Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-140: USING ENGINEERING THESES AND DISSERTATIONS TOINFORM COLLECTION-DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CIVILENGINEERINGPatricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas Patricia Kirkwood is the Engineering and Mathematics Librarian at the University of Arkansas where she has been carefully adding civil engineering materials to the collection for 5 years. Patricia has over 20 years experience as a chemistry librarian and a science librarian, but 2004 marked the new career of Engineering Librarian. Page 14.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009USING ENGINEERING THESES AND

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Julia Glauberman, Binghamton University Libraries

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, mechanicalengineering, systems engineering, engineering technology, and construction management fromthe William States Lee College of Engineering (COE).In all of COE’s undergraduate programs, formal library instruction is generally limited to anoptional workshop that first-year students may attend for extra credit. Approximately 78% ofeligible students participate in this workshop during which they receive a basic introduction tolibrary resources in the context of an assignment focused on career planning. In addition to thisannual workshop, interested professors may contact the engineering librarian directly to requestlibrary instruction sessions. These individual requests from professors, which generate a fewsessions each semester, are usually spurred by

Conference Session

Professional Issues and Opportunities for Engineering Librarians

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah E. Lester, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

/working group • Collaborated with faculty on inclusive or equitable teaching • OtherComments below are in response to the prompt, for all the areas above, please share anysignificant work in this area. “As a member of the library DEI committee, we are participating in a statewide cosortial[sic]diversity intern program which begins Spring '20 and is designed to hire an intern from atraditionally under-represented group and allow them to rotate through a series of experiences insix different areas of the library. It is hoped that after this experience, this individual will pursuea career in librarianship.”“Same as above "Other" box in #4: Built more diverse collection; Created a LibGuide for STEMbiographical sources with books that included

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

solve increasingly sophisticated projects.Interdisciplinary information literacy while still focused on the use of scholarly articles needs toalso introduce students to a more diverse set of skills regarding information types, assessingauthority, and accessing information outside their discipline to better strengthen their flexibilitythrough their academic careers but also in the workforce. Diverse skills can be developedthrough collaboration between subject librarians, faculty, and instructors. Through partnershipsinterdisciplinary information literacy help students have a transformational college experience.When introducing students to technical literature it is important that it be introduced at a time ofneed for the student, either a

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

] for use in helping researchers develop DMPs. Responsesto this study revealed that researchers had varied perspectives on what a DMP entails andwhether it was a formal plan (funding DMP) or may also include procedural workflowsembedded in their current research projects (a project DMP).[20]Discussion: As described above, there have been numerous efforts in the literature to teach graduatestudents how to develop DMPs associated with the student’s research project. DevelopingDMPs will also be required in the student’s future professional careers. However, there is not aclear consensus in these literature RDM courses on what exactly a DMP is and how it is used.As a result, there is not clarity on what to teach graduate students in a RDM

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

for the Libraries and colleges,including the College of Engineering, to develop a partnership where the Libraries will provideopportunities for students to gain relevant leadership experience in mentoring others in labtechnology or 3D design. The new ongoing relationships with local businesses could alsoenhance opportunities such as internships and careers for graduates, which in turn could provideexamples of student success that could be used in recruiting or fundraising by academic units, aswell as the university. Page 26.882.9It is noteworthy to state that other libraries can achieve similar success if they are willing toembrace this new

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #23165Is It Worth It? Implementation of Electronic Lab Notebook Software Amongthe STEM Community at an American University in the UAEMrs. Amani Magid, New York University, Abu Dhabi Amani Magid has a degree in Integrative Biology and a minor in Arabic from University of California, Berkeley. In her career as a scientist, she has worked as a researcher in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and managed biology lab classes at a community college. She soon realized her passion was in finding and locating science information and earned her Masters in Library and Information Science at University of Pittsburgh while interning at

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

record, not a secondary instructor or limited to participating in teaching just theinformation literacy part of the content and the grading. This option was available since thelibrarian-author has multiple engineering degrees as well as a MLS degree.PurposeThis paper reviews the student work from one section of the first year engineering course relatedto information literacy. The analysis provides an empirical measure of how well students are ableto complete various information literacy tasks required of them throughout the semester.CurriculumCourse structureThe course learning objectives presented in the syllabus are:Successful completion of this course will enable you to: • Examine and analyze career information from various resources to

Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

University, West Lafayette Michael Fosmire is Professor of Library Science and Head, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Technol- ogy Division of the Purdue University Libraries.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette S¸enay Purzer an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In 2011, she received a NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. She is also a NAE/CASEE New Faculty Fellow. Purzer conducts research on aspects of design education such as innovation and information literacy.Prof. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

is taught at the Mpala Center as part of theTropical Biology Program in Kenya). Other courses take on a closer look at various regions ofthe world, such as “Oil, Energy, and the Middle East”, which explores the issues surroundingglobal energy supplies, oil's unique economic properties, and its role in shaping the politicaleconomy of the Middle East and U.S. strategic interests in the region. These courses bring moredepth and variety to the already rich offerings at the university, giving more opportunities toengineering students to prepare for global careers while meeting the humanities and socialsciences requirements.With increased focus on educating engineers for the global economy, SEAS is continuouslyexpanding the reach of its education

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

awareness of engineering to K-12 teachers & counselors so that they can inform and advocate this important career to their students. Her research interests include gender equity in the K-12 Classroom, assessment of K-12 engineering education, curriculum development, and teacher professional development.Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries, West LafayetteRuth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ruth E. H. Wertz is a graduate student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is a Pro- fessional Engineer in the State of Indiana with her BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Trine University and Purdue University.Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica E. Cardella

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Kozak, University of Iowa; Darlene Kaskie, The University of Iowa Lichtenberger Engineering Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

upcoming career fair had thestaff thinking the students might want a session with the Business Librarian to learn how to usevarious database to search for information on the company they were going to interact with at thefair. The last class added was one related to a genome and protein database. Since one of thedepartments in the College of Engineering is Biomedical Engineering, there has been quite a bitof research being done on genomes and proteins so it was thought they might be interested in thisclass. After all this debate, the library staff arrived at a listing of which classes would be offeredfor the first semester, Spring 2013. They were Library Overview, RefWorks, Standards, Web ofScience, Finding Company Information, PubMed, SciFinder

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Matthew Markowitz, Cornell University; Jill H. Powell, Cornell University; Jeffrey T. Hancock, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, predatory publishers use morethird-party email addresses, claim false impact factors, fake rapid peer review, and simulateacademic expertise. This is the first study to investigate predatory publishing through anempirical social science lens and our results suggest that there are quantifiable linguistic andmeta-linguistic indicators that can, to some degree, distinguish between predatory publishers andthose journals that seek to publish honestly.Introduction In recent years, the rise of scientific misconduct has drawn attention to the “publish orperish” mentality consuming academia, which highlights a drive for researchers to publish earlyand often in their career.3 The pressure to publish regularly can tamper with the quality ofresearch and

Conference Session

Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J White, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

confirmed by a search of articles containing thekeywords “fuel cell” or “fuel cells” indexed in Web of Science. Elsevier appears to be a majorpublisher of fuel cell research, given that 39.4 percent of article citations in this study were fromits journals.7. AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank the reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions.8. References[1] Queen’s-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre, http://www.fcrc.ca/.[2] Fuel Cells 2000, “Universities”, http://www.fuelcells.org/education-and-careers/universities/.[3] V. K. Williams and C. L. Fletcher, “Materials Used by Master's Students in Engineering”. Issues in Science &Technology Librarianship, 45, Winter 2006. http://www.istl.org/06-winter/index.html.[4] E. J. Eckel, “The

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

interviews taking place in the years following.For example, it was found that of the original 20 graduate students interviewed, only five weremaster’s degree candidates, which is not representative of the larger population in whichmaster’s students make up over 60% of the engineering and textiles graduate students. Toaddress this, five more master’s students were interviewed in the spring of 2012. An additionalthree PhD students offered to speak to us at that time, so they were interviewed as well. Deeperanalysis of the faculty interviews revealed early-career faculty as users that the library might beable to better support, and so additional interviews of faculty in this category were conducted inthe spring of 2013 to acquire more data from this

