Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Curtis, University of Missouri, Kansas City

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Engineering Libraries

researchers, assessments of journal and subfieldimpacts, and descriptive studies of the growth of new and interdisciplinary fields, someengineering librarians have studied reference citation patterns as a tool for collectiondevelopment.This paper presents a study that builds upon the methods developed by these librarians, creatingand analyzing a large sample of citation data from the research literature in civil engineering.Three research questions are addressed through this study: 1. Are the relative percentages of materials cited in different formats and the age of citations in the civil engineering literature different from the results obtained for earlier data sets examining all engineering fields simultaneously, or from results

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patsy Hulse, University of Auckland; Dahlia Dantang Han, University Auckland, Engineering Library; Emil Melnichenko, University of Auckland; Susan Brookes, University of Auckland, Engineering Library

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Engineering Libraries

is your job now to findout if this is really a problem and if there are viable alternatives to its use as packaging.”After further discussion it was decided to divide the tutorial into modules that reflected the mainmanagement themes of Enggen303 and covered the information resources these required. All ofthese modules contained tips, self-tests and interactive exercises as detailed above. Most alsocontained short videos which showed students how to access particular types of information. Themodules became:Module 1 - ‘Is polystyrene bad?’ There are varying opinions on the environmental impact ofpolystyrene and you will need to do your own research. ‘Finding articles’ introduces students toeffective ways of searching using Google and Google

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Larry Milliken, Drexel University; Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University; Eleanor J. Goldberg, Drexel University Library

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Engineering Libraries

instruction, he still needs assistance in locating this journal article. The problem is by nomeans unique to Drexel. A study of sophomore engineering students’ information needs atUCLA, (Ercegovac 2009)1, reported that sophomore engineering students had difficulties infinding the correct journal using library’s online catalog. Students also had trouble understandingthe difference between periodical databases and the online library catalog. Even when students can find information, they have trouble differentiating between appropriateand inappropriate sources for scholarly use. In a two-year citation analysis of freshmanengineering design reports Denick, Bhatt, and Layton (2010)2 found that even after libraryinstruction early in the term, students did

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Engineering Libraries

everyone who uses those rooms, to our surprise. It is a very popular feature. The remaininggroup study room is slightly smaller, only holding a table that seats four. All three group studyrooms also feature a large white-board on one of the walls, along with three glass walls whichallow for marker writing (and are also used heavily). The rooms check out for four hours, andwe have students lining up at our door before we open to grab them. They are in constant usethroughout the day until we close. There are ten desktop computers on a high counter that is a comfortable height for walk-up use. However, for each computer there is a comfortable chair that is raised for the counterheight (See Fig. 1). The computers are managed by our campus

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

Chinese and worldwide librarian communities.IntroductionHaving students involved is not uncommon in the librarian communities. Students can greatlyreduce the workload of librarians by answering general questions about directions, printing andsimple reference inquiries as well, thus solving the short-of-hands issues brought by budget cuts.Although this topic has been extensively discussed, Zink et al [1] points out that the value ofstudent involvement in library activities is still under-appreciated and deserves greater attentionfrom the librarian communities.Given the prevalence of electronic library resources, more and more users choose to work fromtheir workplaces and reduce their visits to physical libraries. For example, a survey conductedby

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

engineering design process modelsand the authors’ own analysis of previous student work. xiii From this analysis the authors decided to probebehaviors that include problem or task articulation, problem solving, information gathering, and the use,evaluation, and documentation of that information.The authors narrowed down their original list of items to a compact instrument consisting of 26 questionsprobing nine difference concepts (see Table 1). Most concepts (6) have three associated questions, twoconcepts have two associated questions, and one concept has four. The questions were offered using a LikertScale where 5 represented “Almost Always,” and 1 – “Almost Never.” There are no descriptors for 2-4, ratherthey suggested points on a continuum. All

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia

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Engineering Libraries

courses for inner city residents are certainly not anew idea. However, the majority of these courses have been focused on preparing highschool students for science courses 1-3 and on resources to support the teachers thatinstruct these students 4. Usually, these courses focus on introducing basic scientificconcepts and laboratory skills. Many formal adult education programs exist (i.e.continuing education) that are committed to a formal agenda (i.e. a diploma or degree). Ifthere are programs offered that provide access to the academic institutional approach toteaching and learning for underprivileged/disadvantaged/inner city adults they are notwell advertised.BackgroundThe Science 101 course at the University of British Columbia provides an

