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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

Information for Non-Engineers – A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Application of the ACRL FrameworkAs Washington State University becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the need is increasingfor collaboration between librarians and instructors to introduce non-engineering students totechnical literature. Understanding technical literature is challenging even for the very engineerswho are versed in the vocabulary and procedures of their discipline. Hence, training non-engineer students to use this literature is a substantial challenge. Over the course of several years,the ACRL framework for information literacy in higher education has been integrated into theengineering curriculum. Over this time several core lessons have emerged: 1

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal L. Renfro, Kennesaw State University; Lori J. Ostapowicz Critz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

primary area of coverage has been Biomedical Engineering, she has also served as liaison for Civil & Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 How to be a Subject Specialist When You Aren’t: Engineering Librarianship for the Non-Engineer    BackgroundAsk any library manager with an open engineering librarian position and they will tell you thatrecruitment is challenging. While there are over 150 engineering branch libraries across theUnited States [1] and Hackenberg’s [2] survey found that 72% of sci-tech librarians indicatedthat a course in sci-tech librarianship was offered at their graduate school, the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia George-Williams, Southern Methodist University; Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Libraries

, interdisciplinary potential of GIS for the library.In addition to these hands-on workshops given since 2016, the program has developed a series ofevents with outside invited speakers who are invited to conduct additional open, campus-wideworkshops in areas as divergent as education and crime. Of the various different workshopsoffered, the GIS Bootcamp held in February/March of 2017 was the most-widely attended; thiswas an intense week-long series of workshops taught by a highly qualified outside instructorwith experience working across the Humanities and Social Sciences. (See figures 1 and 2 -attendance at internal library staff-taught workshops, and external guest-taught workshops). Total attendance at all GIS workshops

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

in anthropology from Dickinson College.Dr. Matthew Frenkel, New York UniversityMr. Mikolaj Wilk, New York University Engineering Reference Associate at Bern Dibner Library c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Project Shhh! A library design contest for engineering studentsBackground Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology is an academic engineering librarysupporting the teaching and research needs of the faculty and student body of the New YorkUniversity Tandon School of Engineering. Tandon maintains a student population of about5,000 students, with roughly an even distribution between undergraduate and graduate students[1]. Located in Brooklyn, New York, Dibner Library is in an urban

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel R. Putnam, University of Florida; Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Caroline Reed, University of Florida; Jean L Bossart P.E., University of Florida; Neelam Bharti; Mickey S. Schafer, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes: A Library and University Writing Program Partnership IntroductionIn 2005, librarians at the Marston Science Library (MSL) began offering one-time libraryinstruction for ENC 3246: Professional Communication for Engineers. ENC 3246 is a requiredcourse with approximately 25 traditional sections a semester and 2 large-enrollment onlinesections (see Appendix 1). All 5,800 undergraduate engineering students enroll at some pointduring their academic career. The principal goal of ENC 3246 is to prepare engineering majors tocommunicate effectively in their fields by emphasizing the literacy skills employed inprofessional decision-making. Over time, library

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

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Engineering Libraries

, data and science literacy skills that will allow them to succeed in a global economy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Graduate Research Data Management Course Content: Teaching the Data Management Plan (DMP)Introduction: The need for effective education of graduate students in the area of Research DataManagement (RDM) has been demonstrated through the number and types of recently developedcourses on this topic.[1-6] These courses tend to take one of two general forms: 1) a full-term,for-credit standalone course and 2) a workshop/seminar approach. However in both forms of theRDM course, one topic that is common to both approaches is the Data Management Plan (DMP).The

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Brian C. Gray, Case Western Reserve University

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Engineering Libraries

valuable insightsinto current campus information needs, and raise the level of library efficiency in collectiondevelopment and technical services processing.IntroductionThe development and maintenance of relevant library collections that support engineeringeducation and research experience many challenges. Foremost, the subscription costsof science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) journals and databases hadreached an unsustainable level, with the annual inflation rate being much higher than inother disciplines [1]. Moreover, the number of publications supporting traditionalengineering disciplines and new and/or interdisciplinary research is on the rise.Furthermore, the overall expansion of digital content availability lead to an

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rebecca Croxton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Libraries

-Principal Investigator) Associate Professor and Head of Assessment, J. Murrey Atkins Library The authors are grateful for the collaborative support of UNC Charlotte’s William States LeeCollege of Engineering Office of Student Development and Success instructors: Don Blackmon,Chris McDaniel, Gwen Gill, Meg Harkins, Dan Latta, Kevin Lindsay, Bill Lindsey, and Sherman Mumford. This work was supported by funds provided by the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 1 AbstractThis study

