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Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-307: ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDU-CATION USING A LEARNING PARADIGM APPROACHMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adriana Popescu, Princeton University, Engineering Library

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collections at the EngineeringLibrary.The access logs for the finding aids repository show that since the collections have been openedto Google and other search engines, awareness of the existence of these materials within theresearch community has increased significantly. Groundbreaking research conducted at theUniversity which lead to technological advancement, such as research done in 1970s by ThomasSweeney on Sailwing design, is now easily located in the technical reports collections at theEngineering Library. While the reports are not digitally available, they can be easily obtainedthrough regular interlibrary loan services or by direct inquiry with the Engineering Library.One of the more interesting collections that have received attention from

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mark Chrimes, Institution of Civil Engineers

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AC 2011-318: CIVIL ENGINEERING IN A TIME OF CHANGE: THE RE-SPONSE OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS LIBRARYMichael Mark Chrimes, The Institution of Civil Engineers Mike Chrimes was born on 25 June 1954 in Neston, Wirral, Cheshire (about 10 miles from Liverpool and Chester) where his family have lived since the early eighteenth century. After attending Wirral Grammar School he studied Modern History at University College, London. He then began a career in Librarian- ship with Liverpool City Libraries. He became interested in developments in Information Technology in Librarianship and attended a post-graduate course at Loughborough University of Technology. In July 1977 Mike joined the staff of the Institution of

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Libraries

. Page 22.981.8References 1. Hulse, P., St George, J. S., Wang, Li. (2009) How well does collaboration work in engineering project curriculum redesign? ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2. Wichita State University Libraries. (2003). Empower; information literacy. 2003, from http://library.wichita.edu/empower/ 3. Queensland University of Technology. (2010). Pilot; your information navigator. from https://pilot.library.qut.edu.au/index.jsp 4. Waterford Institute of Technology Library, W. OLAS - information literacy online. from http://library.wit.ie/olas/ 5. Harrison, N., Harley Haddow Consulting Engineers,. (2009). Internet for civil engineering. from

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Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-561: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE ENGINEERING LIT-ERATURE: DEVELOPING AN ONLINE TUTORIAL SERIES FOR ENGI-NEERING STUDENTSJanet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Janet Fransen is the librarian for Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, Electrical & Computer Engi- neering, Computer Science & Engineering, and History of Science & Technology at the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities. Jan earned her MLIS from Dominican University/College of St. Catherine in 2008, joining the library world after two decades as a computer programmer, trainer, and writer. Her undergraduate degrees are from the University of Minnesota: a B.A. in Speech-Communication, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and

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Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Larry Milliken, Drexel University; Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University; Eleanor J. Goldberg, Drexel University Library

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Engineering Libraries

for Engineering Education, 2011 Keeping the Conversation Alive: Maintaining Students' Research Skills Throughout Their College CareersAbstractAt Drexel University the library teaches engineering students information research skills in theirfirst and senior years. These students would benefit from a refresher in their middle college yearsto enhance their abilities in using library databases. Such an opportunity exists in the junior yearwhen all engineering students are required to take “Technology in Historical Perspective” (HIST285) a course offered by the Department of History and Politics in the College of Arts andSciences. This course examines the interrelationship between technology and its economic,social

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Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Annette Berndt, University of British Columbia; Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Carla S Paterson, University of British Columbia

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librarians andinstructors would benefit from gaining insight into how best to prepare students for a globalworkplace with unknown constraints and limited information resources.IntroductionSince the mid 1990s, information technologies have become ubiquitous in the workplace, in thehome, and in academe, and the subject of information literacy has become central to discussionsof pedagogy. How information literacy has been variously manifested among the academicdisciplines has, in turn, become the focus of recent research. Kerins, Madden, and Fulton 1, forinstance, compare information-seeking behaviours of Irish engineering students and Irish lawstudents. Ercegovac 2 has gone on to posit that more work needs to be done on ascertaininginformation-seeking

