Library resources and information services for innovation of enterprises: A case study of SMEs in China

Abstract

The background and development process of China's intellectual property rights(IPRs) is reviewed and current plight of China's IP is analyzed. A way out of the IP dilemma is proposed based on library resources and information services. The study focuses on the awareness, creation, protection, utilization and management of IPRs for enterprises with the purpose to reduce and avoid the risk of IPR violations, to help promote the competitiveness of self-owned IPRs, to establish next R and D strategies correctly and to increase international market competition abilities. The abundant information resources in the library, the complete and accurate information retrieval services and the specialist in patents analysis in the university can be developed for the innovation of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which could save money and time on the construction of IPRs for the companies which have insufficient funds and financing difficulties. © 2013 Asian Network for Scientific Information.