Conference Session

Engineering Librarians Boot Camp

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

of problems that crop up in looking for thesepapers in a database. Any general conclusions drawn to assess quantitatively the completeness oraccuracy of the database would therefore be specious. Of the ten papers selected, seven returnedbibliographic records corresponding to the paper in Compendex. Those records located werefound under serial titles like “American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Advance paper,”“ASME – Paper,” or “American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Papers.” While these titlesare suggestive, and fairly consistent, they do not lead unambiguously to the determination thatthe record is a miscellaneous technical paper publication. Of the three papers that Compendexfailed to return a correct bibliographic match for, one

Conference Session

Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shelby J. Hallman, North Carolina State University; Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

%Technical Reports 0 0 1 5 2 8 0.0% 12.5% 87.5%Monographs/EditedCollections 0 0 2 4 2 8 0.0% 25.0% 75.0%Government Information 0 0 2 4 2 8 0.0% 25.0% 75.0%Table IV. Students’ self-reported confidence levels in locating literature by type (a) prior to and (b) after workshop sessions(Version 2 survey). (a) Neither

Conference Session

Beneficial Partnerships: Enhancing Library Programming with Strategic Collaborations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Ya-Ting T. Liao, Case Western Reserve University; J. Thomas Chapin, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

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Engineering Libraries

instruction session. The first iteration of this module has beendelivered twice, first in a small class (10 students) and then in a large class (95 students) in twoconsecutive semesters. The effectiveness of the first session was evaluated by conducting pre-and post-tests and by collecting students’ feedback. Based on the results, changes wereimplemented for the second session. This paper presents the evolution of the project and thechallenges encountered.IntroductionTechnical standards are vital for providing quality, safe, and sustainable products and have agreat impact on the global market. The critical role that standards play in every aspect of life isreflected in expectations employers have for standards knowledge among college graduates [1]–[3

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elise Anne Basque, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Christine Brodeur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; Manon Du Ruisseau, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Jimmy Roberge, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Arina Soare, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Marie Tremblay , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

legal requirements associated with the use of information. Indicate your degree of agreement with each of the following statement: 5. Sufficient time was allocated to reach the objectives of each session. 6. Generally, I improved my information research skills.The evaluation surveys were distributed to students at the end of each course and were compiledby the Pedagogical Support Office. The results were returned electronically to each teachinglibrarian. However, some librarians do not work at the institution anymore and it was impossibleto find their evaluation surveys. In part 1 of the surveys, responses from 1,731 students havebeen compiled since 2011. This represents 59% of all the students who followed a creditedcourse

Conference Session

Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J White, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Engineering Libraries

science andengineering books. At this time, few library schools offered courses in technical information andreference work. One exception was the University of Illinois, which provided fourth-yearstudents in the library science program with an introduction to engineering literature through aseries of lectures given by the heads of engineering departments.15Professor Burgess also acknowledged that engineers lacked the perspective to recommend booksthat were appropriate for the general public. He proposed that SPEE should form a committee toprepare, in cooperation with “some of the leading librarians,” a list of recommended books forlibraries.The paper and following discussion made such an impression that the members presentimmediately approved a

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Henshilwood, University of Toronto; Cristina Sewerin, University of Toronto; Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Tracy Zahradnik, University of Toronto

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Engineering Libraries

correlation between active mentoring practices and employeeretention rates.1. IntroductionThe Oxford English Dictionary defines “mentor” as “a person who acts as guide and adviser toanother person, esp. one who is younger and less experienced. Later, more generally: a personwho offers support and guidance to another; an experienced and trusted counsellor or friend; apatron, a sponsor”1. In their survey of members of one chapter of the Medical LibraryAssociation, Kwasik et al (2006) found that 71% of respondents to a survey about mentoringanswered yes to the question “do you consider having a mentor or mentors a critical part of yourprofessional experience?”2. Ross’s (2013) literature review presents a range of reasons for andapproaches to mentorship

Conference Session

Widgets, Add-ons, Toolbars, and Videos: Web 2.0 Tools for Searching, Managing, and Teaching about Engineering Literature and Information

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Wohrley, Auburn University

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Engineering Libraries

]. Page 14.957.89. Add to Search Bar :: Firefox Add-ons. Available at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682 [Accessed February 6, 2009].10. Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department ofEnergy. Available at: http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/index.shtml [Accessed February 6,2009].11. Search Engine for Standards - NSSN. Available at: http://www.nssn.org/default.aspx[Accessed February 6, 2009].12. Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool. Available at: http://www.zotero.org/ [AccessedOctober 26, 2008].13. Google Translate. Available at: http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en# [AccessedFebruary 6, 2009].14. NIST 2008 Machine Translation Evaluation - (Open MT-08)Official Evaluation