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean L. Bossart, University of Florida; Neelam Bharti, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

students; however, the MarstonScience Library focuses on programs geared specifically towards science and engineeringstudents. To help increase participation of women in engineering, we discuss ten ways academiclibraries can assist engineering departments to increase enrollment and retention of womenengineering students. These practices have been implemented during the past two years in thelibrary programs at UF. 1. Coordinate an engineering speakers series featuring women scientists and engineers; 2. Sponsor a girls technology summer camp where women engineering students help teach middle school girls; 3. Hold a human library book event showcasing women engineering contributions; 4. Conduct technology workshops for women engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leena N. Lalwani, University of Michigan; Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

of the Authorship and Data Management sessions, these sessions are broadoverviews that only briefly touch on topics such as literature reviews and data management bestpractices. Further, this program applies only to students who will be doing research; it is not arequirement of non-thesis master’s students.Saunders et al. state that “Faculty members and even librarians often seem to assume thatgraduate students enter programs already having attained the information literacy skillsnecessary for the research and analysis required of their programs…” Through their study, theyconclude, “The results of this study belie the assumption that graduate students have honed theirinformation literacy skills through their prior education…[1]”In 2017, the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Peterson-Fairchild, Dixie State University; John Burns, Dixie State University

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Engineering Libraries

experiences inestablishing a new engineering collection and services from the ground-up.IntroductionThe rapid growth of engineering programs across many different types of institutions is welldocumented. As a recent ASEE Prism [1] article noted, “the growth curve coincides with anational push for STEM education by policymakers at all levels. It also reflects a recession-chastened generation of students seeking a degree that translates to a stable, well-paying job, andwidening opportunities for engineers in advanced manufacturing, computer science, and thebiomedical and biotechnology fields.” Reflecting this national trend, Dixie State University, apublic comprehensive university recently moved from offering a pre-engineering associatesprogram to

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

Measures, Elsevier’s Pure andSymplectic Elements and open-source platforms such as Profiles and VIVO [1]. During the trend,some university libraries have become actively involved in the implementation of faculty profilesystems and expanded their roles in university leadership and stakeholders. For example,librarians from Duke University, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology recentlyreported use cases of implementation of Symplectic Elements at their home institutions andhighlighted libraries’ significant roles in the system adoption [1].Like many other institutions, the University of Iowa has started migrating faculty information toActivity Insight’s Digital Measures, locally branded as Academic and Professional Records(APR). The

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Hubbard, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

, Frankfurt, Hamburg, andVenice, and then spread throughout Europe, and ultimately to the United States via England.1-3These publications, referred to as price-currents, listed market prices for various goods thatincluded many agricultural products and a limited number of chemicals, such as potash,saltpeter, sulfur, etc.3,4 One of the first price-currents published in colonial America was theSouth Carolina Price-Current and it included chemicals such as indigo, turpentine, and variousanimal/plant oils.1,5 Price-currents continued into the early 1800s and then developed into, orwere displaced by, specialized financial newspapers or trade magazines that often includedpricing.1 Some of the earliest trade magazines focusing on chemistry and chemical

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Kozak, University of Iowa; Claire M. Szeszycki, University of Iowa; David Snyder, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

information literacy aspects. The first step in the creationprocess consisted of mapping out the plot for the stories, ensuring all relevant information wasincluded, and adding possible detours and outcomes.The first module, Evaluating Information, features a series of 20 videos that moves the viewerthrough the process of the CRAAP test. The module includes five possible detours and twopossible outcomes. The CRAAP test involves students evaluating information and resources bylooking at the information’s currency, relevancy, authority, accuracy, and purpose. In the story,the viewer becomes a rookie detective tasked with helping “Detective Jones” investigate ascientist and an explosion in his lab. (See Figure 1)The second module focuses on setting up

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Harvard University; Nastasha E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David A. Zwicky, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

synthesize all the high-qualityresearch evidence in order to answer a specific research question [1].” They differ fromtraditional reviews, where authors aim to summarize the literature of a particular topic withoutnecessarily sharing the details of their processes or assessing the quality of the studies, in thatthey are a research method in themselves, designed to test hypotheses and answer researchquestions [2].Librarians regularly participate in SLRs, whether as consultants, searchers, or co-authors [3], [4].A recent emphasis on SLRs in engineering education led to the ASEE Engineering LibrariesDivision (ELD) co-sponsorship of a workshop on the topic at the 2017 ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition in Columbus, OH [5].The authors, four STEM

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Christopher Michael Sales, Drexel University; Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

cohorts provided visual insights into learners'research pathways from online to laboratory work. 1IntroductionThe pathways to STEM careers are diverse and varied. It is well known that early exposure toSTEM environments can inculcate and reinforce interests in technical fields at key decisionpoints when individuals choose career pathways [1]–[3]. Given the importance of a strong STEMtalent-base to global economic competitiveness and prosperity, there exists a need to cultivate apre-college landscape gives all students broad, authentic exposure to STEM fields earlier in theireducation [4]. In the framework of cognitive career theory, individuals choose careers based oninterests, attitudes, and values

