Graduate Students.As the series has evolved, so too has the selection process for workshops. Over the first coupleyears, workshop topics were selected by an informal committee including the ScholarlyCommunications Librarian and one or two outside collaborators. In fall 2021, the library begansoliciting suggestions for future topics from attendees in the workshop registration form. Inspring 2022, we joined GradCO to share virtual workshops. As a result, we started curating asmall selection of our workshop offerings to specific NACE Career Readiness frames. Eventhough this development increased the offerings available to our students, for the purposes ofanalysis, our study only considers workshops led by our university. In fall 2022, the
-people of color [18].There are many factors that contribute to disabled students’ low representation in STEM fieldsand education, including, but not limited to: discouraging experiences in their primary andsecondary schooling, struggles to receive and maintain often-inadequate accommodations, biasand discrimination towards disability, a lack of accessible instruction, labs, and tools, poormentorship, as well as exclusion from social and research opportunities [19], [20], [21], [13]. Intheir paper, “Examination of Ableist Educational Systems and Structures that Limit Access toEngineering Education through Narratives,” Autumn Cuellar, Brady Edward Webster, SakashiSolanki, Catherine Mcgough Spence, and Marissa Tsugawa [2022] relay the
the renovation of the Main and Weaver Libraries and construction of a newStudent Success District (SSD). This was a seven-year, $81 million project that connected MainLibrary, the Weaver Science-Engineering Library, Bear Down Gym and the new BartlettAcademic Success Center. The Dean of University of Arizona Libraries Shan Sutton said of theDistrict, which officially opened in April 2022: “The idea is, you’ve got cutting-edge innovativelibrary renovations connected to student services that were previously scattered all over campusbrought into one central location to make them easy to find and easy to use.” This paperdiscusses CATalyst Studios, considered one of the real gems of the SSD, but will begin with areview of developments in the realm
Paper ID #37905Board 96: Exploring the Impact of Textbook Costs on UndergraduateEngineering MajorsJentry E. Campbell, Dartmouth College Jentry Campbell is a Librarian for Research & Learning for STEM at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. She works primarily as a liaison to Thayer School of Engineering. She obtained her MLIS from the University of British Columbia.Stephen Krueger, Dartmouth College ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Exploring the Impact of Textbook Costs on Undergraduate Engineering MajorsAbstractIn the fall of 2022, the
list only those books for the current semester. Inour sample, the MIT, CalPoly SLO, UCLA, and SUNY Poly lists are for the Fall 2022 semesteronly, while the CMU list includes Fall 2022 and permanent reserves.Table 1. Summary of books identified from course reserve lists of the five institutions. Institution Relevant Reserve Books MIT 23 CalPoly SLO 17 UCLA 17 CMU 7 SUNY Poly 5From these 5 reserve lists, we identified all textbooks reserved for courses in
, which may be much more defined, structured, and linear than workplaceinformation problems. Additionally, this type of instruction often integrates library subscribedresources, which students may not have access to after graduation.Improving workplace IL preparation for engineering, engineering technology, and businessstudents has been an interest of ours for the last several years [2], [3], [11], [12], [13], [14]. Tofurther this work, we submitted a proposal for an internal university funding opportunity that waswell-aligned with our workplace IL interests. In early 2022, the Purdue University InnovationHub, a campus unit created by our Provost’s office to focus on course-based innovations at scale,issued an inaugural call for funding for
thecitational justice work that has already been developed and executed by librarians at UMD.Critical Citation Instruction at UMDIn 2020-2021, two librarians in the teaching and learning department at UMD, rolled out amodule they had developed to teach critical citation practice. They continued to adapt andexpand their work until leaving their positions in 2022. In order to teach critical citation, thelibrarians developed learning modules delivered in the form of workshops and lectures with adetailed accompanying research guide [23]. I began my tenure at UMD after these librarians hadleft and much of the instruction they had been running, had ceased or been put on hold. Thissection will explore their work, which is the precursor and foundation for the
competency related to the CHIPS and Science Act; prospective aerospace companycollaborations; and research alignment analysis with HBCUs and other minority servinginstitutions. Each example covers tools, alternatives, and processes used to generate theseanalyses with end products presented to collaborators. Overall, the collaborations have beensuccessful and are growing, which prompted the need for a new department, with wide supportwithin the library and across campus.Keywords: Bibliometrics, Innovation, Academia-Industry Partnerships, Minority ServingInstitutions, Cross-Campus Collaborations1. IntroductionIn late 2022, the University Libraries at Virginia Tech developed a new department, ResearchImpact & Intelligence (RII), to help all