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Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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recently awardedNational Science Foundation grant in which the University of Florida Libraries formedcollaborative partnerships with other entities on campus to combat plagiarism. The goal of thisgrant is to create an online, self-directed, interactive game that will provide a role-adoptingenvironment in which Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduatestudents will learn to recognize and avoid plagiarism.At our university, the Marston Science Library (MSL) has played a steady role in plagiarismprevention on campus, albeit a latent one. These services consisted of: Purchasing and providing resources about plagiarism and plagiarism prevention for use by professors Advising students about proper citation

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-326: CONNECTING WITH DATA: FIRST STEPS TOWARD ANEMERGING AREA OF LIBRARY SERVICEMegan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Megan Sapp Nelson is Associate Professor of Library Sciences at Purdue University Siegesmund Engi- neering Library. She is liaison to the Schools of Civil and Electrical Engineering and related College of Technology disciplines. You can contact her at msn@purdue.edu. Page 22.375.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Connecting with data: First steps toward an emerging area of

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott A. Curtis, University of Missouri, Kansas City

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-48: INFORMING COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT THROUGHCITATION EXAMINATION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCHLITERATUREScott A. Curtis, University of Missouri - Kansas City Scott Curtis is the Research and Instruction Librarian for Science and Engineering at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. He most recently held positions as a Bibliographer for Science and Engineering, the Head of Reference Services, and the Search Service Coordinator at Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology. Prior to his library career, he worked in engineering and management roles in electronic instrument and refractory materials manufacturing companies. He has a BS in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh, an MS in

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qing Li, IEEE

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LibraryOrientations. The total number of attendees reached 220. This peer-led orientation received greatcomments from both librarians and students. Compared to the regular sessions, new students alsogot advice from senior students on their academic and daily lives.To improve service quality, the TU library hosted regular meetings with the SB to collectfeedback. Through these meetings, the librarians were able to receive first-hand user opinionssuch as offering better services for interdisciplinary fields, customizing services between socialsciences and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students, and attractingdonations from external resources etc. For example, one issue brought up by students was theshortage of non-Chinese technical books

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Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

ways to deliver information literacyinstruction to engineering students. However, there are only a few examples of using a realworld situation or problem to introduce information literacy skills to students. Macklin describes a method for teaching information literacy using problem-basedlearning.1 He explains that this “… teaching strategy takes everyday situations and createslearning opportunities from them.” Snavely writes that, “Librarians collaborate with instructorsto set up problems and questions so students will participate in their own discovery andlearning.”2 Kesselman and Sherman helped to develop an interdisciplinary course with facultyfrom Communication, the library school, and Food Manufacturing Technology.3 Studentsworked

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ELD Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University

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Engineering Libraries

, evidence and narrative. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press.3. Foenix-Riou, B. (2006). When search engines play at maps: Visualization technologies. Online, 30(2), 29-32.4. Marcinko, R., & Arnold, S. (2009). Grokker mystery : Beyond search. Retrieved 2/18/2011, 2011, from http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/08/22/grokker-mystery/5. IBM Research, & IBM Cognos Software Group. (2010). Many eyes. Retrieved 2/22/2011, 2011, from http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/6. Simboli, B. D. (2008). Web of science's "citation mapping" tool. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, (54), 5-5. http://www.istl.org/08-summer/electronic-1.html7. Luther, J., Kelly, M., & Beagle, D. (2005). Visualize this. Library Journal

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Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Saleh, Queen's University

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Engineering Libraries

-based study found out that designengineers spend 21% of their time searching for and absorbing information1. Thus, asengineering is an information-intensive domain, many of the new engineering competencies asrequired by accreditation boards for engineering programs, such as Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) 2 and the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board(CEAB)3, have challenged the existing, traditional, educational lecture-based approaches byintroducing more courses that are designed as project-based learning courses in engineeringprograms within specific expected graduating attributes. The transition from strictly traditionalapproaches in engineering education represents significant opportunities for change