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal L. Renfro, Kennesaw State University; Lori J. Ostapowicz Critz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

localdepartment and in the field in general, can help direct collection decisions, particularly forjournals. However, following the trends, both locally and globally, in the research andcurriculum of an engineering discipline will also guide the selection of monographs and otherresources (e.g. standards, technical reports). Physically and virtually browsing the collection willhighlight not just content areas of importance, and changing trends in these areas over time, butwill also shed light on critical publishers and vendors for the particular discipline.Above all, don’t let the “crisis of confidence” hinder the efforts. Wray [16] points out that amotivated novice can often bring an unbiased, data informed and successful approach tocollection

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shalini Ramachandran, Boise State University; Steven Matthew Cutchin, Boise State University; Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

graduate students aremajority international students (85% for master’s) while undergrad students are mostly U.S.residents (88%). This made it uncertain about the underlying cause or effect of degree level orinternational status on opinions. We made the choice to analyze from the perspectiveof degree-level rather than citizenship. Fig. 1. Student perceptions: AI optimism and biased algorithmsWhile the general survey findings (Appendix B) informed our overall approach to instruction,what stood out in the survey is that 92% of students agreed that AI algorithms will improveover time. Computer science students present an overwhelming techno-optimism about thefuture of AI code. A belief that technology can be harnessed to help make

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anamika Megwalu, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

diversity and inclusion in one-shot information literacy classesIntroduction Many academic departments in higher educational institutions rely on their libraries tooffer Information literacy (IL) classes. Librarians typically design the content of their IL classesin consultation with the teaching faculty members. The content may include topics on avoidingplagiarism, strategies for reading a technical paper, finding relevant resources, evaluation ofinformation sources, and general library orientations [1]. These sessions can be taughtsynchronously and asynchronously. Regardless of the content and discourse platform, these ILclasses are typically one-shot classes that are forty-five to ninety minutes long. As

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia George-Williams, Southern Methodist University; Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Libraries

with the proprietary software officeto install new software or developing an understanding of the backend of the specific GISsoftware programs in order to make them run as they should. Despite the Office of Technology’sefforts there is no specific designated staff who can work across the range of all the differentaspects of GIS-related technical issues; it has been a complex path to start to develop lines ofsupport for quick problem solving.One of the bigger challenges is the lack of technological infrastructure to store locally-generatedspatial data. Currently, the spatial data generated by students are stored on a shared open drive onour local campus server, and not in any robust spatial data storage location, leading topredictable

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University; Linda M. N. Struble, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is a Carnegie Level-1 research university locatedin University Park, PA. The College of Engineering, officially founded in 1894, offersbachelors', masters’, and doctoral degrees in ten departments. The college's average annualenrollment includes approximately 8000 undergraduates and 1600 graduate students. Enrollmentfigures for graduate students do not specify whether they are masters' or Ph.D. hopefuls.[1][2]The Library system at Penn State is one of the largest in North America, with several millionvolumes of books and materials along with several thousand journal subscriptions. TheEngineering Library works as a partner with the College to provide learning services and supportto students, faculty, and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

Information for Non-Engineers – A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Application of the ACRL FrameworkAs Washington State University becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the need is increasingfor collaboration between librarians and instructors to introduce non-engineering students totechnical literature. Understanding technical literature is challenging even for the very engineerswho are versed in the vocabulary and procedures of their discipline. Hence, training non-engineer students to use this literature is a substantial challenge. Over the course of several years,the ACRL framework for information literacy in higher education has been integrated into theengineering curriculum. Over this time several core lessons have emerged: 1

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Anderberg, New York University; Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Mikolaj Wilk, New York University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

in anthropology from Dickinson College.Dr. Matthew Frenkel, New York UniversityMr. Mikolaj Wilk, New York University Engineering Reference Associate at Bern Dibner Library c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Project Shhh! A library design contest for engineering studentsBackground Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology is an academic engineering librarysupporting the teaching and research needs of the faculty and student body of the New YorkUniversity Tandon School of Engineering. Tandon maintains a student population of about5,000 students, with roughly an even distribution between undergraduate and graduate students[1]. Located in Brooklyn, New York, Dibner Library is in an urban

