Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Linda Jones, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

; ≠ Homework assignment and test problem from a first-year course15 directed toward students’ abilities to access and evaluate information in the libraries and on the World Wide Web. ≠ Reports from a variety of design projects, laboratories, or research-based analyses in which students cite data in developing an argument. These types of assignments provide measures of the abilities to access and evaluate information, cite information ethically and in proper format, and utilize information to accomplish a particular purpose. As students progress through the curriculum, they are exposed to a greater variety and greater complexity of data, including data presented in tabular and graphical formats. In

Conference Session

Widgets, Add-ons, Toolbars, and Videos: Web 2.0 Tools for Searching, Managing, and Teaching about Engineering Literature and Information

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Michael Wilson, Ohio University

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Engineering Libraries

. Retrieved March 18, 2009, doi:10.1300/J101v18n35•052 Bernard, M.L. (2003) Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability) Software UsabilityResearch Laboratory (Wichita State University). Retrieved from:http://www.hcomtech.com/documents/index.php?docid=5.3 Brown, M. (2007, September). Library Toolbars for Use and Development. Library Hi Tech News, 24(8),33-35. Retrieved March 18, 2009, doi:10.1108/074190507108360274 Rice, S. (2006) Take the Library with You on the Web: A Mozilla Firefox Toolbar. Brick and ClickLibraries: Proceedings of an Academic Library Symposium, Maryville, Missouri, 6, Nov. 3. ED493910. 78- 81.5 Booth, C., & Guder, C. S. (2009). If you build it, will they care? Tracking student receptivity to emerginglibrary

Conference Session

Collaboration, A Cool Tool: Librarians/Faculty/Students Work Together for Quality Results

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patsy Hulse, University of Auckland; John St George, University of Auckland; Li Wang, University of Auckland

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Engineering Libraries

. In thispaper the authors will discuss the structure and outcomes of these changes to the programmeand the benefits of this collaboration. Page 14.676.3Fourth Year Project structure and collaborationThe final year project is intended to give students an exercise in conducting and reporting onthe investigation of a topic in civil or environmental engineering, and demands independentthought and action. It normally comprises some combination of information research, theoryand laboratory work. Students work in pairs on the project with the work shared betweenthem. The civil and environmental engineering field offers students a wide variety of

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisha Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries

). Figure 3:: Reason for librrary usageGraduate students’ top five reasons for going to the library are accessing literature (85%),checking out books (79%), individual study (40%), attending seminars (19%), and printing andgetting something to eat (17% each). The changing focus of library usage from undergraduatesto graduates students makes sense. The focus in many undergraduate engineering programs is onlearning from textbooks and in laboratory assignments. Graduate students focus more on usingliterature for their research. The main reasons for faculty coming to the library were accessingliterature (72%) and checking out materials (44%).  Students were asked when they usually use the library. Even

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

cohorts provided visual insights into learners'research pathways from online to laboratory work. 1IntroductionThe pathways to STEM careers are diverse and varied. It is well known that early exposure toSTEM environments can inculcate and reinforce interests in technical fields at key decisionpoints when individuals choose career pathways [1]–[3]. Given the importance of a strong STEMtalent-base to global economic competitiveness and prosperity, there exists a need to cultivate apre-college landscape gives all students broad, authentic exposure to STEM fields earlier in theireducation [4]. In the framework of cognitive career theory, individuals choose careers based oninterests, attitudes, and values

Conference Session

Makerspaces in the Library: Using 3D printers, Laser Cutters, and Kits to Enhance Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia Jones, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Libraries

social impact for the funding he had received from the National Science Foundationfor research into digital fabrication. It is the extension arm of the CBA that is responsible foreducational outreach. Even though the originator of the FabLab concept had not envisioned anyconnection between digital fabrication and education, this connection has definitely now beenintegrated into its function.9 Page 26.882.4Among other things, FabLabs are a knowledge-sharing global network of labs that enableinvention by providing access to tools for fabrication. They are a “distributed laboratory forresearch and invention” that offer their members a place to “play

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Magid, New York University, Abu Dhabi

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

recording of protocols and progress has been done via paper labnotebooks. With the popularity of the internet, many have been turning to electronicmeans to record their study data, though this does not imply that paper lab notebookshave been completely abandoned. In the beginning, many were making use of tools notnecessarily created for the sole use in laboratories, such as Microsoft Word, Evernote,Google Docs, or other means of recording notes online and/or via a computer.However, there proved to be a market for products used especially by those doingresearch on scientific fields and thus the electronic lab notebook was born. New YorkUniversity Abu Dhabi has a growing faculty specializing in STEM fields. As with anyother university, the STEM