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering Students and Library Staff: New Ideas and Best Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

recommended for cultivating a CoP. Staff who consult themwill find that these resources provide a comprehensive introduction to this new method ofcollaborative learning.In addition to the Community of Practice - EduTech Wiki, The University of British Columbia’sCentre for Learning, Teaching and Technology maintains a Communities of Practice webpagethat provides resources for CoP facilitators and a thorough annotated bibliography oncommunities of practice.Using the LMS for Staff Training & DevelopmentBecause of the many advantages of making training materials accessible online, the LMS has thecapacity to serve as a valuable reference staff training and development tool for the DalhousieLibraries.Brightspace can be considered a career planning tool

Conference Session

Engaging Students with Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

his or her proposal towin the grant, the project, or the sponsor. Considering this, games and contests become a naturalway for engineering students to engage in critical thinking, problem-solving, and information-seeking skills, which will all be of service to them in their future careers. In an earlier library contest at NYU’s Bern Dibner Library, called Project Shhh!, welearned that while students showed gains in information literacy skills and enjoyed the challengeof the competition, other factors contributed to whether students would participate in a librarycontest [4]. One of the biggest concerns was time: both the timing of the contest within thesemester, in regard to classes and exams, and the duration of the contest. In the

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor L. Osorio, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

/Associations and Careers Page 24.318.6Other tabs used:Alerts and RSS Feeds; Avoid Plagiarism; Collection policy; Contact a Librarian (chat); ElectricalEngineering Basics; Faculty Resources; FAQ; Find Conferences; Helpful Tools (library);Intellectual Property Issues in Engineering; Intellectual Property; MATLAB; Mobile Apps;News Resources; One Search; Other resources; Publication Types; Publishing; RCR and Ethics;Web Sites; Web Resources; Research Assistance (library); Research help; Safety/MSDSSources; Society News Feeds; Software and Programs; Tutorials/Database tutorials; UsingFindIt; and Using Knovel.EE BoxesTen major areas were found in EE guides

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

using an electronic textbook during an exam. (2011 respondent) They are a great supplement to hard copies. (2012 respondent)Finally, the 2012 survey asked a question not included in 2011, whether students would chooseto use e-textbooks in the future. Students were invited to follow up with open-ended commentson why they would or would not use e-textbooks in the future. Two hundred ninety-nine studentsreplied. The most common themes expressed in these comments were cost (43%), preference forprint format (27%), and portability of e-textbooks (14%). One other recurring topic was thatstudents were looking ahead to their future careers, and many preferred print format for thereason of ensuring permanent access to books that they believed

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

.Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines Leslie Light is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines, and the Director of the Cornerstone Design@Mines program. She received a B.S. in General Engineering, Product Design from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. Prior to joining Mines she spent 20 years as a designer, project manager, and portfolio manager in Fortune 500 companies and smaller firms in the Silicon Valley and abroad. She is passionate about bringing the user-centered de- sign principles she learned at Stanford and in her career to Mines’ open

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

issued? b.Find a peer-reviewed article published by [other engineering professor] in 2007. Whom do he and his co-authors acknowledge as having assisted with sample collection and field work? c. In Anna Sears’s 2003 study of graduate students published in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, approximately what percentages of women and men named life balance as an important factor in career satisfaction? d.What are Smith’s holdings for the Journal of Industrial Ecology? (i.e. do we have the journal, and if so what years/issues?)Further, on problem sets and in their ethics case analyses, students are expected to providesupport for their arguments or for data they utilized

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

University of Iowa in November of 2008, she worked at Texas A & M University as a Science & Engineering Librarian. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Quick Understanding Our Engineering Faculty Research Needs Using Topic ModelingAbstractAs engineering librarians, we recognize that understanding our faculty research needs is an ongoingendeavor. It is a continuing learning process throughout our time serving engineering faculty with diverseresearch interests. However, the time-intensive learning process may not efficiently help engineeringlibrarians quickly develop an overall view of the changing and evolving departments. It’s also challengingfor early-career librarians who are new to