2022 undergraduate enrollment at 3,287and graduate enrollment at 2,409 [24]. The College is an integral part of the larger campusentrepreneurship ecosystem, and there has been a sizable investment of space for undergraduates,graduate students, and faculty.The physical Engineering Library has been in its current location since 1957 and is a dynamic,service-oriented, and user-centered space that partners with the College of Engineering andCollege of Computing and Information Science to support their teaching, research, learning, andexperiential missions, and the broader mission of our institution. The library providescollections, services, space, and staff expertise. Since 2019, the engineering librarians have beenorganizationally aligned with
instruction andsupport.With the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative artificial intelligence exploded inpopularity [14] and raised the question of whether this tool could be leveraged by researchers toassist with data extraction and formulation. Although the tool has potential to change the natureof work, research, and education [15] much of its practical utility in academic libraries remainsunderexplored, especially in the multimodal space.The following research study aims to answer two interrelated questions: what do the citationpatterns of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) capstone students reveal about theirinformation behavior and can new AI technologies assist researchers in analyzing these citationdata?Since 2017, librarians
is a desire for active engagement and participation, it isn’t always a guarantee. Therequired course for undergraduate engineering transfer students at the University at Buffalo has,for many years, included a session with librarians to introduce the university’s library resources.Having the opportunity to work directly with students who have recently transferred is a uniquechallenge as they have even more varied experiences with libraries and research resources. FromFall 2022 to Fall 2023, librarians piloted an approach that was more interactive than the previoustraditional one-shot and subsequent homework assignment. This case study details the use ofNearpod, an online tool for educators to create and present interactive lessons, to make
graduate students, many of whom speak English as a second language.A customized version of the VALUE rubric for Information Literacy was used to assess a sampleof 25 term projects from two semesters spanning 2021-2022. A Mechanical Engineering facultymember rated half the criteria that required more subject matter expertise. An EngineeringLibrarian rated the other half of the criteria which are more research oriented. This methodresulted in substantial time savings and increased expertise in overall ratings.Results indicate the students in aggregate were most skilled in choosing sources related to theresearch question and selecting those sources based on multiple criteria. Students were leastskilled in the proper citation of sources and in
forundergraduate STEM students: An illustrative case study perspective.” Sci. and Technol.Libraries, (1), pp. 65-81, 2021.[9] A.B. Tardiff. “Have a CCOW: A CRAAP alternative for the internet age.” J. of Inf. Literacy,vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 119-130, 2022.[10] K. Mercer & K.D. Weaver. “Critical evaluation of information as a new threshold conceptfor navigating STEM information.” Sci. and Technol. Libraries, (2), 2022.[11] K. Mercer, K.D. Weaver & K. Waked. “Navigating complex authorities: Intellectualfreedom, information literacy and truth in pandemic STEM information.” IFLA J., (3), pp. 399-409, 2022.[12] K. Phillips, E. Roles, & S. Thomas. “Navigating the information ecosystem: Gettingpersonal with source evaluation, IF I APPLY” in LOEX Annu
technical standards information into a simplisticcustomizable curriculum that can be interlaced into existing undergraduate engineering coursesor offered independently through in-person and online facilitation sessions. Prior feedbackreceived at the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference andExposition suggests that such an initiative will aid academics overwhelmed by decisions and/orlacking expertise in technical standards basics.Up to this point, studies in literature focus primarily on individual groups (e.g., students, industryemployees) with small sample sizes [19, 20]. Therefore, to better understand what should beincluded in the curriculum, the authors developed a survey to poll individuals across theengineering
respondentsreported using either Google Scholar or a general search engine like Google vs. 13% who usedspecialized databases. Only 8% reported using the library website or catalog (Brink et al., 2022).To supplement evidence that faculty are largely shifting away from using subscription-basedsearch tools to find scholarly sources, researchers have compared the efficacy of top science andengineering databases with Google Scholar. Cole and collaborators (2018) found that GoogleScholar outperformed both Compendex and Scopus in terms of citation availability. From asample pool of citations drawn from engineering dissertations, Google Scholar consistentlyretrieved approximately 95% of citations, while Scopus retrieved between 40-80% of citationsand Compendex 25-55
