Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander J. Carroll, North Carolina State University; Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

enumerates numerous additional reasons that engineers may not use physicallibraries, ranging from the practical (having to travel some distance compared to the convenienceof remotely accessing online resources) to the psychological (the phenomenon of libraryanxiety).21-27 To overcome this, the scholarly record reflects numerous innovative efforts bySTEM liaison librarians to reach these hermetic students and researchers. Previous initiativesrecorded in the literature include reorganizing staffing at service points to provide subjectspecialists with more time for advanced research questions,28 revamping libraries’ web presenceto make subject specialists more visible,29 launching satellite reference services within academicbuildings,30-32 creating

Conference Session

Technical Session 3: History and Future of Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. White, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Science Foundation (NSF) established aDivision of Engineering to provide more focused support for engineering education and research.The National Academy of Engineering, a private, non-profit institution whose goal was toprovide leadership and advice on matters related to engineering and technology, was alsofounded in 1964.During the 1950s student enrollments in engineering programs increased at all levels, especiallyafter 1955. Undergraduate enrollments, including part-time students, rose from 142,954 in 1950to 205,765 in 1964.[5] Enrollments continued to increase through the 1960s as members of theBaby Boom generation reached college age. At the graduate level enrollment growth wasespecially strong. In 1950, the number of master’s and doctoral

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Zuberbier, East Carolina University; Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; Mark McKinley Sanders

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

libraries can be so fortunate, and must put in extra effort to make their 3D printingservice a successful initiative. Pryor 28 described the University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Lovejoy Library’s 3D printing service as a “mixed bag” because of theexpressed excitement from both students and faculty, but relatively low usage numbers. Heposited the reasons could have included a lack of access to 3D modeling software or familiaritywith the creation of 3D models, patrons simply being unaware of 3D model repositories withready to print objects on the web, or the campus community had yet to grasp how 3D printingtechnology can be useful in scholarship, research and other creative activities. Zuberbier, et al 7shared a similar story of high interest