Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia E. Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

checklist. Carefully document the decision to remove items and retain all items removed for later review. 3. Review the active checklist to determine if it is representative of the publications of the user community and provides appropriate items to complete the evaluation. Questions that may be asked: Are the items in the checklist published in venues used by and on topics of interest to target group? For example, if the checklist includes articles on the education of elementary students and the main target group is research scientists in national laboratories, it may be appropriate to remove these items

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

-systems that can be evaluated. In that case, the inputsand outputs of each sub-system will have to be determined to ensure compatibility andinteroperability.For this phase, standard testing processes, laboratory and experimental procedures, andinformation about appropriate simulation/modeling software could all be needed. In addition, oneneeds to learn about and understand the underlying theories that go into the models. This enablesthe team to determine whether a particular model is appropriate for the use case of the designproblem, and whether, for example, the results can be extrapolated from a model to the full scale.Additionally, the management of original data gathered during prototyping and testing needs to becarried out appropriately. As