Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Hebah Emara, New York University ; Amanda He, New York University ; Lindsay Anderberg, New York University ; Samuel R. Putnam, New York University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

DataOverall, the data show that, regardless of status (i.e., student or faculty), respondents who useChatGPT for academic or research purposes viewed it as more accurate and more useful thanthose who use ChatGPT for personal or career related purposes. The data also show that bothstudents and faculty are critical of ChatGPT’s ability to answer engineering questions,particularly as questions were more complex or open-ended.Designing Observation SessionsWhile a survey provides useful insights regarding preferences and behaviors, the authors of thisproceeding recognize that it is also important to make direct observations and measurementswith regards to information-seeking behavior and information literacy and not to assume allself-reported information

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dawson, Northern Arizona University; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

faculty so we can't use them." and "getting feedback from students on whatworks well".Go it Alone. Definition: The instructor either creates their own IM, modifies existing IM to suittheir course needs, and/or indicates they select existing IM using their own judgment andknowledge.Seven instructors mentioned creating or selecting IM alone, without the involvement of others, inresponses to questions 5, 6, & 7. Examples include "I write and distribute some materialsmyself" and "Materials developed by colleagues and myself".Peers & Colleagues. Definition: When an instructor mentioned persons or groups of personsthat influence their IM selection decisions, such as faculty, instructors, or institutional employeesboth within and outside of the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University; Adam Lindsley, Oregon State University; Taylor Ralph, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Engineering Research in Transition: Assessing Research Behavior while Adapting to Access Changes to Library ResourcesAbstractEngineering faculty and graduate students are accustomed to accessing the online full-text ofsources through search tools that rely on subscription-based access through their universitylibraries, open access platforms, as well as through less official access routes. After our libraryimplemented a change in access to content through Elsevier, a publisher that provides access tomany engineering scholarly journals, we used this natural experiment to explore thiscommunity’s information seeking behaviors. We recruited a group of engineering faculty andgraduate students to participate in an observational study to see what