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Mischo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Christie A. Wiley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mary C. Schlembach, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Heidi J. Imker, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Libraries

isconsistent with OMB Circular A-110 (OMB Circular, A110). We point out that this definitionprecludes: laboratory notebooks, preliminary analyses, drafts of papers, peer review reports,email communications, and, usually, physical objects and lab specimens.Our presentations also typically include several data management horror-story and retrievalfailure scenarios to illustrate the consequences of poor data management.The instructional sessions begin with a general discussion of the faculty or group’s publicationpatterns and research focus. General principles of knowledge creation, the data lifecycle,publication venue choices, and scholarly metrics are introduced as a means to better integratingdata management and the research workflow. The data

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleshia Huber, Binghamton University; Jill Dixon, Binghamton University; Sandy Card, Binghamton University

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Engineering Libraries

information collected from theinterviews and survey as well as their own observations to begin to draw workflow diagrams tocreate visual representations based on all the data. After meeting with the Dean of Libraries andvisiting the similar-sized Technical Services area in another university to gain even more insightinto possible problems and solutions, the team members generated a Systematic Layout Planning(SLP) chart to start the process of creating detailed design options for the area. Architecturaldrawings were rendered using AutoCAD though the library also asked the engineering team tocreate 3D illustrations which were created in Sketchup. These illustrations were later automatedto show how the workflows would move through the new physical areas

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

enhancement or any other topic you may find that will make a change in the future operation, reliability or application of your product choice. Use all sources at your disposal, however no general internet sources will be accepted as a reference for your project, for example “Wikapedia[sic]” may not be used as a source but can be used for your general knowledge purposes… The report must be technically oriented toward the topics of the class and a heavy emphasis should be on the technical expertise that you will need to know to work for or service customers that use FPT components in application8…The professor includes the library guide’s url and the librarian’s contact information in hissyllabus and on the

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander J. Carroll, North Carolina State University; Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

student UG Students: 0 Staff: 06 TECS Assoc. Post-Docs: 1 Weekly 60 min Professor G Students: 4 UG Students: 2 Staff: 0*Meeting frequency of entire research group**Staff includes research professors, visiting scientists, and technical staff.Although this was a new setting for us, we found that in some ways, the types of needs we wereable to support were very similar to the types of questions and requests that often come throughour normal reference channels, such as literature searching and document delivery

Conference Session

Technical Papers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Engineering Libraries

ethics of information, including skills and practices to maintain their own intellectual property generated during the design process • Revise and expand on present library instruction methodologies to address shortcomings identified in the assessment mapping to standardsMethodologyDuring the spring term of 2009, all first-year Drexel engineering students were required toprepare for their library instruction session by completing a series of online tutorials. Thesetutorials were embedded into the lecture section through a central website. The tutorialsintroduced the various formats of engineering literature that students were expected to usethroughout their research including scholarly journal articles, encyclopedias

Conference Session

Technical Papers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bernier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries

Page 15.1330.10any of the suggested claims. Second, we are a small college with just under 2,000 students soexperiences will differ between institutions of different types and sizes.At time of publication, we had thirteen guides. In the first six months of use, the top five guidesused are as follows:1) “Logan Library Databases” - a list of all our subscribed databases in two tabs (“AtoZ List”and “By Subject”). - accessed 8,916 times2) “Engineering (general)” - accessed 2,217 times3) “Humanities and Social Sciences (general)” - accessed 1,376 times4) “RH-330 Technical Communications and Professional Communication” (class specific guide)accessed - 936 times5) “Applied Biology” - accessed 416 times.These numbers indicate several things. First

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Julia Glauberman, Binghamton University Libraries

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Engineering Libraries

, mechanicalengineering, systems engineering, engineering technology, and construction management fromthe William States Lee College of Engineering (COE).In all of COE’s undergraduate programs, formal library instruction is generally limited to anoptional workshop that first-year students may attend for extra credit. Approximately 78% ofeligible students participate in this workshop during which they receive a basic introduction tolibrary resources in the context of an assignment focused on career planning. In addition to thisannual workshop, interested professors may contact the engineering librarian directly to requestlibrary instruction sessions. These individual requests from professors, which generate a fewsessions each semester, are usually spurred by

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

Resource Center Association. She holds a M.L.I.S. from the University of South Carolina, a M.A. from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. from Calvin College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 From Creativity to Classification: A Logical Approach to Patent SearchingEngineering students and professors need to understand and search intellectual property. In thepast, librarians have instructed them on using the United States Patent Classification (USPC). In2015, after a period of transition, the United States Patent and Trademark Office phased out theUSPC and began exclusively classifying in the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).1

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William W. Tsai, California State University, Maritime Academy; Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy