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

ways to deliver information literacyinstruction to engineering students. However, there are only a few examples of using a realworld situation or problem to introduce information literacy skills to students. Macklin describes a method for teaching information literacy using problem-basedlearning.1 He explains that this “… teaching strategy takes everyday situations and createslearning opportunities from them.” Snavely writes that, “Librarians collaborate with instructorsto set up problems and questions so students will participate in their own discovery andlearning.”2 Kesselman and Sherman helped to develop an interdisciplinary course with facultyfrom Communication, the library school, and Food Manufacturing Technology.3 Studentsworked

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Annette Berndt, University of British Columbia; Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Carla S Paterson, University of British Columbia

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Engineering Libraries

librarians andinstructors would benefit from gaining insight into how best to prepare students for a globalworkplace with unknown constraints and limited information resources.IntroductionSince the mid 1990s, information technologies have become ubiquitous in the workplace, in thehome, and in academe, and the subject of information literacy has become central to discussionsof pedagogy. How information literacy has been variously manifested among the academicdisciplines has, in turn, become the focus of recent research. Kerins, Madden, and Fulton 1, forinstance, compare information-seeking behaviours of Irish engineering students and Irish lawstudents. Ercegovac 2 has gone on to posit that more work needs to be done on ascertaininginformation-seeking

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry A. Thompson, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Libraries

. When this occurs, librariansare stretched over too many subject areas and thrust into disciplines in which they have little orno expertise, resulting in a decrease in the quality of reference service. While a smalleruniversity, or one in which the subject matter is more uniform, might be able to provide qualityreference service with one reference desk, Virginia Tech found it impossible to do. The presentconfiguration, consisting of two subject based reference areas, seems to be the ideal model forour situation.1. Meldrem JA, Mardis LA, Johnson C. Redesign Your Reference Desk: Get Rid of It! ACRL Twelfth National Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005:305-10.2. Nolen DS. Reforming or Rejecting the Reference Desk: Conflict and

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-529: THE VISUALIZATION OF DATABASE SEARCH RESULTSJames A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University James A Van Fleet has been Librarian for the Sciences and Engineering at Bucknell University and a member of ASEE ELD since 1989. He has served the Engineering Libraries Division as Membership Directory Editor and Newsletter Editor. Page 22.1515.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The visualization of database search resultsAbstract:Edward Tufte describes the visual presentation of quantitative data as “envisioninginformation.”1 A number of databases, from Google

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Baratta, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto

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Engineering Libraries

poorlyattended. Without the immediacy of an assignment and a specific topic to research, studentsoften fail to acknowledge the relevance of the activities, and are unable to develop transferableskills.To address these issues, engineering faculty and librarians associated with the University ofToronto, a large research-intensive Canadian university, have collaborated on the design of anactivity that integrates information literacy into the curriculum and provides a more rigorousprocess for instruction. Key principles that informed the activity include: 1. Introducing students to the physical library and encouraging alternatives to internet search engines for information discovery; 2. Integrating the library session into the curriculum and tying it to

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Parker, University of Manitoba

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Engineering Libraries

: Using the Liaison Librarian Model to Integrate Information Literacy into a Faculty of EngineeringIntroductionThis paper will update our earlier work on an integrated approach to information literacy[1] . Our initial goal was to integrate information literacy into a technical communicationcourse in the Faculty of Engineering and to explore whether two pedagogical outcomeswere achievable within this framework: first, instantiating the benefits of an engineeringresearch report in a field where applications and design exigencies are paramount and,secondly, determining whether engineering research skills – far from being “short-termcompetencies,” as some would suggest [2] – are valuable additions to a student’s learningrepertoire

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Bowles-Terry, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

thelibrary learning outcomes. Page 22.554.2Introduction & BackgroundIn the past decade there has been an increased impetus for assessment of student learningoutcomes in information literacy settings in general and at our institution.1 Because we regularlysee all first-year engineering students in library instruction, we identified the multi-sectionOrientation to Engineering (ES 1000) course as a good place to begin assessing engineeringstudents’ proficiency in information literacy skills. Many engineering faculty know theimportance of information literacy,2 due in part to the inclusion of information literacy andcritical thinking skills in the ABET criteria for

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

. Page 22.714.4Tutorial Design OverviewAs one might expect, the tutorial series includes “how to” modules to teach students practicalaspects of library use (e.g., how to connect to full text from a database). But the series isorganized around a central “hub” (see Figure 1), designed to teach students when and why theymight use a particular kind of literature. The hub introduces students to a range of engineeringliterature and provides an entry point to further instruction.Figure 1. Tutorials are organized around general categories of engineering literature.An instance of this hub can be customized for a course or for a research lab. For example, amodule describing the role of conference proceedings uses citations to papers from a conferencein

