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ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hubbard, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

based solely on the titles of the papers since full-length papers generally donot exist.Textual analysis of the paper titles was performed using Textalyser for single and two-wordphrase frequencies. This was accomplished by cutting and pasting all the titles of the ASEE-ELDpapers from the spreadsheet into a Word document and then ultimately the Textalyser software.The most frequently used words and phrases were then identified. In a similar manner, Wordlewas used to provide a better visualization of the word frequencies.Results and DiscussionThere were 258 papers and posters presented at the ASEE-ELD sessions during ASEE AnnualConferences from 2000-2009. Of the 258, there were 170 (66%) papers and 88 (34%) posters.Figure 1 shows the annual

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Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol La Russa, University of California, Davis; Karen Andrews, University of California, Davis

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Engineering Libraries

November 2008. A test batch wasdelivered to Internet Archive in early December, and the rest arrived at the IA site in SanFrancisco in mid-December. The digitization was completed by IA staff in June 2009,later than anticipated, partly due to scanning difficulties with some of the material. Thebooks were returned in July, and in fall 2009 a quality control review was undertaken bythe library. Some complications were identified and resolved.BackgroundTwo kinds of digitization projects are commonly seen. The first is the mass digitizationproject typified by the Google Books project, where minimal effort is made to ensurequality control, completeness and adequate cataloging (metadata) for individual works.1

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Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bernier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries

Library 2.0?A Library 2.0 service has been defined by Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk as “any service,physical or virtual, that successfully reaches users, is evaluated frequently, and makes use ofcustomer input.”1 Casey has been credited with coining the phrase “Library 2.0” when helaunched his blog LibraryCrunch in September of 20052 and since then the concept has gained agreat deal of attention. Central to this concept is the integration of Web 2.0 services intotraditional library websites to harvest the collective intelligence of everyone who uses a product.Thus, the flow of information is two-way, allowing end-users to contribute to the knowledgebase for other users to access. Library 2.0 switches from relying on the stagnant Web 1.0 to

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Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Engineering Libraries

fellow. Students were also required to complete a selected-response assessment within one week of the library instruction. This assessment factored into the students’ quiz grade for the class. Results were analyzed from 505 student responses. First-year engineering student design teams are required to demonstrate their understanding of engineering design with a final design report. Table 1 outlines the design report and provides examples of project topics.Table 1: Outline for Introduction to Engineering Design Report with Project Examples Introduction to Engineering Design: Outline Examples of Projects Examined I. Abstract • Propulsion of a Climber of a Carbon Nanotube II

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ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sasha Gurke, Knovel Corporation

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Engineering Libraries

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New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

any online/video tutorials that would complement it.Since Chem Eng (ChE) 455/456 Chemical Process Design 1 and 2, are taken by senior chemicalengineering students at this institution, one of the professors allowed us to meet with themembers of the senior class. Students were aware that the research information in the guide andtutorials would be of more use to students in successive classes since this would be the designphase of the process. The students’ horizons are expanding because the LibGuide and tutorialsintroduced them to information and resources that they may not have had knowledge been of,making the students more aware of the options available for research in their field. The librarianis gaining knowledge at the same time, learning

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Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

of the literature concerning engineering curriculum for girls reveals some broadtreatments of the subject. Following WWII-era handbooks offering engineering careerguidance to girls by listing vocational options for various science careers, two types ofliterature that inform this paper appear increasingly prominent from the late 1970s.1, 2, 3The first may be characterized as literature concerned with student perceptions and the Page 15.1146.2representation of professional scientists and engineers. The second is more concernedwith pedagogical strategies and programs designed for pre-college girls. Both treatmentsgenerally approach the subject as a way

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New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Rauh, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jody Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

