Conference Session

New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries -- PHYS

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Engineering Libraries

. ABET’saccreditation criterion 3.h, which requires that students recognize ‘…the need for, and an abilityto engage in life-long learning’, codifies the importance of these skills.3Certainly, lifelong learning requires strong content knowledge. Without fundamental subjectknowledge, there is no foundation upon which to learn new concepts and skills. However, asABET and the National Academy of Engineering above have noticed, students need to acquireother skills in order to be successful. Shuman, Besterfield-Sacre, and McGourty4 propose thatengineers undertaking lifelong learning need to ‘…demonstrate reading, writing, listening, andspeaking skills, demonstrate an awareness of what needs to be learned; follow a learning plan;identify, retrieve and organize

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

thatwhat you see is a description for a book that we have in our library?” This led to a briefdiscussion of online and/or card catalogs available to them at their school libraries. Afew indicated that they still used card catalogs to find books. Despite the best intentionsof the librarians in planning the lecture, realistically, the SEE students were not going tobegin researching their topics by using the most appropriate subject headings.Introducing the databaseThe University Libraries subscribe to the online encyclopedia, AccessScience. Thischoice was more appropriate for locating background information. In hindsight, anonline encyclopedia may have been a better starting point than an online catalog. Thisresource features easy to locate subject

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

to use Adobe Captivate, exploring video options,operating a Flip camera and editing video. The entire experience has made the librarian moresympathetic to users, especially those less comfortable with technology. A description of theprocess follows. Student input is critical to the usability of the guide and tutorials.IntroductionThe WVU Libraries’ information literacy efforts are becoming more visible on the campus. TheLibraries’ dean and the Provost’s Office have demonstrated the importance of informationliteracy through its inclusion in the current strategic plan and with financial support for facultysummer stipends to work with librarians to create course-related instruction modules. ABET’semphasis on literacy adds another reason to

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sasha Gurke, Knovel Corporation

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Engineering Libraries

to Knovel’s success was application of this experience in the development of information products for applied scientists and engineers. Page 15.916.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 New Knovel InterfaceAbstractIn the past year Knovel interface has undergone several facelifts and some more seriouschanges. This paper discusses user centric approach to design and implementation of newgraphic user interface. New features, including Knovel Lab, Data Search, autocomplete,spell checker, browse interface, My Knovel and Knovel Math are discussed. Currentwork and plans for the future

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Rauh, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jody Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

toRichard or Rolf for quality assurance.Climbing the CV Citation Mountains: how to build quality assurance into the process?As we looked at the range of citations, we couldn’t help but wonder: why we are doing this?The mountain of work seemed too steep to conquer, and at times, we questioned the worth of aproject that demanded we risk the possibility of failing in front of our colleagues and faculty.Despite the dangers, we believed that the climb would provide us with a new view of libraryservices. To reduce our risks, we concentrated on the path to the top rather than the summititself. We employed project management methods to help plan and implement this service viii.With teamwork and in-process quality control, the slopes seemed to level off

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hubbard, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

26 9 User education 63 6 Library buildings and facilities 9 1 Administration or planning 2 31 Automation study 0 14 Other L&I service activities 11 1 Several interconnected activities 18 37Information storage and retrieval 33 12.8 96 25.0 Cataloguing 0 17 Classification and indexing 1 21 Information retrieval

Conference Session

Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol La Russa, University of California, Davis; Karen Andrews, University of California, Davis

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Engineering Libraries

from the UCD Library catalogingrecord. Unfortunately, from the UCD librarians’ point of view, the standard algorithm IAused ignored parts of the catalog record that librarians and many researchers considerimportant, i.e., the title of the series with the volume number. The Archive metadatasystem was set up for a free-standing monograph; it only searches by author and title.This did not work well for monographs published in a numbered series. Since UCDLibrarians planned to link the URLs of scanned volumes to UCD cataloging records andto OCLC records, the volumes would be accessible by series title and volume numberthere. However, in early 2010, the Internet Archive added the capability to upload fullerbibliographic data that will overlay the

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

upcoming2007-08 2 41 Science/Engineering freshmen) College of Computer, Mathematics & Physical Sciences08/08/08 1 30 pre-freshman Workshop07/16/01 College Bound Program 1 122002-07 ESTEEM Program 3 332008-09 Gear Up Camp Step – Career planning 2 4410/29/09 Home-Schooled Students 1 112/14/04 International Baccalaureate