Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Jacob William Leachman, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

of increasingly complex questions. Students must have the ability to monitor informationgathered and assess for gaps or weaknesses. Students in lower level undergraduate engineeringcourses are usually unaware of techniques for monitoring information gathered and assessing forgaps in standalone research papers. Moreover, the management of literature research oftenbecomes overwhelming when engineering students encounter team-based design projects thatoccur over the course of an entire semester. To address this need, we have modified the QualityFunction Deployment (QFD) engineering design method to monitor and assess informationresources as a natural outcome of the design process. More specifically we have modified thematrix design method known

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University, Engineering Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, theEngineering Library adopted the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard (typically usedto provide standardized, digital description of archival and manuscript collections) and applied itto create machine readable finding aids for all departmental research and technical reportscollections of the School of Engineering. The Archivists’ Toolkit (AT), an open sourceapplication, has been used to create bibliographic descriptions, to establish name and subjectentries, to manage locations and to export EAD finding aids and MARCXML records fortechnical reports collections. The project has been completed in house, using existing resources;given the increased number of requests the library received for these materials since thecompletion of the project, it

Conference Session

Technical Session 3: History and Future of Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari A. Kozak, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

project began in 2012 with a single email from a professor asking if the Librarywould be open to checking out tools. The professor had tools to loan to students but no systemfor tracking the items. The Library was eager to add this new service and set up procedures anda loan policy. (Full policy and procedures can be found at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/tool-library/.)The Tool Library started out with thirty-eight items available for checkout and items have beenadded ever since. News of the new Tool Library spread by word of mouth, triggering severaldifferent groups to donate tools.At the beginning of 2016, it became apparent there was a need for items more geared towardcreating and hands-on learning with a strong emphasis on technology. It also

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

data services through outreach toresearch faculty, staff and students, and deeper connections with institutional stakeholders. Theseactions have resulted in a set of services that includes data management plan consultations,workshops and course-based instruction, data curation for deposits in the institutional repository,and involvement in institutional data policies discussions.The Iowa Superfund Research Program (ISRP) is a multi-project center grant, funded by theNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) since 2006, to conductcollaborative research on sources, exposures, toxicities, and remediation of polychlorinatedbiphenyls (PCBs). This multidisciplinary program is currently composed of 22 faculty, 10 staff,and 25

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (Zhenjiang, China). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Leveraging Python to Improve Quality of Metadata of Engineering Faculty Publication RecordsAbstractThe Engineering Library at the University of Iowa conducted a project which consisted ofreviewing metadata of engineering faculty publications in the Academic and ProfessionalRecords (APR), which is a locally branded faculty profile system. The challenge of the projectwas that there are thousands of records with erroneous or missing metadata, making it difficult tomanually check Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and ISSN. Our strategy was to analyze thecomplete dataset, break it

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; Jake Carlson, University of Michigan Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

project (http://datainfolit.org), a collaboration between Purdue University, Cornell University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Oregon. Page 26.215.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Analyzing Data Management Plans: Where Librarians Can  Make a Difference  Abstract Since January 18, 2011, any researcher applying to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant must include a data management plan (DMP) in their proposal. Many librarians have responded to this mandate by establishing new data­related services. One potential

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

describe using online or video tutorials generally, with somefascinating articles about various video tutorials for students in engineering and the sciences. Page 15.839.2Jack Maness from the University of Colorado, Boulder published an article in the Summer 2006Issues in Science & Technology Libraries (ISTL) that evaluated streaming video used to deliverinstruction to engineering students in the distance education program6. Barsky and Lindstromwrote an article in the Fall 2008 issue of ISTL about podcasting at the University of BritishColumbia1. Berger discussed a podcasting pilot project at the University of Virginia2. Robertsand Bhatt wrote

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lisa Johnston, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

digital scholarship and research data management, access, and archiving. She has a master’s of Library Science and bachelor’s of Science in Astrophysics, both from Indiana University. Page 23.156.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013An E-Learning Approach to Data Information Literacy Education Page 23.156.2AbstractThis paper presents the University of Minnesota Libraries’ contributions to the ongoing DataInformation Literacy project, an IMLS-funded project to educate the next generation of e-scientists through

