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

2006-677: FACULTY LIBRARIAN PARTNERSHIPS FOR INFORMATIONFLUENCY INSTRUCTION: PLANNING AND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTAlysia Starkey, Kansas State University-SalinaBeverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina Head of LibrariesJudith Collins, Kansas State University-SalinaJung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina Page 11.633.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Faculty librarian partnerships for information fluency instruction: planning and preliminary assessmentThis paper provides guidelines for writing effective information fluency assignments, derivedfrom face-to-face collaboration with faculty/librarians from two regional universities

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

and saying “Fellas’ I am the truth, I’ll tell you what you are doingright and I’ll tell you when you’re making mistakes. Every team member knows right up frontthat not only will I tell them the truth-but I will do so as soon as possible,”(Krzyzewski &Phillips, 2000, p.75). This straight forward approach eliminates possible excuses or negativeadjustments. This can be is a valuable approach, because now your staff members know exactlywhere you stand-always with the truth. As simple as it may seem, the problem may fall back onthe manager (librarian or coach) because it only works as long as they are consistent and fair.The test occurs when a project sequence (library) or game plan (coach) goes wrong (assumingthe task is executed correctly

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

they do generate healthy profits for the company.Your team has been asked to prepare a 3-5 page white paper presenting the relevant backgroundand issues from the perspective of your functional group. In addition, your team shouldsummarize relevant strategy and planning issues related to the given scenario. Each team willmake a 10 minute presentation to the CEO and to the other Vice-Presidents on March 17th, 2005.You can (and should) communicate with the other functional teams to ensure consistency and toshare information.In a subsequent offering of CHE 395, the students were allowed to select their own technicaltopic and prepare a 15-page paper and 15-minute oral presentation on their topic.Connecting in the Senior Year: CHE 450 CHE 450