departments, colleges, and theuniversity leadership to work towards a more open and equitable scholarly landscape. Whilesome larger institutions have spoken out about these issues this project focuses on theperspectives from a specific group of faculty at a public land-grant institution and will, thus,contribute to an understanding of the issues at play and possibilities for future advancement inPRT guidance.IntroductionResearchers have long expressed concerns about the impact promotion, rank, and tenure (PRT)guidelines have on the publishing practices of academics [1-4]. As a baseline, studies [1-4] haveshown that faculty members expect a strong research and publication record to be crucial foradvancement under PRT guidelines. Research also shows
expected that an improved version of this course will be launched in the fall. While manyelements of this collaborative project were successful, there were some significant lessonslearned, primarily relating to class time required, librarian-faculty-student communication,student completion of assessments, and student and instructor comfort with using the coursemanagement system. In the next iteration of this project, the team will address each of the issueswhich are described below:Required Class Time: Some instructors were concerned about losing three classes, even thoughthey agreed that the information literacy components were important. Possible options to reducethe number of class sessions include going in for one in-person class per section
designed to maximize impact within the socialnetwork landscape. This article focuses on the information necessary for a librarian tosuccessfully create this outreach.Review of LiteratureAltmetrics emerged out of a recognized need for a new way to represent research impact,including all discussions of an article.9 It was evident as early as 2005 that citations to scholarlyinformation in print and on the web were not equivalent.10 Early work wrestled with thedistinctions between terminology (netometrics vs. webometrics), between links to articles versusweb based citations, and to identify the units of analysis that would be included in the emergingfield.11 In 2010, Priem, Taborelli, Groth and Neylon issued a seminal document in thedevelopment of
students. As a basis for this work, the librarians have surveyed andinterviewed faculty and instructors about their perceptions and needs related to OERs. Based onthis work, the authors suggest best practices for liaison librarians in engineering and otherspecialized fields who wish to incorporate OERs into their outreach work.IntroductionIn 2016, the associated student body at Washington State University put forward a CourseMaterial Cost Reduction Initiative1, calling on instructors and administrators to identifystrategies for reducing students’ financial burden. Among other things, the studentsrecommended creation of a university task force to consider the issue, introduction of an open-source program, faculty education on the cost of course
researchers, the amount of storage space was not the issue of concern, but rather it wasthe organization of the datasets that posed a logistical challenge. One faculty member mentionedthat neither they nor their associated graduate students or collaborative researchers have theskills, resources, and time available to organize data in a meaningful way. For some AE faculty,such an organization project would not be worth the effort anyway: “[If] we think the data's not really going to be used, and we're the only ones who's going to use it, that's a lot of effort to go to make all that information and organize it and then it's a waste of time if no one does it. So in the short term aspect to us, it doesn't help us. Too labor
vital new areaof teaching scholarship.This paper describes the characteristics of effective research assignments that encompass thebroader sense of information literacy as knowledge acquisition and management, with relatedsub-skills. The authors, in discussions with faculty and librarians at another regional university,reviewed various definitions of information literacy and concluded that the terms imply anegative: those who do not qualify as information-literate are then “illiterate,” a word withsignificant social stigma. Further, the term “literacy” implies that the capability, once acquired,is in some manner an attribute of the individual. The linguistic term, “fluency,” borrowed fromsecond-language acquisition, is adopted throughout the
concluded that this collaboration is not always deep. 24BackgroundAfter the initial failed search for a Geospatial Information Librarian in 2014, the then-Dean ofthe Libraries convinced of the need for the library to support the demand for GIS services oncampus and also recognizing the ongoing trend for libraries to be more responsive to the needs ofits patrons, decided to try another approach.She reached out to others on campus, including the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies. Shewanted to get some input on the type of skills such a librarian should possess in order to providethe most beneficial services to faculty and students on campus, as this was a new direction forthe library. Upon further discussion with faculty who were already teaching