Laura I. Spears, PhD, University of FloridaAbstractPrior to embarking on a major renovation of the University of Florida’s (UF) science andengineering library in 2022, the library asked their patrons, including engineering students, whatthey wanted in an academic library space. How do engineering students use their academiclibrary and what do they envision as an ideal space? The library teamed with the Department ofInterior Design in the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning to collaborate on a studyof the top two floors of the library that were slated for renovation. The goal was to develop floorplans that facilitate innovative research, creative thinking and problem-solving. The studymethodology included an observational study
. doi: 10.1101/2020.05.22.111294.[3] T. Alamo, D. G. Reina, M. Mammarella, and A. Abella, “Covid-19: Open-Data Resources for Monitoring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Epidemic,” Electronics, vol. 9, no. 5, Art. no. 5, May 2020, doi: 10.3390/electronics9050827.[4] E. Dong et al., “The Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering COVID-19 Dashboard: data collection process, challenges faced, and lessons learned,” Lancet Infect. Dis., vol. 22, no. 12, pp. e370–e376, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00434-0.[5] E. C. McKiernan et al., “How open science helps researchers succeed,” eLife, vol. 5, p. e16800, Jul. 2016, doi: 10.7554/eLife.16800.[6] “FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New
Information Literacy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 44-68, Jun. 2013, doi: 0.11645/7.1.1785[6] “Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, 2021 – 2022 | ABET.” https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting- engineering-programs-2021-2022/ (Accessed Jan. 10, 2023).[7] C. Booth, M.S. Lowe, N. Tagge, S.M. Stone, “Degrees of impact: Analyzing the effects of progressive librarian course collaborations on student performance,” College & Research Libraries, vol. 76, no. 5, pp. 623-651, Jul. 2015, doi: 10.5860/crl.76.5.623[8] S.J. Harkness, F.A. Rusk, and R. Rubio, “Using an embedded librarian model to increase information literacy in political science research methods
chat.Transcripts were retrieved from the system for the period covering August 1, 2022 through July31, 2023. These dates were selected to include an entire year of data which roughly aligned withASU’s academic year, encompassing regular Fall and Spring semesters as well as Summersessions for instruction. During retrieval the transcripts were filtered to only include responsesfrom patrons at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. The initial data set consisted of a totalof 404 transcripts.Data processingSpringshare downloads the transcripts in the form of a CSV file. The transcripts were loaded intoExcel and then filtered by ASU Affiliation to limit the results to students. This resulted in 334individual transcripts from the time period, or 82.7% of the
, inclusivity,collaboration, transparency, innovation, and global impact in scientific research. We provideresearch support and open science guidance to engineering faculty and students and respond toquestions about data sharing and data repositories. In the United States of America, many of ourfaculty receive federal funding for their research endeavors. To best support our engineeringfaculty, staff, and students, we stay updated on the changing landscape of United States federalguidelines on research data sharing. The following are some of the landmark publications andpolicy changes that impact our constituents.In April 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and theNational Science and Technology Council (NSTC) published
prepare students better for the norms of academia, for the process of researchpublication, and for critical review of scholarship. Research librarians with both engineering and scholarly communication expertise areuniquely situated to fill in the gaps of the research lifecycle. Scholarly communication skills arevital for high-impact research writing – understanding and critically evaluating scientometrics,reviewing conferences and journals, evaluating and reviewing literature, navigating authorship,planning for data management, understanding various paper types, interpreting disciplinarynorms, and more. In 2022, the primary author designed and proposed the semester-long first-year graduatecourse “Research Lifecycle and Publication in
current work.MethodsSurvey DesignThe online survey questionnaire was divided into three sections: Demographics, Research DataPractices, and Data Sharing Preferences. It included 29 questions and was adapted withpermission from surveys completed by [14], [15] and [8]. Drafts were distributed in May andJune 2022 for feedback and to test the Qualtrics survey instrument. Feedback on question order,questions to include and exclude, and word choice were addressed and modified by the authorbefore survey distribution via Qualtrics.The study was approved by the UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB ID H22-00116)on June 9, 2022.Data CollectionEngineering faculty emails were compiled from UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science website. 301emails were
, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.aaas.org/resources/levers-change-assessment-progress-changing-stem-instructi on[6] C. Wieman and S. Gilbert, “The Teaching Practices Inventory: A New Tool for Characterizing College and University Teaching in Mathematics and Science,” CBE—Life Sci. Educ., vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 552–569, Sep. 2014, doi: 10.1187/cbe.14-02-0023.[7] J. Moore and T. Reinsfelder, “Current Usage Patterns of Open Educational Resources in the Engineering Mechanics Classroom and Barriers to Adoption,” Issues Sci. Technol. Librariansh., no. 95, Art. no. 95, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.29173/istl65.[8] L. Wiitablake, D. Boyer, and Y. Wu, “The Role of Libraries in Collaborative OER Development,” presented at the 2022