Conference Session

Scientific Literature and Data: Proliferation, Storage, and Open Access

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Stout, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anne Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

even different versions.Issues surrounding data disseminationYet this data is valuable to scientific research. Or is it? How useful is data if it can’t beaccessed and disseminated? Not only must the data be made available, it must bedescribed in such a way that its contents and structure are apparent to the user. Currently,laboratory data is frequently stored on researcher PCs, lab servers or communalrepositories (in the form of reports) like arXiv (http://arxiv.org/). Institutional repositorieslike DSpace (http://www.dspace.org) and Eprints (http://www.eprints.org) are bettersuited to traditional, discrete publications than data sets. Metadata descriptors may help auser understand the contents of a data set, but researchers frequently don’t

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Patterson, University of Alabama; Nicholas A. Kraft, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama

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Engineering Libraries

in both science and engineering. It istruly a multi-disciplinary society that addresses technological needs that are also quite varied. Inaddition to diversity in disciplines, the society members are diverse in their affiliations.Members, volunteers, and symposium registrants come from academic institutions, governmentagencies, national laboratories, and industry. The Industrial Physics Forum (IPF) associated withthe AVS brings industry executives, researchers, and science-policy decision makers together toshare business knowledge, to assess critical needs, and to determine future directions.2Using vacuum technology for characterizing material surfaces and interfaces was a primaryfocus in the early days. Controlling the environment in a

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Engineering Libraries

collectiondevelopment goals will be to grow our electronic collections.The New Science and Engineering Building Our university is a new campus, relative to many universities in the state. However, it isgrowing rapidly, especially in the sciences. In the last five years, our university opened twomulti-disciplinary science and engineering buildings. The newest building, the AppliedEngineering and Technology Building, opened for occupancy in Fall 2009 and officially inSpring 2010; our library opened few months later, in May. In the original plans for the building, a laboratory space was built where our library isnow. The architects and builders outfitted the room with various lab specifications, including aneye-wash station, a multitude of power

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor L. Osorio, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Libraries

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

aninformation literacy quiz-tutorial online.10 The college is in the process of improving this aspectof the first-year information literacy program to ensure a larger number of students receive thispreliminary learning opportunity in information literacy. This paper focuses on the second-semester first year course that builds on these preliminary skills and provides a basis for moreadvanced learning within the major. Later courses address other aspects of information literacyin the context of laboratories, design, and engineering analysis in a variety of areas. Thecapstone design course utilizes information literacy skills on a real-world design project for a

Conference Session

Engaging Students with Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Dera, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joseph J. Mercuri, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raymond Patrick Vasquez, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

undergraduates who may not have the need to interact withlibrary resources or liaison librarians until farther along in their undergraduate or graduatestudies due to other course requirements mostly consisting of engineering fundamentals, andfocus in laboratory and design assignments. The benefits of taking the library to the studentsinclude providing opportunities for the library staff to meet more students and faculty, promotelibrary research resources, and create follow-up appointments for one-on-one research assistance.This paper discusses the implementation details of the program, such as, determining the bestlocations for the pop-up library, the marketing and publicity of each pop-up, the types ofresources and services that were highlighted, and

Conference Session

Informing the Critical Understanding of Our Users: Using Data to Develop New and Diverse Services

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

our faculty publicationsfor the past 20 years. We noticed that some research topics were clearly distinguished from each otherbecause those research areas had been in existence for several years, resulting in a large number ofpublications. For example, the topic of toxicology in environment (Topic 2 in Appendix 1) reflected alarge research program on air pollutants that had been running for twelve years. The results also gave usan insight into some research areas which we had never recognized. An example would be the topic oflung imaging (Topic 3 in Appendix 1) which was aligned with a research laboratory studying pulmonaryimaging. Since many words occurring in the topics were technical jargons, we referred to thebibliographic records and

Conference Session

Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Matthew R Marsteller, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering Libraries

