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

closely with our colleagues fromsocial sciences to ensure that our academic collections reflect and support the global aspects ofthe engineering curriculum?Moving into actionIn an attempt to answer these questions, the Engineering Library at Princeton University hasembarked on an initiative of raising awareness with all university library departments about theglobal engineering education efforts and to partner and cooperate with library departmentsoutside the Engineering Library to bring all relevant resources and services to the engineeringstudents. By analyzing the elements of the existing educational process for engineering students,the library has identified new areas of involvement. While the Engineering Library already hadin place services

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

efficiency within their respective offices.Classification accuracy should also improve as USPTO and EPO examiners develop a bettercommon understanding of classification practices. Most importantly, patent searchers will nolonger have to use two classification systems (USPC and ECLA/IPC) in order to do acomprehensive patent search.The disadvantages of this project primarily concern the USPC. The USPC reflects more than acentury of knowledge and experience of USPTO patent examiners. Its organic nature has led tothe creation of hundreds of unique codes that might be lost in the migration to the CPC. U.S.documents prior to 1920 will be reclassified in CPC. Thousands of U.S. patent examiners andpatent information professional will have to learn a new

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

employed the use ofscenarios for classroom discussion. During Week two, students were given engineering-relatedscenarios to decide if plagiarism occurred. There was also a short exercise on when to cite.During week five, students identified parts of and types of citations. Since students were incomputer classrooms, they were also directed to find citations online. Citations were chosenfrom various engineering databases to reflect current engineering topics. During week eleven,students were asked to “Name that Trademark” and search for patents on the USPTO website.Some engineering trademarks were chosen as well as popular trademarks. Patents wereselected from the National Inventors Hall of Fame as well as from campus patents andapplications.In

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

reflect the idea that information is sought to enrich design, the six I-RED phases are expressedas a series of focus questions. This approach aligns with the notion of design as a question askingprocess.25 Pilerot and Hiort af Ornas follow a similar approach in formulating guiding questionsfrom not only a process but also a product oriented perspective.26 For simplicity, I-RED approachconcentrates on ‘product-oriented’ focus questions and treatment.The I-RED model locates the six phases on an ‘information space’ with the orthogonal axes for thevariety of knowledge domains and the level of specialization in a given domain as shown in Figure2. The location of each phase indicates the relative ‘breadth’ and ‘depth’ of the types ofinformation sought

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Zuber, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

notwithout reflection), at the hands of barbarians. The risk of loss and the perceived difficulty inrecovering materials is not trivial and likely plays a major part in the perception of some that allcollections should be kept in perpetuity.4 In addition, the fear of program or curriculum changesin the future may tend to temper ideas of ridding the collection of little-used titles that mayreveal their value in the future. Budget / Comparisons Typically, the size of the collection is often used as a metric when considering budgetallocations or making comparisons to other institutions. Additionally, the collection size mayoften be “considered a criterion of the quality of a library.”5 If so, this suggests a strong,defensible rationale