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patsy Hulse, University of Auckland; Dahlia Dantang Han, University Auckland, Engineering Library; Emil Melnichenko, University of Auckland; Susan Brookes, University of Auckland, Engineering Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. Individual help from theappropriate subject librarian is also offered.It had always been difficult to integrate information literacy into the third year programme. Onlyone paper was common, and compulsory, for all 550 third year students. This is EngGen303 whichcovers “An introduction to modern theory and practice of management, including project, qualityand financial management appropriate to the engineering profession”. When there was a change ofdirection in the course, the new teaching staff were receptive to the idea of library collaboration.They realised that the students need to find and use information that is not necessarily strictly‘engineering’, and need to know how to do this quickly and efficiently.Subject librarians and faculty

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

excellent time to include information literacy. The librarians and course coordinatorwere at all meetings. Various instructors joined in as time permitted. After determining whatwould be taught in the course each week and how information modules would enhance theteaching, it was agreed that three 50-minute sessions would be placed in weeks two, five, andeleven. While there was much IL content to teach, faculty were very sensitive to the alreadyoverloaded content of this course and were reluctant to give up more than three class sessions.Each module was timed within the course sequence to be presented “just-in-time” for the contentto be applied in a regularly-scheduled course project. The course management system choicewas debated between the campus

Conference Session

Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Melody Royster, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

include ethics education in the sciences. Michelle served as the Principal Investigator for the $298,000 National Science Foundation grant project ”Gaming Against Plagiarism.”Ms. Melody Royster, University of Florida Melody Royster received her MLS from Florida State University. She is an Assistant University Librarian at the University of Florida where she manages agricultural collections. Her recent projects include the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) agricultural journal retention working group, Scholarly Communication Outreach Mini-Grant, and the National Science Foundation funded-Gaming Against Plagiarism (GAP) grant. Melody is an active member of United States Agricultural Information

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo; Phoebe Jane Ballard, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

23.750.2AbstractOne problem with trying to introduce information literacy skills to engineering students is thatsome faculty are reluctant to change their courses to include this new material. Other facultyhave difficulty developing an assignment that will require students to learn and use informationliteracy skills. Having had success with a freshman orientation class, a librarian and instructionaldesigner collaborated to transform that assignment into an online module. The module wascreated in Blackboard and was designed to be generic enough so that it can easily be modifiedfor any course. The assignment asks students to work in teams on a design project. The specificdesign project can be determined by the course instructor, making the module customizable

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Baratta, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

breadth of information covered,evaluating information sources and engaging their critical thinking skills, and developingresearch strategies that can be used to find different sources of information.This paper begins by providing some background on the course and library partnership. We thendescribe the learning objectives for the activity as a whole and for each session, and presentobservations taken during the activity and unsolicited feedback from students.Praxis I: Design and CommunicationPraxis I is a first year introductory design and communication course at the University ofToronto. Students in Praxis I are taught principles of engineering design and technicalcommunication through several design projects that involve a combination of hand

Conference Session

Beneficial Partnerships: Enhancing Library Programming with Strategic Collaborations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Mann, George Mason University; Theresa M. Calcagno, George Mason University; Deborah Ann Kermer, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #26543Library Partnerships to Support Data Analytics Engineering ProgramsMs. Wendy Mann, George Mason University Wendy Mann is the Director of the Digital Scholarship Center (DiSC) at George Mason University Li- braries.Ms. Theresa M. Calcagno, George Mason University Theresa Calcagno is the Librarian to the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Prior to that, Calcagno was a Research Librarian for an engineering project consulting firm.Deborah Ann Kermer, George Mason University Deborah Ann Kermer is the Data Services Research Consultant at the Digitial Scholarship Center in the

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Information Literacy: Novel Perspectives on Integration, Assessment, Competencies & Information Use

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nastasha E Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

stakeholders.”4Simply put, badges, or microcredentials, are typically small-scale awards for demonstrating insome fashion, competency in a particular area. Often, this is accomplished by carrying outstipulated tasks (e.g., answering 20 multiplication questions correctly or programming a robot tocarry out a particular function), but, badges can be awarded for ‘soft skills’ such as participatingin online forums or providing leadership on a particular project, in ways that are more subjectiveand at the discretion of the awarder. Badges in general are not new, with, for example, the BoyScouts and the armed forces having over a century of history awarding badges, ribbons, medalsand the like to indicate participation, mastery, and extraordinary