Mellon University. Prior to this position, he was Head of the Science Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University from 2006 through 2014. He has also served as the Physics and Math Librarian at Carnegie Mellon from 1999 through 2006. Earlier in his career, he served as the Library Team Leader for the National Energy Technology Laboratory Library in Morgantown, West Virginia and as an Assistant Science Librarian at the University of South Carolina. He also served in the United States Navy as a surface ship nuclear propulsion plant operator aboard the USS Mississippi. He is currently a United States representative on the Governing Council of the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Savannah Lee, Drexel University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Rishiraj B Mathur, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Krzysztof W Mazur, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University ; Christopher A. Badurek, Drexel University; Matthew Morton, Knovel at Elsevier

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Engineering Libraries

University’s Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Department. He has also held a research ap- pointment at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Augmenting his scientific interests, Daniel serves as a STEM educator working to engage minorities through research- based learning experiences, and create new approaches to 21st century information literacy education, in his role as Innovation Advisor to Elsevier’s Academic Engineering Solutions Library Advisory Board (AES-LAB).Miss Savannah Lee, Drexel University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Savannah Lee is a fourth-year Electrical Engineering Drexel student. She was inspired to pursue engi- neering after her research

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia E. Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

checklist. Carefully document the decision to remove items and retain all items removed for later review. 3. Review the active checklist to determine if it is representative of the publications of the user community and provides appropriate items to complete the evaluation. Questions that may be asked: Are the items in the checklist published in venues used by and on topics of interest to target group? For example, if the checklist includes articles on the education of elementary students and the main target group is research scientists in national laboratories, it may be appropriate to remove these items

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Mark Chrimes, Institution of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

laboratories – BuildingResearch (BRE), Road Research (now TRL) , Water Pollution Research (Now WRc). Thelatter bodies had considerably more resources than ICE. A little later the Ministry of PublicBuildings and Works, later the Property Services Agency (PSA), introduced ConstructionReferences. All of the above services developed online versions – INSPEC, BRIX, IRRD,Aqualine. BRE and PSA later briefly contributed to ICONDA. ICE briefly entered the frayagain with ICE Abstracts in the 1970s. The competition remained stiff and poor financialreturns led to its sale. It survives as International civil engineering abstracts published byEmerald.The Library also came under internal pressure within ICE. As other functions expanded itsspace was challenged. The

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

Laboratory. The othermembers of the panel were scientists and engineers from various government agencies,universities and corporations.The report’s numerous recommendations addressed every aspect of technical information fromthe writing of abstracts to the development of information handling systems; use of citationindexes, the reduction of unnecessary and duplicative publications, and the creation of a nationalnetwork of technical information centers. One of its major recommendations was to improvestudent education in information retrieval and the use of literature. Noting that some disciplines,notably chemistry, did require students to take courses on using the literature, engineers “receivevirtually no training in literature techniques, and they

Conference Session

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

Paper ID #34694Examining the Teaching Needs of Engineering Faculty: How the Library andLibrarian Fit InMs. Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo Erin Rowley is the Head of Science and Engineering Library Services at the University at Buffalo and serves as the Engineering Librarian. Before coming to UB, Erin was the head of a research team at a consumer products testing laboratory specializing in international standards and regulatory research. At UB she assists faculty, students, and staff with library resource instruction and engineering-related research including standards, technical reports, and patents. Erin’s research

Conference Session

Collaboration, A Cool Tool: Librarians/Faculty/Students Work Together for Quality Results

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University; Patricia Gaspari-Bridges, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

ofEngineering built a new library space in the E-Quad, the building housing all the engineeringdepartments, but by the mid-1990s, the need for laboratory space became very acute. WhenUniversity Trustee Dennis Keller ’63 made the generous gift to the School of Engineering for anew building, the library received a new home in the Friend Center for Engineering Education.Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Henry Cobb of Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners,Friend Center opened its doors in September 2001. The building houses high-tech classroomsand computer clusters, videoconferencing facilities, a spacious convocation hall, a 250-seatauditorium, along with the Engineering Library, for a total of 70,500 square feet. The libraryoccupies 40% of the

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

) and skills that would be gained in technical and non-technical courses and laboratories to provide you with the fundamental academic knowledge needed to meet your three, five, and ten year goals. ● Provide​ three specific examples of course material you expect to use to achieve your desired goals. For example, you may choose to take a course in nuclear engineering to develop your knowledge of nuclear power plants with the goal of developing cleaner energy systems for developing nations. ● Identify and describe​ other specific areas of knowledge, skills, and abilities you will need to master to achieve the goals you have previously identified. ● Identify and provide​ details of the sources you will use to

