Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Zuber, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2012-4644: WEEDING THE COLLECTION: AN ANALYSIS OF MO-TIVATIONSPeter Zuber, Brigham Young University Peter Zuber is the Engineering Librarian at Brigham Young University. Apart from liaison and collection responsibilities, he has evaluated and implemented virtual reference services and helped in the redesign of the library’s website as well as the integration of a new federated search engine. As Chair of the library’s Research Behavior Group and User Studies and Assessment Team, he worked with librarians to discover user preferences and habits and how they impact current library services and tools. Published papers include topics such as search engine constraints, open access, institutional repositories, and

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

for international assignments,according to Mazumder, consists of:1. Foreign language capability and insight into communication style.2. Knowledge of culture, customs, social behavioral and group thinking pattern of a region (e.g., differences and commonality, verbal-non-verbal communication, differences in negotiation styles).3. Knowledge of global technology, foreign education system, and business practice.4. Capacity to accept, adapt and integrate with other cultures; ability to bridge the differences.5. Awareness of the phenomenon of cross-cultural refraction as an essential result of crossing cultures.6. Self knowledge and knowledge of technology and culture of your own country.7. Knowing that it is alright to seek a “cultural

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. White, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

the need to organize, store and retrieve printed patentdocuments efficiently and quickly. Even today in an era of massive online patent databases,integrated thesauri, and semantic search engines, patent classification is a useful tool for prior artsearching and patent analysis. Keyword searches in patent databases are problematic for severalreasons. First of all, keyword searches locate words, not ideas or concepts. It is very difficult toinclude in a search all the terms and synonyms that may represent a technological concept.3Language presents another major challenge to keyword searching. If you search an internationalpatent database such as Espacenet using only English keywords, you will miss non-Englishdocuments from China, Korea, Japan

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan R. Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2012-3077: ONE OR MANY? ASSESSING DIFFERENT DELIVERYTIMING FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES RELEVANT TO ASSIGN-MENTS DURING THE SEMESTER. A WORK-IN-PROGRESSProf. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amy Van Epps, M.S.L.S., M.Eng., is an Associate Professor of library science and Engineering Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction at the Siegesmund Engineering Library, Purdue University. Her research interests include information literacy, effective teaching, and integration methods for information literacy into the curriculum and ethical writing skills of engineering students.Ms. Megan R. Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Megan Sapp Nelson is Associate Professor of library sciences at Purdue