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Ariel Jocelyn Stables-Kennedy, Western University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

summarize and disseminate knowledge on a researcharea. Using Mays et al. definition: “[scoping studies] aim to map rapidly the key concepts underpinning a research area and the main sources and types of evidence available, and can be undertaken as stand-alone projects in their own right, especially where an area is complex or has not been reviewed comprehensively before.” [21]This methodology has demonstrated its value when investigating topics or research areaswhere evidence takes a variety of forms thereby making other knowledge synthesismethodologies, like systematic reviews, inappropriate and where a non-systematicliterature review may lack the rigor to make actionable or credible assertions [16].In

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Evie Cordell, Northeastern University; Alissa P. Link Cilfone, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Brooke Davis Williams, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Student Awareness of Research DatabasesIntroductionIn the late summer of 2018, the Northeastern University Library and the College of Engineeringstarted work on a collaboration that would benefit and support first year engineering students.The goal of the First Year Engineering (FYE) Library Workshops is to introduce first-yearengineering majors at the university to the library’s resources and databases, thus establishing afoundation in university-level engineering research.The Northeastern University College of Engineering, following a successful pilot in 2014,decided to adopt a “Cornerstone to Capstone” curriculum design for all incoming first-yearengineering students. The Cornerstone course incorporates hands-on, project-based design workwith

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

before the research project with a plan.Involvement in data requires a librarian’s subject expertise to move upstream in the researchproject, just as our involvement in research is moving upstream in the research/publicationcycle.1Familiarity with the needs and common practices of engineering researchThe most useful reading time spent for truly understanding the reality and scope of data issuesfor researchers is reading reports by LIS researchers who interviewed scientists and engineersabout their data management practices and problems. It is invaluable to be introduced to thelifecycle of specific data sets through the eyes of the researcher, as they reflect on how theyproduce the data, how they manage the data, and their own expectation for the

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Ben DeVane, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

of research to undergraduate students, graduate students, andpostdoctoral researchers participating in the proposed research project.‖ The implementation ofthis directive took place in January 2010.2All of these factors became the catalyst for submitting the GAP: Gaming Against Plagiarismgrant proposal. The goal would be to create an online, self-directed, interactive game that wouldprovide a role-adopting environment in which Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) graduate students would learn to recognize and avoid plagiarism. Thegame would be open source to allow adoption by any institution for its own use. The sciencelibrarians worked in close partnership with the University of Florida Libraries‘ grants manager tobuild

Conference Session

Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela Henshilwood, University of Toronto; Cristina Sewerin, University of Toronto; Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Mindy Thuna, University of Toronto; Tracy Zahradnik, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

becomes decentralized (around 2010) Coordinator, Science Collections role created (2016) A&I database evaluation project (2017) Dealer Selection Order (DSO) established (1966-1967) Increase in graduate programmes (in the 1960s) Legend Faculty driven selection

Conference Session

Engaging Uses of Course Management Systems, Blogs, and Open Source and a Database as Tools for Library Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson; Michael Fosmire; Amy Van Epps, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

the assignment, as they come back to campus to explain how theyuse their information skills on the job, and contribute new questions they have run across to thecourse. The components of the tutorial will be demonstrated, along with a synopsis of theassessment of its effectiveness. It’s relevance to lifelong learning for students will also bediscussed.IntroductionEvery April and November, the Siegesmund Engineering Library at Purdue University becomesextraordinarily busy for one week. The reason for this is that the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology 102 - Production Design and Specifications class is assigned an in-depth libraryresearch project. Over the years, the engineering library staff have come to both love and dreadthis one week. With

Conference Session

Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora Nerz, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

technology and the ability to retrieve information arethe same skill sets. In fact, they are not.”10 Students’ inflated sense of confidence can evencajole faculty (especially those who aren’t as comfortable with information technologies) intobelieving that they are already experts in this arena. Page 11.1309.4Changing Expectations Historically, the acquisition of information skills has been something that was on theperiphery of the curriculum – for example, a paper or other research project might be assigned inclass, but when it came to actually doing the associated research, students would often beexpected to figure it out on their own. As

