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

. Most students today and engineering students in particularfeel so comfortable with information technology that they often think they are more adept atdoing research than they actually are. Trussell explains, “Students arriving at college are oftenill prepared to grapple with the information resources presented by the modern academic library.Compounding the problem is the fact that many students have come to believe that accessing andusing information is simple, a belief supported by commercial marketing practices and popularusage of the Internet. …Popular usage maybe easy, but effective research usage is not.”18Fosmire and Macklin agree and they contend: “…The bigger problem, however, lies in thefundamental belief that competence with

Conference Session

Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

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Engineering Libraries

remainder of this paper as moreappropriate.Information fluency reflects the process of acquiring a proficiency by degrees, as part of anongoing process, where “fluency” is relative to the context in which performance occurs.Approximations of a second “language” must be practiced, as new proficiency is graduallyacquired. In the remainder of this paper, the authors use the words information fluency, ratherthan information literacy, to refer to a constellation of abilities in the use of information systems.We first: (a) refer to TAC of ABET accreditation Criterion 2 to demonstrate the process of faculty/librarian teamwork in a mechanical engineering technology information assignment, then (b) share examples of early

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre

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Engineering Libraries

2006-865: COACHING STYLES: HOW THEY CAN HELP MANAGE ANDMOTIVATE LIBRARIANS AND THEIR STAFF MORE EFFECTIVELYBruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre Bruce Reid is the Head Librarian at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre campus. He has a B.S. degree in Business from Farleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and a Library Information degree from the University of Minnesota. His subject areas are Business, GIS applications, Telecommunications, and Land Surveying. Page 11.324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006+Coaching Styles: How They Can Help Manage and Motivate Librarians