Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

-instruction. Theinstructors were generally positive about the experience and were happy with the papersproduced. One consistent complaint from instructors was they had to give up three classsessions. The librarians were concerned that more students did not take assessments connectedwith class sessions. During the course assessment and revision process for fall 2012, librariansworked with instructors to devise ways to deliver the same amount of information without usingthree class sessions. The librarians taught one session during week three, offered an out of classexperience (OCE) in the library instruction room during weeks five, six, eight and nine (multiplesessions were offered to accommodate student schedules) and provided one online module

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

23.450.2studio classroom with a reasonable expectation that each student has access to a computer.Instructors have some flexibility in how information is presented during a class or shuffledbetween class sessions, provided the content is covered in a timely fashion to meet preparationexpectations for in class activities, homework, and exams that are common to all sections of thecourse.Quizzes are given at the discretion of the section instructor and are used in a couple of ways, toensure the online modules have been viewed prior to class, and to gather summative informationabout how well students have learned the content covered in class.In the fall semester 2012, for one section of the course, a librarian had the opportunity to be theinstructor of

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

ebrary have conducted their own studies to learn more about howstudents use e-books. These studies cannot be considered an analysis of their respectiveplatforms, but both provided information about students’ thoughts regarding e-books. Springerfound that users “value the ability to access eBooks anytime and anywhere and appreciate thataccess is fast and easy.” They also found that “Full-text searching was also named as a topeBook advantage.”16 ebrary’s survey asked students how important certain features are to e-books and they found that searching was the most important, followed by “anytime access” andoff-campus access.5Rojeski conducted a study to gather student perceptions and preference relating to e-books usedas textbooks in library course