). Page 15.821.12x P. E. Sidorko, "Transforming Library and Higher Education Support Services Can Change Models Help?," LibraryManagement 29.4-5 (2008).Appendix A. Student Instructions.Load CV Citations - Students 1. SETUP – Open firefox portable on flash drive (this is the only instance of firefox that can be running). In Zotero, create a CV and a (question) ? folder using the last name and initials of the faculty member such as CV - Allen, MS, ? – Allen, MS. If the faculty member has citations from 2007, there will be a folder in Zotero with those citations. If no 2007 citations available, skip to step 4. 2. DE-DUP 2007 CITATIONS – Remove duplicate records in the 2007 folder. Suggestions for removing duplicates

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Technical Papers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Baldwin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Engineering Libraries

their printsubscriptions in favor of somewhat less costly online only access, where are the assurances tofaculty that back content will be available to them through technology changes, publishermergers, future journal cancellations, and whatever else might transpire to cause loss of access toonline content? Lynch goes on to state “that a primary responsibility of our universities is bothto make these resources available and to preserve them.”1 Touting the advantages of their own IRsoftware platform, the Digital Commons, the Berkeley Electronic Press (BePress) President and Page 15.928.2Director of Journals explains that their product expands

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ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Patterson, University of Alabama; Nicholas A. Kraft, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama

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Engineering Libraries

Technology Society, a non-profit organization, has a rich history.Established in 1953 as a Committee on Vacuum Techniques when fifty-six scientists andengineers determined a need for a community of scholars with knowledge centered aroundvacuum technology and corresponding applications.1 Understanding how to create, measure, andmaintain a vacuum became something of a discipline in itself. The first symposium, held in1954, attracted 295 participants from several countries.1 The American Vacuum Society (AVS)evolved from this original group, elected a Board of Directors, and established society by-laws.A unique feature of this initial group, which is still true of the AVS community today, is thatsymposium participants come from a variety of disciplines

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New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries -- PHYS

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2010-875: ENGINEERING LIBRARIAN PARTICIPATION IN TECHNOLOGYCURRICULAR REDESIGN: LIFELONG LEARNING, INFORMATIONLITERACY, AND ABET CRITERION 3.Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue UniversityMichael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries -- PHYS Page 15.490.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Librarian Participation in Technology Curricular Redesign: Lifelong Learning, Information Literacy, and ABET Criterion 3.The Need for and Definition of Lifelong Learning SkillsThe content knowledge of technical majors has been estimated to have a half-life of less thanfive years.1 Thus, one of the most important skills

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Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

Libraries are no exception. For example, the very well-run UM Libraries UserEducation Department keeps a detailed log of every instruction class that has been taught from2001-present, by mostly librarians, but also some other library staff (Table 1). It was surprisingto go through the entire nine years of statistics to see the various classes, schools and groupslisted. Granted, the University of Maryland is located in a large metropolitan area, WashingtonDC. More than thirty-five K-12 schools (high school, middle school and elementary) werelisted, and 147 sessions were given to these students alone. UMD UMD Libraries Libraies K-12 EPSL EPSL K-12

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ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Thompson, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Libraries

, 2009, users could access all issues of Volume 46, (2008), andVolume 47, (2009). In January 2010, NASA removed all issues published in Volume 46, (2008),so that only issues from Volume 47, (2009), and those published in Volume 48, (2010), wereavailable. Thus, the availability of issues varies from one to two years, depending upon the pointin the publication year.The purposes of this research are twofold:First, to determine if the online NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) completely indexes allof the NASA generated papers indexed in STAR. Based upon a paper presented at the 2009ASEE Conference, “NACA / NASA Document Indexing: 1915 – 1995,”1 it is expected that theNTRS will duplicate the level of NASA document indexing provided by STAR.The

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ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Libraries

time I was a member of the Board of Managers of the Association of Engineering Societies, representing the Engineers Club of St. Louis. At a Board meeting of the Association in 1883, I describe the work that I was doing for myself and offered to do it, somewhat more elaborately and free of charge, for the journal of the Association, if the Board would agree to publish it. This Board consented to do and the Index was begun... all indexing was done by professional engineers of more or less practical experience. The theory of the Index from the start has been: 1. to index only articles of permanent value. 2. to give such a short, concise, but adequate description of the article as would enable to determine