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Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J White, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #14486The History of the Engineering Libraries Division, Part 1 - 1893 to 1960Mr. Michael J White, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The History of the Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Part 1: 1893-19601. IntroductionThe Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) will mark its fiftieth anniversary as a division in 2017. This important milestone is anappropriate time to reflect on the role and impact of librarians within ASEE and in engineeringeducation

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shalini Ramachandran, Boise State University; Steven Matthew Cutchin, Boise State University; Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

instructions within computer programs that direct how theseprograms read, collect, process, and analyze data. We use the term bias to refer to computeralgorithms that systematically discriminate against certain content, individuals, or groupswithout a sound basis [1].As automated systems become an integral part of many decisions that affect our daily life,civil rights, and public discourse, there is concern among social scientists and computerscientists about the presence of bias in machine learning and big-data algorithms. A body ofwork has appeared in popular as well as scholarly literature addressing algorithm bias. In2018, then visiting assistant professor at the University of Southern California, Safiya Noble[2], who also holds a faculty

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anamika Megwalu, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

diversity and inclusion in one-shot information literacy classesIntroduction Many academic departments in higher educational institutions rely on their libraries tooffer Information literacy (IL) classes. Librarians typically design the content of their IL classesin consultation with the teaching faculty members. The content may include topics on avoidingplagiarism, strategies for reading a technical paper, finding relevant resources, evaluation ofinformation sources, and general library orientations [1]. These sessions can be taughtsynchronously and asynchronously. Regardless of the content and discourse platform, these ILclasses are typically one-shot classes that are forty-five to ninety minutes long. As

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University; Linda M. N. Struble, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is a Carnegie Level-1 research university locatedin University Park, PA. The College of Engineering, officially founded in 1894, offersbachelors', masters’, and doctoral degrees in ten departments. The college's average annualenrollment includes approximately 8000 undergraduates and 1600 graduate students. Enrollmentfigures for graduate students do not specify whether they are masters' or Ph.D. hopefuls.[1][2]The Library system at Penn State is one of the largest in North America, with several millionvolumes of books and materials along with several thousand journal subscriptions. TheEngineering Library works as a partner with the College to provide learning services and supportto students, faculty, and

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

Information for Non-Engineers – A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Application of the ACRL FrameworkAs Washington State University becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the need is increasingfor collaboration between librarians and instructors to introduce non-engineering students totechnical literature. Understanding technical literature is challenging even for the very engineerswho are versed in the vocabulary and procedures of their discipline. Hence, training non-engineer students to use this literature is a substantial challenge. Over the course of several years,the ACRL framework for information literacy in higher education has been integrated into theengineering curriculum. Over this time several core lessons have emerged: 1

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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

primary area of coverage has been Biomedical Engineering, she has also served as liaison for Civil & Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 How to be a Subject Specialist When You Aren’t: Engineering Librarianship for the Non-Engineer    BackgroundAsk any library manager with an open engineering librarian position and they will tell you thatrecruitment is challenging. While there are over 150 engineering branch libraries across theUnited States [1] and Hackenberg’s [2] survey found that 72% of sci-tech librarians indicatedthat a course in sci-tech librarianship was offered at their graduate school, the

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia George-Williams, Southern Methodist University; Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Libraries

, interdisciplinary potential of GIS for the library.In addition to these hands-on workshops given since 2016, the program has developed a series ofevents with outside invited speakers who are invited to conduct additional open, campus-wideworkshops in areas as divergent as education and crime. Of the various different workshopsoffered, the GIS Bootcamp held in February/March of 2017 was the most-widely attended; thiswas an intense week-long series of workshops taught by a highly qualified outside instructorwith experience working across the Humanities and Social Sciences. (See figures 1 and 2 -attendance at internal library staff-taught workshops, and external guest-taught workshops). Total attendance at all GIS workshops

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Anderberg, New York University; Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Mikolaj Wilk, New York University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

in anthropology from Dickinson College.Dr. Matthew Frenkel, New York UniversityMr. Mikolaj Wilk, New York University Engineering Reference Associate at Bern Dibner Library c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Project Shhh! A library design contest for engineering studentsBackground Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology is an academic engineering librarysupporting the teaching and research needs of the faculty and student body of the New YorkUniversity Tandon School of Engineering. Tandon maintains a student population of about5,000 students, with roughly an even distribution between undergraduate and graduate students[1]. Located in Brooklyn, New York, Dibner Library is in an urban

