Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Zabihian, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

.  Page 26.998.5 3.1. Execution The purpose/goal of information literacy instruction is to help students to think like a designer/researcher when they are in the discovery phase. To achieve this goal, the following actions have been planned and executed: • Integrating three librarians into the course to form an instructional team; • Students spending more time in the library; • Out-of-class time for student-librarian face-to-face meetings; • Preparing search strategies; • Completing the plagiarism avoidance online tutorial and quiz; • Completing pre- and post-tests. • Two of the three librarians were WVU Engineering Librarians from Morgantown and third one was from

Conference Session

Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan B. Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Richard J. Zwiercan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

requests. We will explore suppressing the Techstreet direct requestoption for our patrons, or consider a standard reply that they should use the ILL request system ifthe item will not be used for a course. More frequent analysis of ILL requests and continuedoutreach to patrons about this format type and the potential utility of standards documents in thedesign process will allow subject librarians to identify standards that should be added to thecollection, either in the Techstreet aggregator system, or other multi-user licenses. We have alsoinitiated annual evaluation of the subscribed items in our Techstreet license to remove thosewithout long-term utility.We plan to investigate local cataloging practices that might increase the discoverability

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

S. Norma Godavari, University of Manitoba; Anne E. Parker, University of Manitoba

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

don’t know 11. working as a member of a large team (> 5 people) 12. working as a member of a small team (5 or fewer people) 13. working as a member of a multidisciplinary team (both engineering and non-engineering backgrounds) 14. being a leader on a team so that the job gets done while still respecting the roles of others 15. contributing to team goal setting and working with others to achieve those goals 16. evaluating team effectiveness and planning for improvements 17. identifying your own personal areas of strengths & weaknesses 18. identifying the means to develop your strengths and eliminate your weaknesses 19. working to develop broader knowledge 20. applying critical inquiry and analysis to engineering problems and doing the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

and appointments with peer researchconsultants. Access points related to consultations with archivists and media librarians wereadded in Spring 2012.Working with campus institutional research staff, we were able to correlate Fall 2011 library usewith higher term GPA and retention for first year students while controlling for other variablesrelated to student success.1 The Student Success line of inquiry is useful for demonstrating thatsuccessful students do find value in the library. However, as students move beyond their firstyear, the factors contributing to student success become increasingly complex and interrelated.Therefore, while we continue to collect first year data and plan to check the correlation strengtheach semester, we are not

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

and potential collaborationbetween engineering librarians and mechanical engineering faculty. For the course in this study,the plan for next year will be to use these instructional activities again. It also has started thediscussion of where additional library collaboration earlier in the mechanical engineeringprogram would be appropriate and beneficial. This additional exposure and training will buildfamiliarity with information fluency skills, which may be perceived as difficult, but are essentialin the professional environment.Works Cited[1] G. Kerins, “Information seeking and students studying for professional careers: The cases of engineering and law students in Ireland,” Inf. Res. Int. Electron. J., vol. 10, no. 1, Oct. 2004.[2] S

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo; Lauren Kuryloski, University at Buffalo; Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

librarian coming to class to provide a lecture on library resources, citation management software, or general information literacy?  Is there an opportunity to include other, non-traditional library resources, like patents, technical reports, or standards in your classes? Do you find that students need that information for your particular course?Conclusions and Future WorkThe authors learned a great deal from this study: first about integrating standards into anundergraduate level technical communication course for engineering students, and second aboutthe use of faculty and librarian collaboration to achieve course outcomes and improve thelearning experience of students. The authors plan to share additional insights in