Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

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Engineering Libraries

) Research center support (Regenstrief center) Page 14.862.12 Meebo/Qwidget reference Data archiving (staffed when open; 56; 68* hours/week) New professors open house Patent training seminar (4/sem.) Career seminar* First and last 3 weeks of semester¹As of June 26, 2008 - SFX²As of June 26, 2008 – Engineering Standards Database

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

literacy, and collection development, fostering connections andcollaborating with faculty in order to build specific programs is crucial to success on the job, andsupports the career portfolio required for promotion.For the purposes of this paper, a “new” librarian is defined as someone who graduated from alibrary program within the last five years. The author graduated from Dalhousie University’sSchool of Information Management with a Master of Library and Information Studies in 2005.She completed a two-year internship at the Sexton Library and started working thereprofessionally upon graduation. She is one of three librarians on the Sexton Campus. All of hersubject specialties fall under the Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara MacAlpine, Trinity University; Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University

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Engineering Libraries

as part of project reports in a design class at the first year,sophomore, and junior level.Conclusion and future plansInformation literacy instruction for engineering science students at Trinity University hasprogressed from at most one class period in their four-year career to a planned sequence offormal meetings at least once a year. Almost all of the faculty have included either libraryinstruction or one-on-one consultation with the librarian for the students in their classes,suggesting that they see the value of this process and support the information literacy goals of thelibrary and the university as a whole.In terms of the design classes, the senior year has been less structured, with librarian-studentinteraction left to the students

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-140: USING ENGINEERING THESES AND DISSERTATIONS TOINFORM COLLECTION-DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CIVILENGINEERINGPatricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas Patricia Kirkwood is the Engineering and Mathematics Librarian at the University of Arkansas where she has been carefully adding civil engineering materials to the collection for 5 years. Patricia has over 20 years experience as a chemistry librarian and a science librarian, but 2004 marked the new career of Engineering Librarian. Page 14.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009USING ENGINEERING THESES AND

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

issued? b.Find a peer-reviewed article published by [other engineering professor] in 2007. Whom do he and his co-authors acknowledge as having assisted with sample collection and field work? c. In Anna Sears’s 2003 study of graduate students published in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, approximately what percentages of women and men named life balance as an important factor in career satisfaction? d.What are Smith’s holdings for the Journal of Industrial Ecology? (i.e. do we have the journal, and if so what years/issues?)Further, on problem sets and in their ethics case analyses, students are expected to providesupport for their arguments or for data they utilized