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Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

consultation area which has a stationwith a 42 inch screen, seats five to six people and has a wireless keyboard and mouse, seeFigure 1. The students are encouraged to use their electronic devices to follow along or takenotes.Figure 1: Teams Consultation DeskThe team meeting includes showing the class guide, demonstrating each relevantdatabase/source, and explaining which library services to use for the project. Typically the first20 minutes cover the class guide, Figure 2, project scope, Knovel or Engnetbase, and Compendex. For example, if the topic is lubrication and the team had only narrowed down the topic to any type of synthetic lubricant, then the first step would be for the librarian to ask about which brand or formulation was being considered

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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

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Engineering Libraries

studies, students from STEM disciplines consistently report lower usage of librariesthan students from the humanities and social sciences, and Tenopir suggests that engineers whodo use libraries are reluctant to ask for assistance when looking for information.1-6 While Changand Eskridge suggest that engineers during their undergraduate and graduate training areinducted into a culture of non-library use by their instructors and faculty mentors,7 even amongengineers that make use of the libraries, physical visits and direct interaction with librarians havedwindled since the ascension of easy to use full-text search engines.8 Hemminger et al. foundthat as early as 2007, the wide availability of electronic resources had transformed theinformation

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Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleshia Huber, Binghamton University; Jill Dixon, Binghamton University; Sandy Card, Binghamton University

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Engineering Libraries

AllieMolinelli. The authors would also like to thank Bill Palmer for editing this paper.Bibliography 1. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2017). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2017-2018. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting- engineering-programs-2017-2018/. 2. Binghamton University Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Department. (2017). Undergraduate Program Curriculum. Retrieved from http://www.binghamton.edu/ssie/under-grad/undergraduate-curriculum.html. 3. Binghamton University Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Department. (2017). Objectives/Outcomes/Data. Retrieved from http://www.binghamton.edu

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Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Mischo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Christie A. Wiley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mary C. Schlembach, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Heidi J. Imker, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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details about the data after a periodof time has passed. There are three types of metadata or documentation: descriptive metadata(often connected with a specific subject schema), structural metadata (expressing relationships toother files), and administrative metadata (including rights and environmental information). Thesemetadata elements are particularly important for data deposited in institutional or disciplinaryrepositories.STORAGE AND BACKUPOur instruction focuses on recommendations regarding number and locations of data copies;schedules for backup; and the robustness and efficacy of storage solutions. We demonstrate the3-2-1 rule which prescribes: 3 copies of the data; 2 kinds of media; and placing 1 copy in aremote location. Also

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TS3: Working with Students

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Azure Janee Stewart

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Engineering Libraries

building a new generation ofmachines, materials, and systems [1]. As a result, these challenges will require us to examinehow we not only educate engineers for the future, but also to integrate techniques from the largerfield of education so that we can apply research-informed approaches to engineering education.When we talk about a research-informed approach in the context of this work, we are discussingthe method of engaging in interactional ethnography as a logic of inquiry, and as a method forinforming curricular based decisions [2]. Many engineering and science curricula focusprimarily on students developing the technical skills required for their careers post-graduation.This focus on technical skills often comes at the cost of the

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David S. Pixton, Brigham Young University; Jared Aaron Landetta, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Libraries

50 years, this “trademark ofour campus” [1] had a few different homes on campus, finally ending up as a display on thescience floor of the main library. In 2018, a librarian began considering how to refresh the agingexhibit, and later that year found his answer from two engineering students. These studentsproposed using augmented reality (AR) to create a richer and more engaging and educationalexperience for patrons. AR would allow patrons to appreciate the unique informational andartistic qualities of the globe itself, while expanding the experience to include further visual andaudible content that are not physically part of the globe. These “augmentations” can be made toappear as part of the exhibit when viewing the exhibit through

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily Bongiovanni, Colorado School of Mines; Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Alexander Luis Odicino, Colorado School of Mines; Allyce Horan, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Libraries

this movement meant encouraging faculty on a large scaleto adopt, adapt, and create OER. Peter Reed noted in his 2012 study, “Awareness, Attitudes andParticipation of Teaching Staff towards the Open Content Movement in One University,” thatteaching faculty are open to sharing their work, but “they are not doing so to any large-scaledegree, that is, through specific OER repositories and open licensing.” 1 The challenge ofencouraging faculty to understand and incorporate OER can often derive from their unfamiliaritywith terms and policies related to copyright. 2 3 These concerns are compounded by facultyquestions regarding OER content quality and the peer review process. 3 However, these issues canbe mitigated by informational courses offered by

