Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University; Ashlynn Kogut, Texas A&M University; Michael Ryan Golla, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

rich technical information. The students come to the coursewith a consumer mentality. The goal of the project is to push the students toward the industrialmindset that enables them to use and comprehend a higher level of engineering detail. There isnot a specific formula for the resource quantity or source material, but the students areencouraged to use patents, engineering design specifications of product drawings, governmentregulatory information and manufacturing or industrial sources that provide information onengineering design, performance, life cycle and sometimes cost. To select a project topic, students are encouraged to view the syllabus [1] and textbooksas well as talk with the course instructors. Then, search using the

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Responses Percent THE ETEXTBOOK? Announcement from instructor 152 73.3 Course syllabus 110 53.4 Fellow students 36 17.5 Searched in library catalog 33 16 Library webpage 10 4.9Of the students who were aware of the free eTextbook, nearly three-quarters heard about theavailability through announcements from their instructors, and roughly half saw the informationabout the textbook on their course syllabi.One impetus for this survey was to determine the usefulness of the