continue toinvestigate the literature concerning academic libraries, OERs, and how COVID has impactedtheir use among engineering faculty.Another key takeaway from this study is how important it is for librarians to speak with facultyabout not just their research, but also their teaching needs. All of the faculty interviewed weresurprised but excited and even eager to speak about their teaching and how the library couldhelp, as they often did not think about the library when considering their teaching, beyond howtheir students might use it. Therefore, awareness is an issue and the author plans to continue tomake faculty aware of how the library and the librarian can support their teaching needs. Onespecific example of how the library could be more
new campus.In terms of library services, the Textiles Library, a branch library located in the College ofTextiles, has been the only library service point on Centennial Campus. This library has servedthe faculty and students of the College of Textiles for more than 60 years. In many ways it is atypical branch library, with a small staff and a service model designed for the local community.Over the last decade, as the campus has grown, it has come to serve as the library for all ofCentennial Campus, providing outreach and services to the academic and corporate/governmententities on campus. With each passing year the need for a large, central library with spaces,facilities, and staffing to support thousands of students and faculty has become
a subject liaison to learn thediscipline and build a targeted collection in collaboration with instructional faculty whilebuilding strong relationships with the department. In addition, this article will discuss how thishas prompted a re-evaluation of the process in the library and in the institution for looking atlibrary resources for new program proposals.BackgroundDeveloping collaboration between instructional faculty and librarians with regard to buildingcollections, especially related to new academic programs, has been an ongoing issue discussedextensively in the literature, but solutions often remain elusive. Cultural and organizationalbarriers are discussed by Shen [3] including financial, psychological, and communication styles.Wu
• Showcase new resources • Display are for student and faculty research or projects • Specific learning areas for different disciplines.Comments from the focus groups on the actual physical space: • Coffee shop/healthy food • Combination of seating options, both for study and for lounging • Place for readings or musical performances; spaces to encourage student and faculty interaction • Higher quality lighting; bringing nature in with plants and the exterior views • Use color to differentiate the areas • Deal with the acoustic issues • Artwork and displays on the walls • Place for each college to congregate and communicate Page
“FabLab” (short for fabricationlaboratory) and not a “makerspace,” and some of the activities that were undertaken to make thebeta version of the lab a reality. It highlights the efforts that were made to reach out to faculty,specifically faculty in the College of Engineering, to encourage them to integrate various hands-on learning activities in their courses, and get them to use the FabLab as a space to apply andreinforce classroom learning. The paper also discusses the long-term vision for the lab.IntroductionAs the University of Texas at Arlington was positioning to achieve Tier One status (recognitionas a world-class research university), the arrival of a new Dean of Libraries in 2012 signaled thebeginning of a new era. Shortly after her
author first started working at Wichita State University (WSU), he attended a facultymeeting for one of the engineering departments. Faculty members requested help with aplagiarism problem. An offer to teach a bibliographic instruction session was accepted by one ofthe faculty, but others had needs that would not be met by the librarian coming into their classes.Most had concerns about giving up lecture time. One wanted all of their graduate assistants toreceive training. Offering training sessions in the library presented other problems includingaccurately reporting to each faculty member which students attended and which did not. By theend of the meeting the seeds for a video project had been planted in the author’s mind
in 2007. The Faculty Advisorsought the assistance of the Principal Librarian, liaison to the Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Department. The two-week program started on Monday, July 16, 2007 withseventeen students. On Friday of the first week, the middle school girls were provided alesson on conducting research by two of the University’s Science Librarians and theirassistants. Teaching students at this level was an unexpected but welcoming new frontierfor the University Librarians.Session DayIn the first year, two hours were set aside for the research portion of the program. Thelibrarians were invited to help the students find credible resources that would provideinformation on their topics. Initially, some time was set aside for a tour
books from 2003 were no longer accessible. The collectionbecame 2004 and 2005 plus all books added in 2006. This put the responsibility on the library todo a complete reload of the MARC records as soon as possible after the new year began.Additionally, some books are published in one year and not added until the next year. Forexample, ABC title was published in November 2003 and was not inserted (also known as“added”) until June 2004. ABC title was removed January 1, 2006. It made no differencewhether a book was published in January 2003 or December 2003, it was removed January 1,2006. The Safari representative confirmed these details.In January 2006, a faculty member emailed the Libraries regarding books that had been removedfrom Safari. He