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University, Engineering Library

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Engineering Libraries

without any prior knowledge of archival processingprinciples and terminology. The client application of AT was installed on computers located atthe Engineering Library and linked to the newly created repository of finding aids designated as“Engineering Technical Reports and Publications”. The repository was created on an existing Page 22.733.5MYSQL backend database on a Windows server (Fig. 1).Fig.1 Finding Aids RepositoriesThe client software facilitates the data entry workflow for creating collection records and itemrecords. For the purpose of the work described in this paper, only the AT client software wasused by the Engineering Library staff

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Ben DeVane, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

plagiarism problem came from the Directorof Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, who reported an 85% increase in plagiarism casesbetween 2007 and 2009 (88 cases in 2007-08 vs. 163 in 2008-09). For the most current year(July 1, 2009 - February 15, 2010) 125 cases of academic dishonesty were reported, of which64% (n=80) involved plagiarism. It is especially noteworthy that these data indicate (1) themajority of academic dishonesty cases reported on our campus involved plagiarism, and (2) thefrequency was increasing.In early 2009, the library learned of plans for the formation of a university-wide AcademicIntegrity Task Force. The charge of the committee was to determine if there was an issue withacademic integrity on campus; ascertain if there

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

engineering program. Based on the similarities between new engineers’ and co-opstudents’ work environments, we hoped to extrapolate how ready the average engineeringstudent is for the information-seeking skills and tasks required in their first post-graduation job.The Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Standards shaped ourframework, specifically the standard addressing students’ ability to “[a]ccess the neededinformation effectively and efficiently”.1 Using an online survey to learn more about thenecessary information skills and tasks, we asked students whether they felt adequately preparedfor on-the job information retrieval. This paper details our use of those findings to support thedevelopment of initiatives and

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Engineering Libraries

): Page 22.254.2 “Assessment requires attention to outcomes but also and equally to the experiences that lead to those outcomes.” In other words, the important aspect to observe here is that one has to move away from ateaching paradigm to learning paradigm. The author takes this philosophy further, and says: “Students should learn using a discovery approach.” Clifford O. Young, Sr., & Laura Howzell Young of California State University, SanBernardino argue that a new paradigm for assessment, a learning paradigm, must be constructedto measure the success of new kinds of educational practices (Young and Young, 1999). 1. The participants should be capable of selecting an assessment plan best suited for

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Mark Chrimes, Institution of Civil Engineers

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Engineering Libraries

discarded their heritage.IntroductionHistorical backgroundThe Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) Library, established in 1819, was the firstengineering Library in Britain. ICE, established in 1818, was the first professionalengineering body in the world 1. These dates of foundation are more or less contemporarywith the establishment of early technical universities and associated libraries in continentalEurope, reflecting a British response to a western world development – satisfying the societalneed for trained professional engineers. It was also approximately 30 years prior to anynational technical library collection.When the ICE Library was established there was only a limited published engineeringliterature, and the initial focus was on the

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Saleh, Queen's University

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Engineering Libraries

method is a multi-method approach that includes a questionnaire and set of interviewsto collect data on complex phenomena as each individual method would deliver only partialevidence on the phenomena, the multiple methods is expected to cover multiple aspects ofstudents’ experience. Page 22.334.3The research was designed to examine collaborative information behaviour in a naturalisticeducational setting to gain more understanding of how students collaboratively seek informationin an academic course and how students’ information behaviours are affected by the learningtask and its perceived complexity guided by the main research questions: 1

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

orstudents. New learning objectives, educational interventions and pedagogy are needed to teachdata curation skills. Librarians need to translate traditional library science skills into a datacuration context in order to forge the partnerships necessary to have a successful datamanagement program.References1 Gold, A. Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 1. D-Lib Magazine 13, 9/10, doi:10.1045/september20september-gold-pt1 (2007).2 Gold, A. Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 2. D-Lib Magazine 13, 9/10, doi:10.1045/july20september-gold-pt2 (2007).3 Westra, B., Ramirez, M., Parham, S. W. & Scaramozzino, J. M. in Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship no. 63 (Fall 2010). Available

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

, the shelving facilities were full, funding was not offered, and the timetable was 1 year.By creating Dim and Dark temporary storage, enlisting a student workforce, and benefiting froman ISyE student study of our workflows, we daringly set out to accomplish our goals. Thepurpose of this paper is to share our process so that other libraries facing similar circumstancesmay benefit.FEASIBILITYAs soon as the project was announced, we did a feasibility study to establish a broad brush project plan. Our student organizations had made it very clear that they did not want collection materials to take up