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-577: DARK, DIM AND DARINGJody T Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison Jody Hoesly, is the Collections and Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Wisconsin - Madison’s Wendt Library. Jody has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and worked as an engineer in the machine tool, recreational vehicle, and electrical contracting industries. In 2008, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin -Madison with an M.A. in Library and Information Studies. She is also a certified K-12 teacher-librarian, technology teacher, and Project Lead the Way (PLTW) instructor. Jody joined Wendt Commons in April 2009 where she manages the collection budget and serves as a reference, instruction, and liaison

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia

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AC 2011-68: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY - ACCESSIBLETO INNER-CITY COMMUNITIES THROUGH SCIENCE 101Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia Aleteia Greenwood is Head Librarian, Science & Engineering Library at the University of British Columbia. She is also student, faculty and collections development liaison to the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Departments.Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia Eugene Barsky is a Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Pub- lished extensively in the library science literature, he also is the winner of 2007 Canadian Health Library Association ’Emerging Leader’ award and 2007 Partnership award from the Canadian

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Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

cooperative education students both during and prior to their work placementsemesters. This work will help support our educational mission.1 Association of College & Research Libraries. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm Accessed March 2, 2011.2 The survey can be viewed at https://umsurvey.umn.edu/index.php?sid=12164&lang=um.3 Hertzum, M., & Pejtersen, A. M. (2000). The information-seeking practices of engineers: Searching for documentsas well as for people. Information Processing & Management, 36(5), 761-778.4 Rodrigues, R. J. (2001). Industry expectations of the new engineer. Science and Technology Libraries, 19(3-4),179

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Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Bowles-Terry, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

, conduct a search on literature . . .present a written evaluation of your sources’ validity . . . , prepare a written report on yourfindings.”8 For the past five years we have held sessions for engineering freshmen taking the ES1000 class. Library instruction sessions began as simple introductions to the library resourcesand initially were presentation-oriented. As the ES 1000 class developed and the researchquestions and projects became more involved, we began to develop more “hands-on” classsessions. The library classroom also had technology upgrades, making it easier to conduct thesesessions. For the past two years we (the engineering librarian and the instruction coordinator)have worked together to create more meaningful library exercises and

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Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-1407: THE RESEARCH STUDIO: INTEGRATING INFORMA-TION LITERACY INTO A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING SCIENCE COURSEMichelle Baratta, University of Toronto Michelle Baratta has held positions in academic and public libraries, as well as a corporate setting. Her education includes a Master’s degree in Information Studies (2007) and an Honours Bachelor of Science degree (2004), both from the University of Toronto. She is currently a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of Toronto’s Engineering & Computer Science Library.Alan Chong, University of Toronto Alan Chong is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto. His pedagogical research is primarily in the

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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ELD Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry A. Thompson, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Libraries

. Page 22.1463.9 The chat is then routed to the librarian at the desk that corresponds to that subject area. Agriculture, Engineering, and Science & Technology are routed exclusively to the SciTech Desk, while the Arts & Humanities, Business, Education, and Social Sciences are routed exclusively to the Business, Humanities, and Social Science Desk. The General category of questions is routed to both desks and can be picked up by anyone. If for some reason one of the desks is shut down, there is an override log in which allows the person staffing the lone desk to pick up all chats regardless of subject area. For the normal operating routine, this division of online questions according to subject area has enabled

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Parker, University of Manitoba

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-2085: THE VALUE OF DIRECT ENGAGEMENT IN A CLASS-ROOM AND A FACULTY: THE LIAISON LIBRARIAN MODEL TO IN-TEGRATE INFORMATION LITERACYAnne Parker, University of Manitoba Anne Parker, PhD is an Associate Professor and Technical Communication Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba S. Norma Godavari, MLIS, is the Head, Donald W. Craik Engineering Library and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba Page 22.1512.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Value of Direct Engagement in a Classroom and a Faculty