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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James M. Cox, The University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, The University of Iowa

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users have changing needs that require the library to evolve. The library works tomeet these needs and continues to create spaces that give a sense of welcoming and belonging.Decisions related to changing the library space need to be carefully thought-out to ensure theviability of the library and relevancy to the library user.There are three broad steps to decision making: pre-work, observation, and implementing [1],[2]. Pre-work involves identifying areas of concern and opportunities. Observation is thegeneration of data, finding relationships between problems and the source, and increasingunderstanding around the issues or area for growth. Finally, implementing is the decision basedoff the observations to implement a solution to resolve the

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Prosser, Arizona State University

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services are well-aligned with their information-seeking behaviors. Thisresearch serves as a foundation for future investigations and improvements in library services,ultimately supporting the academic success and information literacy development of engineeringstudents.IntroductionThe term “dark data” has been used to describe the vast amounts of data regularly collected andstored by organization but that remain unused, often due to a lack of capacity to evaluate the dataor a lack of knowledge of its existence [1]. In this sense, libraries collect a large amount of darkdata. Circulation statistics, gate counts, and chat reference transcripts are examples of datacollected and stored during the everyday operations of libraries, but that often go

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Lindsley, Oregon State University; Shalini Ramachandran, Loyola Marymount University; Clara Llebot, Oregon State University; Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles

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"Desirable Characteristics of DataRepositories for Federally Funded Research" [1], outlining a set of recommended features andqualities that are considered desirable for data repositories handling research data resulting fromfederally funded research. The document establishes a set of standards and guidelines to ensurethat data resulting from federally funded projects is preserved in repositories that effectivelymanage and disseminate it.On August 25, 2022, Dr. Alondra Nelson, then Acting Director of OSTP, issued a Memorandum[2] recommending that all federal agencies formulate new plans or update existing ones,outlining their approach to ensuring public access to peer-reviewed publications and the researchdata associated with federally funded

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University; Adam Lindsley, Oregon State University; Taylor Ralph, Oregon State University

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sources, our participant pool was made up of current tenure-track engineering facultyand graduate students from our institution. As we also wanted to better understand the impact ofthe suspension of our Elsevier contract, which came into effect on January 1, 2023, we onlyincluded graduate students and faculty who had been at our institution for at least a term beforethe suspension began.We began our study in mid-October 2023. An email distribution list of faculty and graduatestudents across the six disciplinary schools within our College of Engineering was compiled.Faculty and graduate student names were randomized, and participants were contacted by emailon a rolling basis until we reached saturation in the number of participant observations

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Uri Feldman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Callie Cherry, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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in Higher Education While artificial intelligence (AI) has existed in some form since the 1930s, the pace ofadvancements has accelerated significantly in the last decade. Modern AI is rooted in AlanTuring’s theory of computation, which defined the “Turing machine” as a set of logical rules thatcould, generally, be used to compute solutions to nearly any problem [1]. The set of logical rulesknown as the Turing machine later developed into the concept of neural networks, the backboneof most AI technologies today. Many major AI tools today are pre-trained to use a neuralnetwork to decipher a specified dataset; this automated process is called machine learning. Thispaper will centers on application of a subset of machine learning AI

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Over, Virginia Tech; C. Cozette Comer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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aclear description of information sources and the search strategy, ideally presented in full for eachdatabase [1, Items 7 & 8]. Further emphasizing the importance of transparency of the search forES reviews, in 2021 PRISMA introduced the PRISMA-S searching extension [2], providingadditional guidance regarding the details that should be reported for systematic review and othercomprehensive ES search strategies.ES is no longer a methodology exclusive to health sciences. The value that ES methods can bringto the knowledge-translation process is highly applicable across disciplines. In recent years, thesemethods have been adopted by non-health fields like engineering. Even more recently, therehave been calls for increased rigor and adherence to

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Ball, University of Waterloo; Rachel Figueiredo, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo

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more engaging when they combine personal and professional areas ofexpertise. While IL was not the aim for any of these collaborations, they all became a natural fitto integrate IL skills, and have three consistent themes throughout: 1) Fostering Relationshipsover time, 2) Building a culture of trust, 3) Saying yes, each of which can be continue to be usedwhen launching new interesting initiatives and projects.Keywords: Collaboration, experiential learning, library, partnership, project-based learning,wellness.IntroductionIn 2023, with a revival of in-person learning and a strong desire to reignite campus connectionsto the Library, Engineering Librarians at the University of Waterloo decided to try somethingnew – actually, a lot of new things

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Chalmers, University of Cincinnati; Aja Rachel Bettencourt-Mccarthy, University of Cincinnati

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thesehave changed over time. This information will help librarians to better support MET students andfaculty by allowing for targeted information literacy instruction and outreach.IntroductionInformation behavior is a general term that serves as an umbrella for describing the many waysthat people interact with information including information seeking, information use, andinformation creation, among others [1]. Bates also explains that the concept of informationbehavior includes, but goes beyond, information literacy which is more narrowly focused on“finding and effectively evaluating desired information”. Instead, information behaviorresearchers have developed a wide range of theories and models to better understand the ways inwhich people

