Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

.13). This is exactly how librarians should be operating on behalf of all their staff members.They should use their influence and experience in the field to help further their cohort’s careersin the library profession.Andrew Hill, a player for John Wooden in the early 70s, didn’t play much at UCLA despitebeing an all-city player in Los Angeles. He was resentful about his lack of playing time and howhe felt the coach had treated him unfairly. Many years later, after a very successful career intelevision that centered on getting the very best from creative people, he suddenly realized thatevery managerial process he used on the studio lot with great success, he had learned in practicesand games during his career at UCLA under the tutelage of

Conference Session

Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora Nerz, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

’ preparation for working in an information economy. With most of theirresearch experience occurring in a humanities or social sciences context, engineering students donot always understand research as something that “engineers do.” Old attitudes die hard, and itis still a challenge to convince students that information skills are not only useful, but critical totheir success. Rodrigues states, “Engineering students, in preparation for efficiently managinginformation during their careers, should be departing the university for industry with more thanjust an accumulation of textbooks and course notes to take with them.”16 Bracke and Critzsupport this, saying, “Science and engineering students need to master complex subject-specificresources that often

Conference Session

Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

included aspects of the college mission that their assignment could support: “successfullifelong careers”, and “leadership”, highlighted below. (The connection between informationfluency and the knowledge managers of the future is described in the Human Resource journal,2002)5. College: Mission Statement The Mission of the College is to . . . provide knowledge of lasting value to students, industry, the academic community, and society. . . providing diverse opportunity for our students to excel in Engineering Technology and Aviation undergraduate education. We strive to prepare our graduates for successful life long careers and to provide leadership in the Engineering Technology and Aviation industries.Faculty