value of data sharing albeit with some concerns and caveats. However, establishing aneffective and consistent data management service presents challenges for libraries, given theknown disciplinary differences in data management needs and the fact that faculty have not yetsignificantly changed their data management practices to conform to federal agency andpublisher mandates. After conducting in-depth interviews with twenty-one engineering andatmospheric science faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, it became clearthat scientists and engineers view the research lifecycle as a holistic endeavor and treat data asone of many necessary elements in the scholarly communication workflow. The generation,usage, storage, and sharing
supportengineering education and information needs. The Librarians were involved with the student’sworkflow and understood when and why information was needed. The projects concluded withwell thought out and extensive proposals for the redesign which have the potential to be a basisfor future renovations.BackgroundIn spring 2015, Librarians at Binghamton University sought new opportunities to collaboratewith teaching faculty and students. A variety of ideas were discussed, including creating a for-credit internship program for Binghamton University students from various academic disciplinesto work on library projects. One of the potential projects identified was redesigning variouslibrary spaces – both public and staff areas.When investigating possible
seeking behaviors of academic scientists, who increasingly reported nearly exclusiveuse of web-based resources and fewer visits to physical libraries; Niu et al. corroborated thesefindings via a nationwide survey in 2010.9-10 While the proliferation of online resources mayhave exacerbated non-use of libraries by engineers, concerns about STEM students’ use of thelibrary and faculty members’ perceptions of the library has attracted the attention of librarians fordecades. As early as 1979, Davis and Bentley suggested that librarians could form meaningfulrelationships with disciplinary science faculty and improve perceptions of librarians by gettinginvolved “in the teaching process” and through “attendance at departmental meetings.”11 In
Social Thought and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Dickinson College.Dr. Matthew Frenkel, New York University Matthew Frenkel is the engineering librarian at NYU’s Bern Dibner Library, and an adjunct faculty in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon. He is a member of the ASEE Engineering librarian division (ELD). Matthew’s background is in the experimental study of optical whispering gallery sensors, but his current research interests are in how undergraduate and graduate engineering students develop their professional skills.Mr. Mikolaj Wilk, New York University Engineering Reference Associate at Bern Dibner Library c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
the content changes per the year the student is in. For example,freshman receive advice on studying, personal concerns, etc. The mentoring for the last twoyears is performed by the faculty that the student is assisting with research.The two papers illustrate that faculty initiated library interventions are more embedded becausethe faculty welcomes the librarians into the course and/or departmental activities and emphasizesthe librarians’ role to the students. However, then the question arises, how deeply can librariansbe integrated or embedded in these activities? Sullivan’s and Porter’s paper5 discuss variousways to integrate the libraries and information literacy into courses. Though they caution thatflexibility is required, as sometimes
teaching faculty members; one member from the Information Systems Division(ISD) of ASEE, and the other two from international organizations such as SEFI. This committeewill advise on matters concerning the design and interface of the database, the procurement ofdocuments (for example, older conference proceedings), the dissemination of the database to thetargeted audience, and its evaluation.Funding issues are critical in the development and maintenance of such a repository. Somerepositories are built with the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers while receiving serverspace from friendly organizations; such is the case with E-Lis14. Large repository projects areusually funded by not-for-profit foundations. It is also possible to initially
embarked on a targeted growthprocess in these four areas, by creating new faculty positions and supporting those new positionswith a commensurate growth in student body and new research facilities. The increased focus onenergy and environment research has also brought into play a closer partnership with theUniversity’s Bendheim Center for Finance, because of the inherent challenges in financialengineering posed by carbon trading or the effects of bio-fuel production on commodity prices.These new and emerging research areas required enhanced collections, and in 2007, duringinformal discussions with departmental chairs and with faculty members, it was acknowledgedthat the library’s journal collection (print and electronic) was comprehensive in
