Posters (1)

From just in case to just in time – just maybe ...

Paulina Borrego and Kate Zdepski

How we cancelled a large chemistry journal package, involved faculty in the decision making process, and one year later look ...

Wrangling free in the seed library

Arizona Cooperative Extension (2022)

Paulina Borrego

Arizona Cooperative Extension Webinar on seed library topics held 9 September 2022 virtually.

Wrangling free in the seed library

Seed Libraries Webinar sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliiance

Understanding Seed IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Session H3

Mass Aggie Seed Library: An Outreach and Engagement Project

Organic Seed Growers Conference (2022)

Lightning talk video created for the 11th Organic Seed Growers Conference was held virtually February 4 – 11, 2022.Seed libraries ...

Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance Seed Social

A Tale of Two Seed Libraries: Sharing Seeds in the ...

A Tale of Two Seed Libraries: Sharing Seeds in the ...

SUNYLA 2021 (Virtual) Annual Conference (2021)

Paulina Borrego, Nancy Schuler, Jenica Ibarra and Alyssa Koclanes

D3: A Tale of Two Seed Libraries: Sharing Seeds in the Academic LibraryPaulina Borrego, Nancy Schuler, Jenica Ibarra, and Alyssa ...

Changing your outlook to reinvent your librarian role: Finding balance ...

Association of College & Research Libraries New England Chapter (2021)

Paulina Borrego and Carol Will

Presentation via Zoom on Monday, 24 May 2021. Changing Your Outlook to Reinvent Your Librarian Role: Finding Balance Between Your ...

New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians

New England Science Boot Camp (2019)

Paulina Borrego

Presentation for librarians about patents as an introduction to creating a collaborative patent coloring book - all things Science, Boots, ...

May Day Celebration of Plant Patents

University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries (2019)

Paulina Borrego

A presentation in May 2019 at the UMass Amherst Libraries about plant patents to library staff.

Drawing the line: How we walked away from RSC

Five College Libraries All Staff Meeting May 2018 (2018)

Paulina Borrego and Kate Zdepski

Lightning talk presentation given at the Five College Libraries All Staff Meeting May 2018 with Kate Zdepski on the cancellation ...