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2: Special Topics

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jean L. Bossart, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

United States (U.S.) a Professional Engineer (PE) is licensed by the state in which theypractice. The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) wascreated in 1920 to advance licensure and facilitate mobility among the licensing jurisdictions [1].Engineering schools teach their students that those that enter the engineering profession areaccountable for the lives affected by their work and engineers must hold themselves to highethical standard of practice [2]. Students are taught that protection of public health and theenvironment is an engineer’s professional responsibility [3]. However, not all engineers take theextra effort to obtain and maintain a professional engineering license. Only about 25 percent ofall

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Jada Forrester; Andrew Qu; Shinkyum (Kevin) Rho, New York University; Sofia Rose Larson

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Engineering Libraries

within libraries. Theintegration of computers into libraries for both public use and library staff lead tomachine-readable library records, the addition of electronic resources to librariescollection, and new services such as printing, scanning and computer training workshops.By the end of the 20th century the internet would revolutionize how libraries interactedwith their patrons. Today, there are a number of technologies libraries have beenexperimenting with including artificial intelligence, 3D Printing, the internet of things(IoT), and augmented and virtual reality [1]–[4]. In particular augmented reality (AR) isan exciting technology that has begun to be integrated by libraries recently. Librarieshave used AR technology in information

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TS3: Working with Students

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Halle Burns, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Susan B. Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Engineering Libraries

of text shows that it will also detect standards used in materials that are not regularly indexed forcitations such as theses and dissertations, as well as technical reports and other gray literature.IntroductionEngineering and other standards documents are potentially useful to many library patrons and may beintegral to some research or design projects [1]. Understanding patrons' needs for these items would beinformative for collection management. However, collection management decisions are often informed byanalyses that are better suited to more commonly collected and used items, such as monographs andjournal articles. These analyses may compare the use of existing collections to patron requests foradditional similar materials [2], and

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2: Special Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa; Brian Westra, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

Experience and Training Coordination Core),engaging with affected communities (Community Engagement Core), administering the grantand disseminating discoveries (Administrative Core), and the Data Management and AnalysisCore [1].In addition, there are two Research Support Cores. The Synthesis Core synthesizes andauthenticates chemical compounds and analytical standards, and the Analytical Core provideschemical analyses services and support.The Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) is a new core required for all proposals tothe most recent funding opportunity announcement for this program. The NIEHS added this coreto formalize and enhance each program’s capacity to support data management and sharing, anddata analysis. The DMAC has two sets of

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Christopher Heckman, St. Mary's College of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

. 1Literature reviewIn recent years, academic libraries have reported a major shift in focus towardsscholarly communications and research management services [1]. Craft and Harlow [2]observed increased requests from graduate students for scholarly communicationstraining in a variety of topics, with the top choices being “publishing tips” and“post-dissertation publishing” [3]. This demand for training reflects the need amongstudents for guidance in navigating the publication process. Many doctoral programs,especially in the sciences and engineering, require students to publish in order tograduate. As relative novices in the complicated, often opaque arena of academicpublishing, many of these students struggle with the task and would benefit fromguidance

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2: Special Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo

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Engineering Libraries

interests include the role of librarians in engineering education, entrepreneurship, and the role of technical industry standards in academic libraries. She holds the Master of Library Science from the University at Buffalo and a B.A. degree in Communication from SUNY Geneseo. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Examining the Teaching Needs of Engineering Faculty: How the Library and Librarian Fit InAbstractTeaching is a common responsibility among many subject librarians [1], as is supporting facultyin their own teaching pursuits [2]. However, what this support looks like can vary greatlydepending on the academic area

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TS3: Working with Students

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jodi A. Bolognese, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Evie Dee Cordell, Northeastern University; Alissa P. Link Cilfone, Northeastern University; Brooke D. Williams, Northeastern University

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Engineering Libraries

librarians at Northeastern University partnered with the First Year Engineeringprogram to develop and refine an interactive in-person workshop series designed to introducenew engineering students to key research resources at the start of their degree programs. Theprogram has grown rapidly, serving more than 500 first year engineering students in fall 2019with positive outcomes including high perceived value by students, high participation rates, andfaculty noting improvement in the quality of students’ research. When the COVID-19 pandemicforced Northeastern University to adopt a hybrid learning model, the team redesigned theworkshop for remote delivery with the goal of maintaining high participation rates and positivestudent outcomes.This paper (1