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Engineering Libraries

keeping abreast of developments in the field.The greatest gains in information fluency skills seem to correlate with the influence ofengineering faculty [5]. Engineering students value help from professors or lecturers over thelibrary. Engineering students also show a strong preference for consulting their peers [1]. Theassignment requirements set by faculty have the strongest influence on students’ use of websearching to obtain information [12]. Kerins [1] recommends that engineering faculty andlibrarians collaborate to provide students with active problem-solving and research experiences.Traditionally, senior capstone laboratory courses integrate the concepts from the first three yearsof engineering courses. In general, these laboratory courses

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

for general discussion.Five courses with the same content were taught via three tools from March 2017 toJune 2017. According to the course metrics shown on Table 1, social media courses(WeChat and QQ) work more effectively than traditional online courses (WebEx).The number of attendees per session reaches 305 for WeChat and 36 for QQ, whilethe number of attendees per WebEx session is 19. As attendees are able to activelyinteract with the instructor before, during and after the course, active engagement isobserved throughout the lifecycle of social media user groups. The number ofquestions during the course Q&A is 6 and 9, at WeChat and QQ respectively,compared to 2 at WebEx. The number of questions asked outside of the course is 35and 15

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

, data and science literacy skills that will allow them to succeed in a global economy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Graduate Research Data Management Course Content: Teaching the Data Management Plan (DMP)Introduction: The need for effective education of graduate students in the area of Research DataManagement (RDM) has been demonstrated through the number and types of recently developedcourses on this topic.[1-6] These courses tend to take one of two general forms: 1) a full-term,for-credit standalone course and 2) a workshop/seminar approach. However in both forms of theRDM course, one topic that is common to both approaches is the Data Management Plan (DMP).The

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Harvard University; Nastasha E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David A. Zwicky, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

intervention (effective, ineffective, mixed, no difference) ● Artifact type (e.g. pre-post tests)ResultsFigure 1, a PRISMA flow chart [16], details the results of this SLR.Figure 1: Flow chart describing the PRISMA process, with the number of studies included ateach stage of this reviewThe initial searches generated 1224 results. 305 duplicates were removed prior to title/abstractscreening. Two authors screened all of the remaining 919 items, eliminating those that wereclearly outside the inclusion criteria established prior to searching, and keeping any that couldnot be accurately assessed with the limited information. The first screening resulting in removingan additional 797 records, leaving 122 that needed to have full-text retrieved for the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Charter P.E., Oklahoma State University; Bryan Lawrence Hoskins, Oklahoma State University; Samuel B. Montgomery, Oklahoma State University

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Engineering Libraries

, as well as construction design documents including fire protection reports, code equivalencies, and general code consulting for many projects across the nation and abroad. Additionally, she has valuable technical knowledge in smoke control analysis including the commissioning of smoke control systems.Dr. Bryan Lawrence Hoskins, Oklahoma State University Dr. Hoskins is an Assistant Professor of Fire Protection & Safety at Oklahoma State University. He earned his BS and MS degrees in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland and his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2011 with an emphasis on building egress. He has primarily taught classes related to codes and

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Talea Anderson, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

. Figure 5: If you have used OERs in an engineering course, how did your students respond to the material? Frequency Relative Frequency (%) No prior experience with 6 27.3 OERs General positive response 3 13.6 Positive response to low cost 2 9.1 Other perspective 1 4.5 No response 10 45.5 Figure 6: If you have evaluated OERs in the past, what is your perception

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Brian C. Gray, Case Western Reserve University

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Engineering Libraries

valuable insightsinto current campus information needs, and raise the level of library efficiency in collectiondevelopment and technical services processing.IntroductionThe development and maintenance of relevant library collections that support engineeringeducation and research experience many challenges. Foremost, the subscription costsof science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) journals and databases hadreached an unsustainable level, with the annual inflation rate being much higher than inother disciplines [1]. Moreover, the number of publications supporting traditionalengineering disciplines and new and/or interdisciplinary research is on the rise.Furthermore, the overall expansion of digital content availability lead to an

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Hubbard, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

, Frankfurt, Hamburg, andVenice, and then spread throughout Europe, and ultimately to the United States via England.1-3These publications, referred to as price-currents, listed market prices for various goods thatincluded many agricultural products and a limited number of chemicals, such as potash,saltpeter, sulfur, etc.3,4 One of the first price-currents published in colonial America was theSouth Carolina Price-Current and it included chemicals such as indigo, turpentine, and variousanimal/plant oils.1,5 Price-currents continued into the early 1800s and then developed into, orwere displaced by, specialized financial newspapers or trade magazines that often includedpricing.1 Some of the earliest trade magazines focusing on chemistry and chemical