the information they need is his interest and specialty. In addition, he was in charge of User services for many years and has been heavily involved in outreach, collaboration and web services throughout his career at Dibner. He received his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College, his MA from Fordham University, and his MLS from Queens College.Ms. Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University Yona Jean-Pierre is the Director of Faculty Innovations for Teaching and Learning (FITL) at NYU Tan- don School of Engineering. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Rochester and her Master of Science in Mathematics from NYU Tandon School of Engi- neering (Formerly known as
place to go.[I5]”In addition, there seemed to be additional issues related to working with adjunct faculty who oftenteach survey classes:“And they are mostly – the faculty that teaches those students are mostly sessional or adjunctfaculty, so they might not be there next year… It's tricky. It's very hard for me to find who is there,and to track down who will actually be teaching that course, and who is new, and they are comingin August, and sometimes even the end of August, so I'm like ok, it's hard. It's tricky. But it'schallenging with that kind of sessional faculty, with that kind of sessional faculty that are heretoday and gone tomorrow.[I5]"Another interesting topic that came up is the growing number of international students inengineering
copyright, fair use, open access, and the public domain.” This is an importantconsideration as engineering educations continue to put emphasis on teaching technicalcommunication skills. While technical communication can take many forms, a common form inboth education and industry is the use of presentations. However, one component of thepresentations that can easily be overlooked by both students and faculty is ensuring the use ofimages that are obtained in an ethical manner. This area of instruction is a concern to bothlibrarians and engineering instructors as it will be a recurring task in the engineering field aftergraduation.This paper presents a study examining the ethical use of images by students in presentationsgiven for a Mechanical
a measure of how the diverse community perceives librarians and theprevailing social attitudes to librarians, not just the services and resources, which are availablefor library users to become more informed about diversity—hence, their own cultural attitudes.“Whereas recent library literature has emphasized the growth of ethnically and racially diversepopulations on college campuses and in academic libraries, interventions have tended to focus onoutreach opportunities and library instruction for traditionally underserved populations, and noton issues of approachability or reference service” (277). One irony of diversity may be thatwhile institutions committed to diversity recruit students, faculty, and staff from geographicallyscattered
Paper ID #24617Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access andNeeds: Results from a Scoping ReviewMs. Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo Kate Mercer is the liaison librarian for Systems Design Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Kate’s main duties include providing instruction and research services to students, faculty and staff. Kate graduated with a MI from the Univer- sity of Toronto in 2011, and in addition to her job as a liaison librarian is a PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo’s School of
iterative project.” In their observation, if teams take the time to work on milestoneassignments and revisit content, they are more likely to have a successful final product.From the pilot faculty perspective, there are several benefits to utilizing the reinforcement lesson.These include another touch point for content that faculty view as important and an opportunityfor students to practice new skills. However, there are also costs to adding an additional lesson tothe already busy course schedule. As one interviewee noted, “There was a lot going on with thatcheck-in and it diffused their focus as compared to other check-ins. We should try to keep thecheck-ins to three things maximum.” The most significant issue the research team will have
considering profitable avenues for the newengineering librarian to increase subject knowledge and make valuable connections. Bennetttells us that “The benefits of [non-library professional] membership include improved currentawareness of the discipline, both its research trends and issues of practical concern; opportunitiesto interact with non-librarians as colleagues; enhanced prestige among disciplinary faculty;insight into other perspectives on the role of the library and librarians in academia; cultivation oflibrarians’ identity as subject experts; and new avenues for professional service and scholarlyactivities [25].”Professional engineering conferences are also an ideal place to meet representatives from subjectspecific presses. While the
Arthur Lakes Library supports Mines faculty inadapting existing OER or creating their own open materials.Some faculty at Mines have been using free resources in their courses for years, however theofficial “OER movement” on campus is relatively new. This movement was sparked by the workof a student group, For OER At Mines (FOAM), and a grant from the Colorado Department ofHigher Education (CDHE). In 2017, Colorado established a state OER Council to developrecommendations to support OER adoption at public higher education institutions [2]. The nextyear, the Council funded $550,000 in individual and institutional-level grants to foster theadoption, adaption and creation of OER across the state. During the first grant cycle, CDHEfunded Mines