Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia E. Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

mustmake difficult decisions about what products and resources should be purchased and promoted.Librarians must also decide what resources to emphasize when they have the opportunity to getinto the classroom. A recent article that examines the information seeking behavior of computerscience and engineering faculty at the College of New Jersey states “A third major issue was theneed for more subject-specific databases…. [1].” This library was unable to purchase additionaldatabases to meet that expressed need and had to answer the following question: Is CiteSeerX areasonable substitution for a subscription database in the area of computer science? There is noproven method of assessing Web crawler generated databases, especially in direct comparison

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

version and a publisher version. The delay in choice caused acondensed time frame for the loading of materials into a course management system. Thecampus course management, which is called eCampus, was chosen by the beginning of August.We all received the final syllabus the week before classes began. Week Topic 1 Syllabus, Announcements, Intro to Engineering , Ethics in Engineering (Chap. 2) 2 Ethics in Engineering (Chap. 2), Information Literacy I 3 Teamwork (Chap. 3.6) 4 Technical Communication: Technical Report Writing (Chap. 4), Testing of Project 1 (Competition) 5 Technical Communication: Oral Presentations (Chap. 4), Information

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

the past two decades.Mosberg et al5 found professional engineers rated ‘seeking information’ as the fourth mostimportant design activity out of a list of 23. Ennis and Gyeszly6 also found information gatheringintegral to design for professional engineers. Page 25.874.2Despite the perceived value of information gathering, Condoor et al7 found students lock into asingle solution and don’t explore alternative design possibilities. While Atman et al8 found seniorsgathered more information than first-year students, the quality and process of informationgathering continues to be a concern. Ekwaro-Osive et al9 found .1% of student effort was

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Calcagno, George Mason University; Jessica Bowdoin, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, Statistics, Systems Engineering andOperations Research. During Fall 2010, the School had a headcount enrollment of 4,287students;1 42% are enrolled at the graduate level.This paper describes the development and implementation of a successful textbook reservesprogram at a major university that targets graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in thetwo largest departments in the Volgenau School of Engineering: Computer Science andElectrical and Computer Engineering.Literature ReviewThe high cost of college textbooks has always been a concern to college students. Recently, thisconcern has grown even higher, and a number of researchers have studied the reasons for hightextbook costs as well as the strategies students use for coping with the

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan R. Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

information literacy instruction in class. Two sections were giveninformation in four 12 minute, integrated information literacy (otherwise known as “just intime”) instruction sessions, prior to the assignment that the instruction was intended to support.One section was given a traditional “one-shot” instruction session of one hour during the secondweek of the semester. The authors used the coding method devised by Wertz et al.1 to evaluatethe quality of citations included in the bibliographies for each assignment.Review of LiteratureThere is no single and most effective approach to providing library instruction and the use of avariety of instructional methods, reaching ever-widening audiences, and addressing ever-changing needs, is preferred2,3

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Geoffrey Samuel Frost, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

library search strategies; moreover,we have seen improved learning transfer to subsequent course activities. For these reasons, wefind that gamification offers motivation in the educational setting that activates the competitivenature of engineering students, while enabling faster development of skills than prior methods.1. IntroductionThe world of libraries is foreign to most undergraduate engineering students. They arecomfortable in the lab and in the classroom, but research is not an activity they take to readily oreasily. In a cornerstone design course (called Praxis 1) at the University of Toronto, we haveattempted to change the students’ attitude and comfort by introducing them to the library throughan orientation tutorial. Students in the

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

full range of services and resources that the librarycan draw upon to assist in the process of educating the global engineer.Defining Global CompetenceFrom reviewing the literature, it appears that while Global Competence is increasingly used todescribe attributes and skills desirable for all engineering graduates, the term is still consideredto be an “elusive concept”2. Parkinson identifies 13 attributes of global competence; to rank thetop five attributes of global competence, the author surveyed the attendees to the NSF Summit onthe Globalization held at the University of Rhode Island, Nov 5-6, 20083. The respondents of thesurvey identified the top 5 attributes of global competence as follows:1. Can appreciate other cultures.2. Are

Conference Session

Empowering the User Learning Experience: Evolution in Library Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill H. Powell, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, one which would be a center for engineering education, research, and study.”1 Thisstatement is still relevant today as consolidation has been repeated over 50 years later, and a newbookless branch emerged in the same space.Many libraries across the U.S. experienced sharp downturns in their budgets in 2009 due to thenational financial crisis and continually rising serials prices.2 Those universities relying onendowments to pay for collections also experienced sharp decreases. An email distributed by theauthor in October 2011 to the eld-l@u.washington.edu mailing list generated approximately 20responses from engineering libraries discussing branch consolidations.3 All were undergoingeither downsizing, branch library closures (not necessarily

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Zuber, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

and MetricsAbstract “The traditional (or Alexandrian) model of the library is based upon the mistakenintuition that to be good a library must be vast and always growing.”1 Weeding of librarycollections, whether printed or electronic, whether by choice or compulsory, createsopportunities for criticism and growth. Where the literature suggests that starting a weedingproject is close to last on a librarian’s list, events beyond a librarian’s control can force aweeding action. Space reallocations, time constraints, or e-provider policies imposes risks thatthreaten the attempt to maintain a viable collection. Sometimes the choice is voluntary; but if notexplicitly defined as part of a formal collection policy, the rationale used can vary

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. White, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Classification (IPC) and incorporate the best classification practices from theUSPTO. Starting in 2013 the EPO and USPTO will classify all EP and US documents using theCPC. This development has significant implications for academic engineering librarians. Patentsare one of the core literatures of engineering and have been taught in engineering schools formore than a century. As early as 1913, engineering students at Cornell University attendedlectures on patent topics.1 Today, academic engineering librarians often provide formal andinformal instruction to students on how to search the patent literature, including how to usepatent classification codes to retrieve patents related to specific technologies. In an informalsurvey of academic engineering

Conference Session

Empowering the User Learning Experience: Evolution in Library Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University; Kim Duckett, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. Page 25.1234.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Tapping the User Experience to Design a Better Library for Engineering and Textiles Students and FacultyI. IntroductionIn recent years many academic libraries have embraced methodologies for learning more aboutthe totality of users’ experiences, including attitudes, motivations, and emotions in order toinform decisions. A growing number of libraries are undertaking projects to study users’behaviors by leveraging ethnographic methods such as those described in the University ofRochester’s studies of researchers and students.1, 2 Librarians are also leveraging research toolsand design processes from the user experience (UX