Conference Session

Making connections: Reaching users through student groups, professional organizations and collections projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Fitzpatrick, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Conference Session

Engaging Uses of Course Management Systems, Blogs, and Open Source and a Database as Tools for Library Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson; Michael Fosmire; Amy Van Epps, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

the assignment, as they come back to campus to explain how theyuse their information skills on the job, and contribute new questions they have run across to thecourse. The components of the tutorial will be demonstrated, along with a synopsis of theassessment of its effectiveness. It’s relevance to lifelong learning for students will also bediscussed.IntroductionEvery April and November, the Siegesmund Engineering Library at Purdue University becomesextraordinarily busy for one week. The reason for this is that the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology 102 - Production Design and Specifications class is assigned an in-depth libraryresearch project. Over the years, the engineering library staff have come to both love and dreadthis one week. With

Conference Session

Thinking Ahead: Supporting New Technologies in Engineering Libraries

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

research activities. Even though the project was well planned and thought out,unforeseen problems have hindered the planned training program which was planned for thelibrary staff. The project has not proceeded as quickly as was intended for the following reasons: • Proposed trainer at the Maps Library moved to another position outside the area. • The newly proposed GIS course to be taught at this campus was placed on hold because of administrative changes in the University. This decision had a direct effect on training of instructors as well as promoting GIS to students who would have taken the course. • Plans to reorganize existing courses to include aspects of GIS technology have also been suspended because Penn

Conference Session

Business & Entrepreneurial Information for Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

needs of the University.” This partnership, as you will learn,helped us realize our potential by pushing the boundaries of our “highly technologicalenvironment … staffed by skilled experts who assist and instruct users wherever they may be.”3We support more than 3800 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and 325 full and parttime faculty. Two-thirds of our students complete one or more significant projects off campusand overseas.4As part of the library’s information literacy planning process we began outreach to variousinstitutes and centers on campus. This opened dialogue about the research needs of certain focusareas. One in particular resulted in collaboration between the library and the Collaborative for