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TS3: Working with Students

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Denise Amanda Wetzel, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Kelly Grove, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Jake Adam Flaks, Florida State University

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Engineering Libraries

globalization. Standards are the reason that a plug fits into the wall, a firehose fits all fire hydrants, and why all USB’s work in different computers and more. A standardis a collectively agreed upon set of rules, regulations, requirements, measurements, or technicalspecifications that are published by an organization [1]. They are published by national standardbodies that provide the means for writing and disseminating new standards. Table 1 shows a listof frequently accessed standards organizations and their commonly used acronyms. Due to a lackof peer-reviewed articles on the subject on accessing standards, the authors felt that conducting asurvey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) would prove useful to analyze standardsacquisitions and

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Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Chris Wiley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Libraries

mandates and levels of encouragement have extended to journalpublications and publishers. Yet current literature indicates data sharing is infrequent despiterecommendations and mandates. This article examines one hundred and one research datapolicies and publisher statements to understand data sharing policies, trends and patterns withinscholarly journals. More specifically, it addresses the following research questions: (1) What arethe data sharing policies of these research journals, (2) Have these policies improved since theJoint Information Systems Committee (JISC) study, and (3) What are current journal articlesapplicability to Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability (FAIR) SharingPrinciples. Examining these journals

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Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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Engineering Libraries

causation cannot be established, the data set could lay the groundwork inidentifying the types of sources most commonly used by engineering students and those that areassociated with the higher-performing students.BackgroundEngineering librarians are concerned with the quality of sources students use in their assignments[1]–[4]. However, the changing nature of the information landscape and the expansion ofinformation sources available to undergraduate students has made it more difficult to use one-size-fits-all recommendations or conclusions. This challenge has led academic librarians, ingeneral, to move away from prescriptive standards to a more flexible framework for thedevelopment of information literacy instruction [5]. Recently, the approach

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Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Libraries

dataset to learn which source titles are used mostoften and where to direct collections funds to ensure continued development in areas most usedby the university’s graduate researchers. Other academic libraries can use the methods describedin this study to verify the use of their own collections and make decisions accordingly.IntroductionThe Pennsylvania State University is a Carnegie Level-1 research university located inUniversity Park, PA. The College of Engineering, officially founded in 1894, offers bachelors',masters’, and doctoral degrees in ten departments. During the period covered by this paper(2015-2018), the College's average enrollment included approximately 8000 undergraduates and1600 graduate students. Enrollment figures for

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Engineering Librarian Collaborations in the Library, On Campus, and Beyond

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University; Tina M. Budzise-Weaver, Texas A&M University; Sarel Lavy, Texas A&M University; Tiyamike Kunje

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Engineering Libraries

) information for future space studyresearchers to use.Literature Review The focus of most studies on University spaces has been based on the studentengagement framework to explore the role of various study spaces on the university campus (e.g.[1], [2], [3], [4], [13]). Riddle and Souter [5] argued that current practices in designing studentstudy spaces ignore students’ perspectives and reproduce environments that are familiar but lesssuitable for active peer learning and learning supported by technologies that students prefer.Although many researchers have attempted to find the students’ perspectives through varioussurvey instruments, not many have used ethnographic surveys. A study by Harrop and Turpin[3], explored learners’ with photographic

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Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Engineering Libraries

appropriate for their team’s approach to the course problem.Success of the initial lesson pilot was determined by evaluating team bibliographies from theirmid-semester design proposal and final report assignments. A sampling of bibliographies frompre-flip fall 2016 semester were used for comparison. The bibliographies from the student teams’final project were quantitatively evaluated on both the lower order concerns of citationcorrectness and the higher order concerns of effective source selection. The team found thatstudents successfully used higher quality sources on both assignments following theimplementation of the flipped lesson. However, the results for the final report demonstrated lessimprovement, written 10-12 weeks after the lesson [1].To

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Making connections: Reaching users through student groups, professional organizations and collections projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Fitzpatrick, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Libraries

organizations. He is now getting a Masters degree and has been told heneeds to use library resources. The library resources he has used in the past are books that hisprofessor put on reserve for his class. He’s not sure what he’s supposed to do.This scenario is common in Wisconsin and probably in many other places. Instructors andlibrarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created an infrastructure to helpengineering graduate students learn how to find and use information. The Master of Engineeringin Professional Practice (MEPP) at UW-Madison includes information literacy 1 throughout thetwo year curriculum. Some students understand the need to go beyond Google early in theprogram, but most students are gradually won over to secondary