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Fifty Shades of Grey Literature

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J White, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

allow their faculty to retain full ownership oftheir intellectual property. Faculty engaged in contract research may be required to assign all orpart of their patent rights to their corporate or government sponsors, which further obscures theactual number of patents arising from academic research.As interest in patenting has increased among academic researchers, some U.S. universities havebegun to reconsider the role of patents in career decisions such as tenure and promotion. In 2006,the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted unanimously to recognize faculty Page 26.1214.2patents as scholarship during the tenure review process.2

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

purposes, withoutreleasing personal information.Real-time information literacy course delivery at social mediaAs stated earlier, little research has been conducted in using social media for libraryinstructional activities. The IEEE Client Service team in China has offeredinformation literacy courses since late 2016 via social media (WeChat and QQ). Thecomparison of real-time course delivery between social media and WebEx platformwas published in an earlier paper [16]. The information literacy courses offered atWeChat and QQ include Searching IEEE Xplore Effectively, IEEE Paper SubmissionGuidelines & Process, Technical Paper Writing, and Boosting Your Career with IEEE.Each course consists of a 45-min presentation with 15-min Q&A.We choose

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo; Arjun Sabharwal, University of Toledo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

careers and workplace experiences of affected librarians. In fact, Riley-Reid cites aconsiderable statistical gap between the majority-to-minority ratio among students and the sameratio among librarians. She has listed a number of helpful tools to make workplace morefriendly to librarians from diverse backgrounds, which include a welcoming climate, balance ofwork and life, communication channels, networking, mentoring, professional development,support for research. Of these tools, networking and communication are vital components ofcollaboration across campus units—one of three categories of diversity initiatives, which includelibrary collections, and recruitment (Koury, 2018).Supporting Institutional Goals for DiversityThe role of libraries in

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Mines Leslie Light is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines, and the Director of the Cornerstone Design@Mines program. She received a B.S. In General Engineering, Product Design from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. Prior to joining Mines she spent 20 years as a designer, project manager, and portfolio manager in Fortune 500 companies and smaller firms in the Silicon Valley and abroad. She is passionate about bringing the user-centered de- sign principles she learned at Stanford and in her career to Mines’ open-ended problem solving program

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanne Dera, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, aremodeling a freshman engineering course on a project called “Design Your Process of Becominga World-Class Engineering Student” to provide students a curriculum that would furtherencourage their interest in engineering while giving them the tools to help them succeed in theirengineering academic and professional careers [12]. However, the curriculum does notspecifically focus on information literacy or question formulation. Yet, as in our experience withFED101, other engineering educators have found that students are still lacking the logical andcritical thinking skills that are required to develop a compelling inquiry of a topic, and havedifficulty performing effective information searches [14, 16]. Teaching students how toformulate research

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

AC 2007-420: NEXT GENERATION OF TUTORIALS: FINDING TECHNICALINFORMATION AT PURDUEMegan Sapp, Purdue UniversityMichael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries -- PHYSAmy Van Epps, Purdue UniversityBruce Harding, Purdue University Page 12.1106.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 NEXT GENERATION OF TUTORIALS: FINDING TECHNICAL INFORMATION AT PURDUEPurdue University recently developed a multifaceted tutorial to provide just-in-time assistancefor students seeking technical information. The tutorial incorporates an instructional, animatedcomponent that stresses the reasons why different kinds of technical information are important inan engineer’s career. It

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

AC 2012-4066: INTEGRATING INFORMATION LITERACY IN ENGI-NEERING: LIBRARIANS/FACULTYMs. Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University Mary L. Strife is Director of the Evansdale Library at West Virginia University and Senior Engineering Librarian since 2002. Her career covers almost 30 years as a Science or Engineering Librarian at Cornell, University of Rochester, and SUNY, Utica/Rome. She is a member of ALA, ACRL, and SLA.Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University Robin Hensel is the Assistant Dean for Freshman Experience in the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a B.S. in mathematics from Wheaton College IL, an M.A. in mathematics from SUNY