Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel R. Putnam, University of Florida; Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Caroline Reed, University of Florida; Jean L Bossart P.E., University of Florida; Neelam Bharti; Mickey S. Schafer, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

project includes an annotated bibliography and a document design analysis paper.Tabs were created for the two group assignments: ● Formal research report. Working in a small group, students establish a research question, devise a method discover and collect the data. Individually, students write a research report that presents and analyzes the data collected as a group. The resources included in the research guide for the group assignment are definitions and differences between a) research articles, b) peer-reviewed (or refereed) articles, c) review articles, d) technical reports, e) conference papers, and f) trade publications. Also included in the research guide are links to science databases such as Compendex

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William W. Tsai, California State University, Maritime Academy; Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

instruction in their freshman Englishcomposition course and standards and patent searching in their junior engineering design course.Students also receive ad hoc information fluency instruction if a course has a research paper andthe instructor requests information fluency instruction from the library.ProblemA review of lab reports from the Fall 2016 semester of the Fluid/Thermal Laboratory revealedthe following problems in student work: • Trouble differentiating between the different types of sources, including the use of non-peer-reviewed materials, such as websites; • Lack of assessment of quality of reference material; • Lack of familiarity with how to use technical papers; • Few references when writing

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

purposes, withoutreleasing personal information.Real-time information literacy course delivery at social mediaAs stated earlier, little research has been conducted in using social media for libraryinstructional activities. The IEEE Client Service team in China has offeredinformation literacy courses since late 2016 via social media (WeChat and QQ). Thecomparison of real-time course delivery between social media and WebEx platformwas published in an earlier paper [16]. The information literacy courses offered atWeChat and QQ include Searching IEEE Xplore Effectively, IEEE Paper SubmissionGuidelines & Process, Technical Paper Writing, and Boosting Your Career with IEEE.Each course consists of a 45-min presentation with 15-min Q&A.We choose

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

above. Type Definition Total Desirability A Advocacy groups and nonprofits 126 Medium B Scholarly books, handbooks, encyclopedias 26 High G Government websites and publications 194 High I Industry publications, specification data and websites 419 Medium M Magazines, newspapers and news sites 75 Low O Popular sites and blogs 144 Low P Peer reviewed articles and conference papers 165 High

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Christopher Michael Sales, Drexel University; Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

12engineering topic of self-healing infrastructure, explore contextually relevant knowledge,synthesize actual self-healing concrete samples, and synthesize online and offline findings topresent in front of a peer audience. They are also well-suited to project-based courses and“unconference” sessions that inculcate greater interaction and collaboration between participants.For instance, at the time of writing, Elsevier’s Engineering team has partnered with a series ofAiChE Regional Student Conferences to launch similar sessions having as many as 100participants, to provide a professional development experience around real industry corrosionmitigation and asset management challenges. The format is agnostic to the particular challengeor toolsets used and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rebecca Croxton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

seeks to assess the impact of the current information literacy instruction programoffered by the engineering librarian on freshmen engineering students’ abilities to criticallyevaluate and select credible and meaningful resources in their research and writing. Trends inlibrary literature suggest that students often skip library resources in favor of more familiarsearch strategies used in their daily lives. However, there is significant, positive correlationalevidence which suggests that using the library is closely associated with students’ academicperformance and university retention. In order to determine if the local library intervention hasan effect, this study includes multiple data sources that are used to examine students

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leena N. Lalwani, University of Michigan; Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

engineering graduate students on their needs for library instruction. Thesurvey differentiated between students who are writing theses and those who are not. By lookingat students who are doing research and those who are not as two separate populations, the surveymay identify needs for instruction that go beyond common library instruction topics such asliterature reviews and the library had not previously considered. This paper will summarize theresults of the survey and discuss plans for implementation of an instruction program ofinformation literacy topics.BackgroundIn fall semester 2017, a group of graduate students in the College of Engineering (CoE) at theUniversity of Michigan (U-M) were awarded a community grant from the U-M Rackhamgraduate

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

) understanding therole and significance of publication authority, 2) appropriate contextual use of the information,and 3) embracing the iterative nature of research. Transferring these lessons to non-engineeringcourses has been successful when working with an honors English course and aninterdisciplinary Capstone Design course. Non-engineering students in these classes receivedbasic information literacy training during the first year of coursework with potential for review ina non-engineering upper division discipline-specific course. Kolb’s experiential learning cyclewas applied to the in-class instruction to appeal to multiple learning styles. Traditionalinformation literacy instruction focuses heavily on the use of books, peer-reviewed articles

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Peterson-Fairchild, Dixie State University; John Burns, Dixie State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

collection development plan is implemented, mentoring of the subject liaison librarian isincreasingly more important to be aware of resources such as ASEE-ELD. Davidson andMiddleton [9] found that “sci-tech librarians consider professional associations invaluable toprofessional growth and continued learning in the field.” In addition, “ASEE-ELD membersappear to be the most engaged as mentors and mentees.” However, in the dean’s experience itwas difficult for a new engineering librarian to know of the professional associations forengineering librarians and hard to find the time to commit to exploring options in-depth.Connecting and networking with peers is the best way to learn the field but this can be difficultwhen other duties are so pressing and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal L. Renfro, Kennesaw State University; Lori J. Ostapowicz Critz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

forengineering students and then demonstrating these tools. If there are other engineering librariansat the new librarian’s school, peers can be an invaluable source of guidance and support. For thesolo engineering librarian, more proactive measures will be necessary to quickly ramp up one’sknowledge. • Search the vendor sites of major engineering databases and electronic libraries at your school such as Compendex, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, and Knovel Engineering Library. Many have wonderful tutorials and supplemental information to get the new librarian up to speed quickly. • Searching Google for engineering research guides will return many example guides from other libraries that will help the new librarian to

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Charter P.E., Oklahoma State University; Bryan Lawrence Hoskins, Oklahoma State University; Samuel B. Montgomery, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

customized. The five SALG questions are as follows: 1. How much did the following aspects of the course help you in your learning? (Examples might include class and lab activities, assessments, particular learning methods, and resources.) 2. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in your understanding of each of the following? (Instructors insert those concepts that they consider most important.) 3. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in the following skills? (A sample of skills includes the ability to make quantitative estimates, finding trends in data, or writing technical texts.) 4. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in the