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

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Engineering Libraries

rubric measuring the information fluency skills demonstrated. The datafrom the skills assessment showed improvement in search strategies in the test group ascompared to the control group. The data from the writing assessment showed significantimprovement in the quality of sources used in the test group as compared to the control group.The results support the hypothesis that the instructional activity produced measurableimprovements in some of the areas of information fluency examined in this study.IntroductionInformation fluency skills that are required of engineers look different than that of otherdisciplines. As a profession, engineers rely on information sources, such as colleagues, that areless formal than other disciplines [1], [2

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Libraries

structures: 1) the individual workshop or seminar,and 2) a series of seminars or a term long class. Librarians have a culture of seminars andworkshops to teach information literacy skills and often take this approach to RDM instruction.Research faculty, on the other hand, teach credit classes as a part of their teaching load. Dataliteracy is a topic that can be approached two ways: workshops for focused content, and coursesto cover a subject in both breadth and depth. The authors chose to teach a credit course toprovide in-depth coverage of RDM topics. In developing a graduate course to teach engineeringstudents RDM skills, the authors utilized material developed by Whitmire, a librarian, from her2-credit course taught during 2014 [13]. Briney’s

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

effective communication between librariansand end users. College students are less dependent on the traditional library andlibrary services, and less actively involve librarians in their research [1].Meanwhile, the rise of social media creates a new world for libraries. Social mediahas been widely adopted as a powerful tool by academic libraries, particularly forlibrary outreach, information dissemination, and reference service enhancement.Although various social media tools (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, etc)have been extensively examined in the past decade, more innovative uses of socialmedia in real-time information literacy teaching, large-scale library education, andself-motivated user engagement remain to be further explored

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Magid, New York University, Abu Dhabi

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

availability of the software? This paper will review the results ofsurveys conducted both before and after implementation of Electronic Lab Notebooksoftware.BackgroundNew York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) is a portal campus of New York University inNew York City, USA. Located in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Abu Dhabi,NYUAD is a liberal arts university with over 20 majors that students can choose fromunder the disciplines Arts and Humanities, Social Science, Sciences, andEngineering[1, 2]. With slightly more than 1000 students, NYUAD boasts a 5:1 Studentto Faculty ratio. Faculty conduct research in each of 4 aforementioned areas. Inaddition, the Research Institute consists of over 12 centers, labs, and projects, themajority of which fall

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Lance Stuchell, University of Michigan; Leena N. Lalwani, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

CD-ROMs, the engineering librarians have decided toinitiate a comprehensive data preservation project. These CD-ROMs are not companion data toprint books, but rather proceedings, standards, technical reports, data from federal agencies, andmore. The library no longer actively seeks out CD-ROMs to add to its collection. Anecdotalevidence shows circulation for the CD-ROM collection, which has never been very high, hasdropped precipitously in the past two years.In addition to not being actively collected or used by students, the format of CD-ROM media isdying. Apple was the first computer company to remove optical disk readers from consumercomputer models starting in 2008 [1], stating that disk readers are “anchors” weighing downsmaller and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Charter P.E., Oklahoma State University; Bryan Lawrence Hoskins, Oklahoma State University; Samuel B. Montgomery, Oklahoma State University

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Engineering Libraries

standards. Organizations likeUnderwriters Laboratories (UL), the International Code Council (ICC), and National FireProtection Association (NFPA) all support this proposed educational tool. It should be noted that this is not the first effort to educate those about codes andstandards. The various code and standard organizations detailed above all have informationpublicly available on their individual websites. Additionally, NFPA, which this paper addressesthrough the video development and implementation, also has various case studies on theimportance of Standard Development Organizations [1]. The important difference of theseefforts of the codes and standards organizations and those of this project, is putting theinformation in a user

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

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Engineering Libraries

the new approach, the authors designed a research project, comparingthe design proposal and final report bibliographies from before implementation of the flippedlesson (fall 2016) to those from after (spring 2017). Bibliographies were evaluated against arubric to determine the type and quality of each citation. Using this data, the team sought toanswer the following two research questions: 1. Does the use of a flipped lesson and team meeting with the librarian positively impact the quality of student citations on the design and final reports? 2. Is there a difference in the quantity and types of resources cited by students before and after implementing the flipped lesson?Literature ReviewFlipped and partially flipped lessons are

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto; Thomas L. Reinsfelder, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

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Engineering Libraries

havebeen released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing byothers. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests,software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.” [1].When compared to traditionally published content, OER can have several advantages. First andforemost to many students, OER are free to access digitally or available at a low cost if offeredas a physical copy. The College Board advises that students budget between $1220 and $1420 ayear for books and supplies during the 2017-2018 academic year [2], and the cost of collegetextbooks has been rising at a rate that far exceeds the rate of inflation for decades