Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

, 9, 10 Similar representational studies regard theeffect of the gender of the instructional agent in generating response from girls. Aninteresting and recent study from Plant, Baylor, Doerr, and Rosenberg-Kima uses acomputer-based learning environment and argues that female agents help generateinterest and encourage girls to participate in engineering-related projects.11Literature advocating pedagogical strategies that encourage girls to participate in STEMdisciplines tends to cover three broad groups: general advocacy and classroomenvironment strategies, reports on large-scale curriculum initiatives with an emphasis onstudents under-represented in STEM professions, and reports of science and engineeringprograms designed specifically for

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

to be an integral part of this proactive activity, if infact they are “at the center of the educational enterprise”.A 2006 issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship (JAL) presents two strong viewpointsinvolving reaching out and recruiting. First, Lorena O’English talks about various outreach ideasand progress; but her main theme is that the “academic opportunities don’t stop at the classroomdoor”. She even adds the suggestion of offering input to a university’s campus recruitment officealong with regular “library outreach and marketing efforts”.6 Second, Colleen Boff talks abouthow there is more pressure in this time of smaller budgets to find creative marketing methods toreach a diverse population -- especially potential students. She

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries -- PHYS

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Engineering Libraries

literacy objectives into a freshman,sophomore, junior, and senior level chemical engineering course series, by linking informationliteracy standard criteria to existing course assignments.17, 19 Riley et al. redesigned the entiredepartmental curriculum while including an information literacy/lifelong learning componentacross the curriculum.20Many librarians and faculty focus curricular redesign around the ALA/ACRL/STS Standards forInformation Literacy in Science and Technology.15, 17, 18, 21 Trussell examined ABET 2000+ inlight of existing information literacy practice.22 Riley compared ABET Criterion 3, ALAStandards for Information Literacy and the curriculum outcomes for a redesign of the SmithCollege curriculum to insure integration of