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Hebah Emara, New York University ; Amanda He, New York University ; Lindsay Anderberg, New York University ; Samuel R. Putnam, New York University

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(LLM) designed to take natural language inputs and producenatural language outputs. According to OpenAI, ChatGPT achieved 1 million users in the firstweek of its release. By the middle of 2023, ChatGPT had grown to 180 million users and wasseeing over 1.4 billion visits a month [1]. Although there was evidence of declining usage trendsat this time, the numbers demonstrate ChatGPT is a highly used tool.A possible explanation for the popularity of ChatGPT is its ability to respond to seemingly anykind of prompt, regardless of subject, and to provide what appears to be an intelligent response.OpenAI encourages users to "Ask me anything" when it comes to using ChatGPT and providesacademic suggestions such as Python coding and language translations

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Lis Pankl, Mississippi State University

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Engineering, to increaseenrollment but also student persistence, retention and graduation, and highlights the role theMSU Libraries will play in supporting those needs:  Engineering students have for about two decades had inexpensive access to the Mitchell Memorial Library’s Digital Media Center [1]. This facility provides spaces for collaboration, concept creation and 3D printing, all within the scope and theme of innovation and creation. In the advent of additive manufacturing, demand for these resources is at an all-time high. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach is primarily housed in the College of Business, offering support to students wanting to explore intellectual property and patent development. With

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Sarah Barbrow, University of Michigan; Paul Grochowski, University of Michigan; Luesoni Kuck, University of Michigan

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government, academia, business and industry in electronic and printformats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activityof the producing body” [1]. The key element in this and in most definitions of GL is thatmaterials are not produced by commercial publishers. One implication of this is that there can bemany different types of GL. Indeed, Schöpfel and Farace reproduce a list of 131 differentdocument types originally compiled by GreyNet International, all of which can “contain uniqueand significant scientific and technical information that is often never published elsewhere” [1].While readers might quibble with some of the types of GL compiled by GreyNet International,this list of 131 types serves to

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Kurr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jimmy Landmesser Jr., UT-Battelle

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individuals on aparticular topic. This is the definition that will be used in this paper. However, it is well knownthat the phrase "technical standards" has a plethora of interpretations depending on the context ofthe situation and the parties involved. There are company standards that are primarily for internaluse, "de jure" standards that are formally published by standards organizations, agreed-uponcommon practices (e.g., eating with one's mouth closed) that the general public refers to as a“standard”, and many more [1]. The ambiguity in the definition of the word "standard" andengineers' contextual interpretation and historical use of the word adds to the challenge ofstudying, discussing, and applying technical standards.In addition to the

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto; Daniel W Baker PhD P.E., Colorado State University

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Statics and CIVE 261 Dynamics at Colorado State University. He has a keen interest in active learning and has a partic ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Insights and Lessons Learned from Engineering OER AuthorsIntroduction and Motivation:This work examines characteristics, motivations, and challenges open educational resourceauthors face in engineering. Open educational resources (OER) are “learning, teaching andresearch materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under thecopyright that has been released under an open license, that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others.” [1] While higher education

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chasz Griego, Carnegie Mellon University; Cheng Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University; Wenchao Hu, Carnegie Mellon University; Ziyong Ma, Carnegie Mellon University; Andy Ouyang, Carnegie Mellon University

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©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Introducing Students to Research and Reproducibility with Open Science ToolsOpen science in research educationReproducibility, transparency, and openness are all essential factors behind reliable and impactfulresearch. The rapid, global response to understanding the COVID-19 pandemic is attributed tothe way researchers openly shared methods and data [1], [2], [3], [4]. Since then, Open Science[5] has been placed at the forefront of an evolving research mission. While the movement isrelatively new, it rose to prominence with 2023 delivering the Year of Open Science asannounced from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy [6]. Adoption is wellin

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeanette M. Mueller-Alexander, Arizona State University

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an O'odham thesaurus and classification systems currentlyunder investigation and development at Arizona State University. kiva, n. A chamber, built wholly or partly underground, used by the Pueblo men for religious rites, etc.; estufa, n. Also attributive and transferred. [1]IntroductionEngineers always want to know how something works. If that means taking it apart to reverseengineer it, they are quite happy to do that. They are also always looking to make improvementsand have a whole list of “what if…?” for every one of them. This is especially true when theyencounter an unknown structure from another civilization or lost arts of Western Europeancolonial cultures. With little documentation available, they need to explore

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Glasgow, University of Nevada, Reno

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learning experiences designed toengage the students in an iterative design process with real-world applications.Each summer, the College of Engineering hosts various weeklong camps for middle and highschool students with a particular theme or engineering focus. During the summer of 2023, theDeLaMare Library Makerspace supported this program by hosting several design thinking andrapid prototyping sessions to accompany the already robust camp curriculum.Over the course of three 1-hour sessions, students worked in small groups to explore human-centered design principles and fabricate a prototype. The first session was an introduction to thedesign thinking process and the tools available in the makerspace. Each team explored the themeof accessibility