tocompare the needs of the faculty from both engineering and business, and to determine where theoverlap in needs exists. By determining the overlap, UB librarians could then coordinateoutreach and instruction activities that would be beneficial for both of these major schools, aswell as potentially streamline collection development needs.Local ContextThe University at Buffalo (UB) is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system,which comprises 64 campuses. As of the 2021-2022 academic year, it has 32,347 students with22,306 undergraduate students and 10,041 graduate-level students. The student populationrepresents 48 states and 102 countries [14]. UB has three campuses with 13 schools and colleges.The School of Management (SoM) at UB has
responses.The systematic review process can be divided into smaller tasks, and some of them canreasonably be targeted for automation, like screening papers for inclusion or extracting data fromthem. Software such as Covidence is already aiding researchers in these areas. However, a 2020review by van Dinter et al.[19] examined 41 systematic reviews using some form of automationand found that only 7 included automating the search query creation process. A 2021 study foundthat text-mining tools could significantly reduce the time spent creating queries, though it alsofound a decrease in query sensitivity [20]. Furthermore, a 2022 review of artificial intelligenceused in systematic reviews, by Blaizot et al. [21] found 12 health science studies, yet
developed and implemented culturally informed library services, expanded its personnel four-fold, and re-established its physical locations as culturally safe spaces for Indigenous library users. Alex co-authored ASU Li- brary’s first land acknowledgement statement, is the recipient of the Society of American Archivists 2022 Archival Innovator Award, and recently was awarded a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for ”Firekeepers: Building Archival Data Sovereignty through Indigenous Memory Keeping,” a three-year project to preserve Indigenous knowledge through community-based participatory archival partnerships with Arizona’s Tribal communities. Alex’s journey to librarianship comes after years of
More Inclusive Subject Headings.” The Information Warrior Journal,1(1), 11, 2024.[12] S. Farnel, “Metadata Frameworks Driven by Indigenous Communities in Canada's North:An Exploration.” [Thesis]. University of Alberta, 2021. Accessed Nov. 7, 2023. [Online].Available: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/73ddd5bf-ad06-4217-86f5-fe48ca7bd224[13] L. Haberstock, “Participatory description: decolonizing descriptive methodologies inarchives.” Archival Science, 20(2), 125-138, 2020. doi: 10.1007/s10502-019-09328-6[14] K. Ruckstuhl, “Trust in scholarly communications and infrastructure: Indigenous datasovereignty.” Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 6, 752336, 2022. doi:10.3389/frma.2021.752336/full[15] J. M. Mueller-Alexander, A. Soto, and
students, transfer studentchallenges, approaches to classroom accessibility, and greater curriculum awareness. This datahas helped the library identify challenges unique to each discipline within the division, as well aspotential gaps in undergraduate and graduate student support prior to initiating service.Introduction The foundation of this case study rests in user-centered research with the primary goal oflearning more about the needs of engineering students at a R1 research institution. The studybegan during the Spring of 2022 when this researcher began working as a library liaison to theSchool of Engineering, filling a position that had been vacant for several years. During thoseyears, the School of Engineering (SoE) had grown and
how capable such tools arewithin certain disciplines. This work in progress aims to shift from evaluating generative AItools’ capabilities to exploring how such tools impact the information-seeking behaviors of theirusers. The paper focuses on the impact of OpenAI’s ChatGPT on the information-seekingbehavior of engineering students. The paper presents data from a survey of engineering students.In addition, the paper provides the methodology and preliminary data from a structured interviewwhere participants will use ChatGPT to address a multifaceted problem concerning the GrandChallenges for Engineering.IntroductionNear the end of 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool.ChatGPT is a large language model
professional library career started in 2006 in the law firm libraries of Latham & Watkins in San Francisco, California, and Brussels, Bel- gium. Erin is a 2021-2022 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellow. She is also a graduate student in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech, where her research interests include the application of cognitive psychology techniques to the academic search domain and information literacy teaching and learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Undergraduate Students Experience Cognitive Complexity in Basic Elements of Library ResearchAbstract Google’s success in building a