Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Thomes, University of Pittsburgh; Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Kate Joranson, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Washburn, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Baker, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

(Retrieved January 12, 2008)9 Callison, R., Budny, D Thomes, K. 2005. “Library Research Project for First-Year Engineering Students: Page 13.818.10 Results from Collaboration by Teaching and Library Faculty” In: Relationships Between Teaching Faculty and Teaching Librarians, Ed. Susan Kraat. Binghampton, NY: Haworth Information Press. (93-106)10 Gardner, H. 1983. Frames of Mind. New York: Basic Books.11 Abramowitch, S. 2005. ISfE Pilot Project Report. Internal Unpublished Report. Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.12 Budny, D. 2008. Internal Communication. Swanson School of

Conference Session

New Tools and Techniques for Information Literacy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

author first started working at Wichita State University (WSU), he attended a facultymeeting for one of the engineering departments. Faculty members requested help with aplagiarism problem. An offer to teach a bibliographic instruction session was accepted by one ofthe faculty, but others had needs that would not be met by the librarian coming into their classes.Most had concerns about giving up lecture time. One wanted all of their graduate assistants toreceive training. Offering training sessions in the library presented other problems includingaccurately reporting to each faculty member which students attended and which did not. By theend of the meeting the seeds for a video project had been planted in the author’s mind