information sources.The aim of this study was to make library resource instruction an integral portion of a requiredundergraduate engineering communication class to determine if this targeted instructionimproved students' understanding of alternative information sources. Specifically, this studyintegrated standards and the ASTM Compass database into the course through 1) case studyassignments, 2) targeted instruction by the engineering librarian, and 3) the integration ofstandards as information and research sources into both.The authors presented students in select class sections with a case study lesson dependent onstandards. Students were then visited by the Engineering Librarian on two occasions; bothsessions were tied directly to the assignment
to helpfoster a culture of awareness around caring for the environment and contemplative practices.With the support of an internal grant, the library was able to create a small, dedicated meditationspace and offer mindfulness programming in the mediation space including classes in MBSR,breathwork, and meditations for stress and anxiety. First-year engineering students wereencouraged to attend via a passport incentive program all three years.Environmental Programming Environmental movie nights were implemented in the Fall 2017 semester. Moviesselected directly related to the curriculum for first-year engineering students. For example, TheIsland President was selected as the first movie night as it is a suggested film for Copenhagen2009
in assessing inventory and manufacturing equipment, and a manufacturing and product engineer for a Fortune 100 Fluid Power company fulfilling an integral role in developing a robotic welding program to produce hydraulic cylinders. Texas Hydraulics. • Project engineer for the USAF, moving manufacturing facilities from Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas to Tin- ker AFB, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. DME, Defense Military Engineers, subcontractor to Lockheed Martin. Academic Teaching: • Currently subjects, Undergraduate MMET 301 Mechanical Power Transmission MMET 401 Fluid Power Technology • Professional Development and Continuing Education Short courses Pump 101 Basic Pump Fundamen- tals Pump 102 Advanced Pump
Paper ID #28644Assessing an Assessment: A Case Study of the NSSE ’Experiences withInformation Literacy’ ModuleMs. Debbie Morrow, Grand Valley State University Debbie Morrow currently serves as Liaison Librarian to the School of Engineering and the other units within the Padnos College of Engineering & Computing at Grand Valley State University, to the Math- ematics, Statistics, and Physics departments, and to the Honors College at GVSU. In that position her primary role is to support students in courses in her liaison areas both in and outside of their classrooms. Helping students make connections between information
-ended problem solving program, and is working with others on campus to establish a broader integrated context for innovation and design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Using a Second Intervention to Continue Improving Information Literacy Outcomes in a First Year Design ClassAbstractDoes a reinforcement lesson on scholarly and authoritative sources positively affect the qualityof students’ sources in the completion of an engineering design project? In the spring of 2017,the Design I information literacy team at Colorado School of Mines piloted a flipped lesson onevaluating sources in the first-year engineering design course
literacy among STEM majors," in 2014 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, 2014: IEEE, pp. 1-7.[24] R. Borchardt, T. Salcedo, and M. Bentley, "Little intervention, big results: intentional integration of information literacy into an introductory-level biology lab course," Journal of Biological Education, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 450-462, 2019.[25] W. Holliday et al., "An information literacy snapshot: Authentic assessment across the curriculum," College & Research Libraries, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 170-187, 2015.[26] A. A. J. van Helvoort, "How Adult Students in Information Studies Use a Scoring Rubric for the Development of Their Information Literacy Skills," The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 38
was carefully designed to help first-year students achieve success in the programregardless of the specific engineering major they select in their second year. Therefore, thecourse includes themes centered on several design-and-build projects with the following programobjectives: 1. Provide students with the opportunity to experience engineering as an evolving, creative, and interdisciplinary career that impacts global society and daily life. 2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop process-driven problem-solving skills that recognize multiple alternatives and apply critical thinking to identify an effective solution. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to integrate math & science in an engineering context. 4
Paper ID #30550Designing and Evaluating Co-Curricular Information Literacy Sessions forUndergraduate Engineering ResearchersShelby J Hallman, North Carolina State University Shelby Hallman is the Lead Librarian for Engineering at the North Carolina State University Libraries. She provides research support, curriculum-integrated information literacy instruction, and is a liaison for the Colleges of Engineering and Textiles and Entrepreneurship Program. Shelby is also a Co-PI on the Mellon funded grant, ”Visualizing Digital Scholarship in Libraries and Learning Spaces”, investigating large-scale visualization environments
paper discusses how students usepersonal and public spaces in their departments, the library, and what they deem as necessities tocomplete their “home away from home” on-campus experience. The photos and gps databasewill be added to the library repository collection for future researchers to use.Introduction The Texas A&M University (TAMU) Libraries are an important hub for students’studying needs. However, have we optimized or enhanced the spaces for optimal student usageand occupancy? Can we assume that technology, operating hours, location on campus, services,and furniture determine the usability of the spaces? Over the past decades, the TAMU Librarieshave renovated spaces as a reaction to safety, ADA, energy consumption, and
curriculum changes inengineering programs[10]. Despite all of this, I found it challenging to find papers documentingsuccessful interventions based on these changes.Colleges and universities are increasingly turning to the development of an inclusive culture byapplying frameworks like Inclusive Excellence, a model of diversity and inclusion that“anticipates critical appraisal and recognizes historical and contemporary challenges [11].” Thisframework, when adopted across an institution allows for more collective action. At Universityof Arizona Libraries, their Diversity, Social Justice and Equity Council (DSJEC) was created toalign with the institution’s priorities based on an Inclusive Excellence Model [11, p. 67].In approaching this work, I looked
Fosmire [2] have made the argument that informationliteracy can be integrated into a number of student outcomes. However, the engineeringtechnology (ETAC) student outcomes changed around 2011 by explicitly mentioninginformation skills, extending the old 3.g, “ability to communicate effectively,” [3] to 3.g, “anability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both technical and non-technicalenvironments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.” [4]With this change to the student outcomes in engineering technology, there is the potential fornew opportunities for collaboration between librarians and those programs. While the work oflibrarians in EAC programs has been well documented, for example, at every
students represented 50%of Master's students and 78% of PhD students [2].For many years now, the need for enhancing information literacy (IL) training in universities hasbeen well documented. It has been nearly 20 years since Polytechnique Montréal introduced inits academic curriculum a mandatory and credited IL course for graduate students. This coursewas created and updated with guidance from the Association of College & Research Library(ACRL), most notably the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education [3]and the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education [4].The main objectives of this paper are to describe the evolution of the course and to discuss thefactors that have contributed to its success. An
Paper ID #29006Recent changes to the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and waysengineering libraries can support studentsMs. Jean L Bossart P.E., University of Florida Jean Bossart is an Associate Engineering Librarian at the University of Florida (UF). She assists students with research, data support, and citation management. She investigates and integrates creative technolo- gies, such as 3D printing into the STEM discipline library services. She has a BS in chemical engineering and MS in environmental engineering from UF, over 20 years of experience in industry and consulting, and is a licensed professional engineer