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

growing need for help with GIS support, the University Library set out to develop a structurefor the support of Spatial Literacy on campus.Engineering support in the library has traditionally remained firmly text based, supporting theacademic side of Engineering research, but leaving much data development and practice in thedomain of the laboratory. In fact, there has been little demand from instructors for libraryinstruction in Engineering classes. In contrast to this trend, the Initiative for Spatial Literacy waslaunched by the libraries, by the hiring of an adjunct faculty member from the School ofEngineering who spearheads the program, collaborating with the university’s EngineeringLibrarian. This article will explain what spatial literacy is

Conference Session

Technical Session 3: History and Future of Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill H. Powell, Cornell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

gained by merging them into one building. SeeFigure 14.19Cornell University Announcements described various college buildings, including the library inthe yearly publication. A description from 1930 describes the origins and size of two bookendowments, Kuichling for hydraulic and municipal engineering (civil) and Gray for electrical.See Figure 15. BUIL IN S AN E UIPMENT 5 plete commercial radio broadcasting e uipment Laboratory stand ards of inductance, capacity and fre uency are available for

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming; Joseph H Holles, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

service at their university. Instruction style can vary as well with seminars, workshopsand stand-alone courses being used to teach RDM skills. Who teaches RDM can vary just asmuch as the audience: librarians teaching alone or in teams, librarian and faculty combinations,librarian and IT professionals, and any combination of the above including guest speakers. Often,there is preparatory work that may include interviews, laboratory reviews, surveys or other toolsthat aid in getting informative information to facilitate the work toward RDM instruction. Inorder to illustrate the benefits of the team approach to RDM instruction and the trend towardcredit classes, Table 1 compares the course type, date, instructor method, preparatory work andthe

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Review Online. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/making-it-real-3d-printing-library-service6. Fisher, E. (2012, November 28). Makerspaces move into academic libraries. ACRL TechConnect Blog. Retrieved from http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/makerspaces-move-into-academic-libraries7. Lankes, R. (2013). Beyond the bullet points: missing the point and 3D printing. [Web log]. Retrieved from http://quartz.syr.edu/blog/?p=25388. Goodman, A. (n.d.) Map of 3D printers in libraries. [Web log]. Retrieved from http://www.amandagoodman.com/3D/9. Britton, L. (2012). A fabulous laboratory: The makerspace at Fayetteville Free Library. Public Libraries, 51(4), 30-33.10. Griffey, J. (2012). Absolutely fab

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

-systems that can be evaluated. In that case, the inputsand outputs of each sub-system will have to be determined to ensure compatibility andinteroperability.For this phase, standard testing processes, laboratory and experimental procedures, andinformation about appropriate simulation/modeling software could all be needed. In addition, oneneeds to learn about and understand the underlying theories that go into the models. This enablesthe team to determine whether a particular model is appropriate for the use case of the designproblem, and whether, for example, the results can be extrapolated from a model to the full scale.Additionally, the management of original data gathered during prototyping and testing needs to becarried out appropriately. As

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

engineering societies, scientific and technical associations, universities, laboratories and research institutions, government agencies, and industrial organizations. Approximately 30% of the titles covered represent papers from conferences, colloquia, and symposia. Technical reports, books, and monographs are also considered for inclusion. During 1977, more than 95,000 abstracts and citations were published. Grattidge and Creps.16In an article published in the journal Production Engineering, November 1978 issue17, theprofessional engineers of the time recognized the state-of-the-art of this publication: …the latest developments in the use of computers to provide better flow of technology

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

University. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly di-electrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned aNSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within herMedical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development ofDesktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activi-ties in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is currently co-Chair of ASEE’s Diversity Committeeand PIC I Chair; she has previously served on WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams and contributedto 37 ASEE conference proceedings articles

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Libraries

often work in laboratory settings –there are significant differences in the nature of their work and education. Pinelli explains thesedifferences in the work of engineers vs. scientists in great detail,3 but for our purposes whatmatters is how this plays out in terms of library use. As users, engineers behave differently thantheir peers in other disciplines. Many of them simply don’t use the library, physically orvirtually, and are unaware of library resources and services. Neither group is known to askreference questions in the traditional sense or request mediated searching. Tenopir states, “Evenwhen they do use a library, engineers like to search for information themselves rather than gothrough a librarian or other intermediary.”4