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heather Howard, Purdue University Library TSS; David A Zwicky, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Frederick C Berry, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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public research university developed and piloted a suite of micro-learning informationliteracy modules with micro-credentialing for undergraduate students. The topics covered in themodules include (1) effective information-gathering strategies, (2) competitive analysis, (3)patent information, (4) industry standards, and (5) informed communication. The foundationalmodules, created with stakeholder feedback from industry professionals, entrepreneurs,instructors, and students, are designed for instructors to use in their classes without directlibrarian intervention. The micro-credentialing component allows students to share the digitalbadges they earn with potential employers via LinkedIn and other platforms. The modules andcontent are designed to

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Barbrow, University of Michigan; Kelly Durkin Ruth, United States Naval Academy; Amber Janssen, California State University Maritime Academy; Christina Mayberry, University of California San Diego; Sarah Over, Virginia Tech; Sarah Parker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Engineering, and Optical Engineering.A group of engineering librarians with Naval Architecture, Marine, and/or Ocean Engineering(NAMOE) programs at their institutions decided after the ASEE 2024 conference to cometogether to discuss and support one another in a Community of Practice (CoP, i.e. our pod oflibrarians). This NAMOE CoP has met regularly throughout the fall of 2024 discussing how tofill the gaps in resources and knowledge needed to support NAMOE students and facultyeffectively. Regarding resources, our group has already started to share databases and othersources of information in NAMOE fields. We have longer-term plans to collaboratively developa resource similar to chapters in Osif’s Using the Engineering Literature [1], a critical

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley S McGuire MLIS, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Michael McFall Lipscomb, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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-instruction, technical communication, technical writing, academic writing, graduatepreparedness, project-based learningIntroductionThe authors propose that graduate STEM students would benefit from efforts to improveinstruction in writing and presenting. ABET, the organization responsible for accreditingengineering programs globally, does state requirements for teaching students to communicatewith a variety of audiences. Yet these requirements do not include that a dedicated technicalcommunication course be given during an undergraduate student’s education [1]. At theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), faculty of the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering recognized the need for their graduate students to improve theircommunication

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aiden Vance Dailey, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Tyler Kroon, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Julio Enrique Teran, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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a long-termresource that reinforces key engineering concepts and supports their academic journey. In the future, weplan to enhance e-REF by integrating AI-driven learning models, enabling personalized learningexperiences that can adapt to individual needs and further align with the learning outcomes of theresource.IntroductionEffective communication through scientific writing is essential for integrating engineeringprinciples into applied scenarios. While scientific and mathematical concepts form the core ofmodern engineering curricula, literary and documentation are often overlooked [1]. Manyengineering students struggle with locating and evaluating credible information, usingspreadsheet software for data analysis, and comprehending

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Lepourtois; Adji TOURE, Ecole de Technologie Superieure; Vanessa Ayotte, Ecole de Technologie Superieure; Sonia Seck, Ecole de Technologie Superieure; Judith Boissonneault, Ecole de Technologie Superieure; Lokman Sboui, École de technologie supérieure

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and analysis of bibliometric data. This work addresses the challenges encounteredduring the development process, describe the features and functionalities of the tool, and highlightits advantages over existing solutions. A comparative analysis underscores AutoBib’s potentialfor broader adoption in academic and research libraries, particularly in facilitating engineeringresearch evaluation.1 Background on Bibliometric ReportsGaining significant insights from bibliometric indicators with a very limited set of data is adelicate task. Bibliometric indicators are useful for identifying trends in the research landscapewhen analyzing a large set of documents 13 . However, when dealing with a smaller set ofdocuments, metrics offer limited

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cari Kaurloto, University of Southern California; Jane Lah, University of Southern California; Alvaro Quezada, Caltech

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information literacy, critical thinking, research skills,and library orientation, for example. However, covering such an array of topics in a limitedtimeframe resulted in a perceived lack of instructional autonomy, a challenge also noted in theresearch [1]. With instruction as a primary responsibility, teaching has become a critical aspectof librarian identity. This librarian-educator identity reflects efforts to forge sustainable andimpactful relationships with disciplinary faculty in addition to seeking out mentorship andprofessional development opportunities to further enhance one’s teaching skills [2]. There are numerous critiques of the one-shot model in the information literacy instructionscholarship that informed this team [3] [4] [5

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul McMonigle, The Pennsylvania State University; Katelin Marie Woods, Tulane University

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without any books? One academic library branchrecently had to learn the answer to that question for itself.LITERATURE REVIEWThe idea of a “bookless library” has been around for at least fifteen years, with engineeringlibraries making up the bulk of this trend. Stanford University made what is considered the firstattempt with their renovation of their engineering library in 2009. However, since some bookswere still kept on site, the library is not considered fully bookless.[1]In 2010, the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Applied Engineering and Technology Librarybecame the first to officially eliminate all physical books within its space.[2] Located in theinstitution’s Applied Engineering and Technology Building, the library occupies what