Conference Session

Thinking Ahead: Supporting New Technologies in Engineering Libraries

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

research activities. Even though the project was well planned and thought out,unforeseen problems have hindered the planned training program which was planned for thelibrary staff. The project has not proceeded as quickly as was intended for the following reasons: • Proposed trainer at the Maps Library moved to another position outside the area. • The newly proposed GIS course to be taught at this campus was placed on hold because of administrative changes in the University. This decision had a direct effect on training of instructors as well as promoting GIS to students who would have taken the course. • Plans to reorganize existing courses to include aspects of GIS technology have also been suspended because Penn

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

substantive introduction to information literacy, building on first-semester writing intensive courses and a college-wide online quiz-tutorial to offer discipline-specific instruction in information literacy. This course lays the groundwork for additionalinformation literacy instruction throughout the engineering core curriculum and in the capstonedesign clinic.Information literacy topics are integrated with course material in mass and energy balances usingthe organizing vehicle of a semester-long project on Life-Cycle Assessment. The engineeringlibrarian taught a class that was tailored to the course and the LCA projects; developed a course-specific web site to direct students to relevant library resources they would use in completing theproject

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

venues for target patron groups and a plan to supervise marketing projects weredesigned. Future plans include evaluating specific marketing venues for their effectiveness inreaching specific target markets.IntroductionLibrarians have been talking (and writing) about marketing for years. For the most part,librarians have accepted that marketing must be done, but marketing is infrequently the primaryjob description of a librarian.1A marketing plan and marketing tools, if well designed, can help tocreate a constant awareness among library staff and faculty for the need to reach out to patrons.Marketing effectively informs and compels patrons to use library services, which in turnproduces positive user experiences as they successfully use library

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, China in 2015.Participating students at our institution are required to develop a research project around one of theGrand Challenges. They may take courses designed with the Grand Challenges in mind, or develop aproject that applies subject knowledge. They must seek out opportunities to develop global perspectives,and participate in service learning projects. Our Engineering College web site sets out the programgoals: Research or Major ProjectAll GC Scholars will be required to initiate, complete and make a presentation on a research projectrelated to one or more Grand Challenges. Interdisciplinary CurriculumGC Scholars will be required to complete a curriculum that provides knowledge related to solving one ormore of the Grand Challenges. GCSP

Conference Session

Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

wanted to learn what resources were being usedby the university community in order to assist them with collection development andmaintenance issues while keeping in mind the mandate to save money whenever practicable.Circulation statistics can help with much of the material, but this information is hard to come byfor online databases and subscriptions. Therefore, the author decided to conduct the followingcitation analysis of recently published graduate doctoral dissertations to determine which parts ofthe collection the students are using compared to how often they needed to use sources not heldby the Library.Literature ReviewThe first step, of course, was to see if such a project was even feasible and whether otherinstitutions had done such a

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

for group discussion and consultation on this floorand expect it to be a more active floor. The carpet on the first floor is the most worn and in needof replacement. This is where this process began. Since the Provost was responsible for thechoice of carpet in 1999, we needed his support and approval to have the carpet replaced. Withhis consent, all was on target for replacement over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks in 2006.Enter the concept of an information commons with flexible learning spaces and the opportunityto reclaim space in our building from Academic Information Services (AIS), and the process wassuspended. Carpet replacement had not required an approved plan. The anticipated changes inthe project required that we submit a plan to

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

million books. Historically, the Library has gained from thegenerous support of Princeton donors, and the last decade, in particular, has been a beneficial one,with a number of library building/renovation projects supported by alumni donations. Drivenmostly by the departments’ need to expand lab and office space into areas occupied by smalldepartmental libraries, a concerted effort was made to consolidate smaller libraries in newbuildings or renovate existing library spaces. Just a few impressive library building andrenovation projects of the last decade include the Stokes Library for Public and InternationalAffairs that was established in a newly dedicated building in 2000, the Engineering Librarymoved into a brand new building in 2001, 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

to improve the information literacy instructional curricula at higher educationinstitutions, but will also provide an innovative and tested approach to evaluating theeffectiveness of instruction offered by the library.​ Findings from this study will be used todevelop a transferable model for information literacy instruction and assessment. Literature Review Assessing student learning from an information literacy session has always been amulti-faceted problem, depending on what the outcomes are and how engaged the students arewith those outcomes, whether during the session or in class through discussion or a project theyturn in. Other librarians using bibliographies and evaluation of citations