Conference Session

Business & Entrepreneurial Information for Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

with comprehensive research for business plans where she was the Manager of Instructional Services at Babson's Horn Library. In her work at Babson, she led all aspects of research and instructional support. In addition to other initiatives she has also served as liaison to the math and science divisions and to the humanities faculty At Babson she sought and gained integration with their First Year Experience, second semester Rhetoric, and upper level management courses. She is known for her experience with and vision for information literacy, her strong technology background, and her commitment to the students and faculty

Conference Session

Thinking Ahead: Supporting New Technologies in Engineering Libraries

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

activities.The objectives were strengthened by the fact that a new baccalaureate degree program using GIStechnology was being planned. It was envisaged that with the new program, opportunities wouldarise for students in other disciplines to have a minor degree in GIS. This would have increasedthe use of the GIS resources in the library. The status of the new program will be discussed laterin this paper.The implementation of the geospatial data visualization support system began with the purchaseof a dedicated computer and proprietary software ArcGISTM, together with some digitaldatabases to compliment current collection within the Penn State University system. Also, it waseconomically prudent to conduct an inventory of freely available databases such as

Conference Session

Scientific Literature and Data: Proliferation, Storage, and Open Access

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Stout, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anne Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

this activity was to experiencefirsthand the successes and challenges of managing data in DSpace. Although theresearchers who responded to the survey indicated little interest in DSpace, it is equipped,theoretically, to handle data submissions. We decided to try submitting data beforeappointing ourselves experts on DSpace data submission.Using data generated by the MIT Libraries’ Userneeds (2006) and the Journal Use (2005)Studies, the task force plans to deposit library research data in DSpace. Depositing theJournal Use Study data should be easy because the data is available in a flat file.Depositing the Userneeds Study data is more challenging because it is stored in arelational database. Learning to cope with complicated data structures will