Conference Session

Beneficial Partnerships: Enhancing Library Programming with Strategic Collaborations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Mann, George Mason University; Theresa M. Calcagno, George Mason University; Deborah Ann Kermer, George Mason University

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Engineering Libraries

95In June 2016, the director of DiSC and the Engineering Librarian met with the DAEN ProgramDirector to discuss the program and student needs, especially related to finding and accessingdata. This meeting helped us gain a better understanding of the program beyond what waspublished on its website, and we were made aware of their plans. Around this time, just asDAEN enrollment was increasing, DiSC witnessed an uptick in consultations with and lab visitsfrom students. Not surprisingly, this trend was in line with DAEN enrollment growth.We observed that DAEN students often had a different approach to data needs and data questionsthan students and researchers in other areas of study. Up to this point, DiSC data consultationswere predominantly with

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

training programs (Wiley and Mischo, 2016).In 2016, the lead author interviewed 21 faculty in engineering and atmospheric science at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to better understand their data management practicesand needs within the overarching context of their research workflow. Expanding on the interviewquestions from the Data Curation Profile Toolkit (http://datacurationprofile.org), open-endedquestions were asked about current research projects, funding sources, data types, format,description, disciplinary and/or institutional repository use, data-sharing, scholarlycommunication processes, awareness of library data management and preservation services, andchallenges and struggles researchers have encountered.The faculty

Conference Session

Beneficial Partnerships: Enhancing Library Programming with Strategic Collaborations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily K. Hart, Syracuse University; Alex Vincent Jannini, Syracuse University; Alexander J. Johnson, Syracuse University; Katy Pieri, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

for Engineering Education. She has presented at local and national conferences, most recently on topics related to assessment and STEM graduate programming and outreach. Her research interests include as- sessment, scholarly communications, graduate student outreach, instruction, and emerging technologies.Alex Vincent Jannini, Syracuse University Alex Jannini is a fourth-year PhD student at Syracuse University in the Biomedical and Chemical En- gineering Department. His current research consists of developing tough and elastic double network hydrogels that have adhesive, self-healing, and biomimetic properties. His Master’s research focused on implementing pharmaceutical engineering concepts into lab-based

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ivan Favila, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dana Michelle Tempel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elisandro Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #10863The CARE (Center for Academic Resources in Engineering) Program at Illi-noisProf. William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William Mischo is Head, Grainger Engineering Library Information Center and Professor, University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC). He has been a Principal Investigator on a number of digital library grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including the National Ethics Portal grant, several National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grants, and the Digital Library Initiative I grant. He has also received an Institute of Museum

Conference Session

Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora Nerz, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

engineering students. Engineering faculty and administrators have recognizedthis and as a result, have placed greater emphasis on information literacy in their programs. AtNorth Carolina State University (NCSU), engineering librarians have been building a curriculumintegrated instruction program within the College of Engineering over the last four years. Thispaper describes the ongoing collaboration between the NCSU Libraries and the Department ofChemical and Biomolecular Engineering to build information skills into the curriculum, detailingspecific assignments and grading methods. This paper also looks at current trends and issues ininformation literacy education for engineers.Introduction What does it mean to be literate? The most common

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

majority had at least needed to find books, industry standards, or technical reports; industrystandards were the most frequently required information resource used, followed by books andtechnical reports. Less than half had been asked to find either journal articles or patents duringtheir co-op experience.How We Are Using What We LearnedThe survey responses and related literature review informed or led to three major Science andEngineering Library initiatives: the creation of a library-sponsored portfolio program, thedevelopment of a teamwork workshop for students across campus, and the strategic integrationof information literacy skills in the engineering curriculum. The literature review indicated gapsin entry-level engineers’ preparedness for

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Linda Jones, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

being collected and analyzedfor the first-year program and within one department that was early in developing theirstandards. Anticipating the need to assess information literacy as the program progresses, theengineering program sought to consider how this assessment might dovetail with ongoingABET-related assessments.The Engineering program has experience with assessment for accreditation, having graduated itsfirst class in 2004 and having sought and received accreditation retroactive to that class. Becauseof the need to create efficiencies where Engineering has already committed resources to ABET-driven assessment, we desired to integrate assessment efforts for information literacy with thoseof ABET.The information literacy standards for

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Woodworth Wong, Merrimack College; Cynthia Helen Carlson P.E., Merrimack College

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Engineering Libraries

to helpfoster a culture of awareness around caring for the environment and contemplative practices.With the support of an internal grant, the library was able to create a small, dedicated meditationspace and offer mindfulness programming in the mediation space including classes in MBSR,breathwork, and meditations for stress and anxiety. First-year engineering students wereencouraged to attend via a passport incentive program all three years.Environmental Programming Environmental movie nights were implemented in the Fall 2017 semester. Moviesselected directly related to the curriculum for first-year engineering students. For example, TheIsland President was selected as the first movie night as it is a suggested film for Copenhagen2009

Conference Session

Technical Session 3: History and Future of Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari A. Kozak, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #18316Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagi-nationMs. Kari A. Kozak, University of Iowa Kari Kozak is the Head of the Lichtenberger Engineering Library at The University of Iowa. She provides instruction, reference, and consultation services to student, faculty, and staff within the departments and research centers in the College of Engineering as well as the Department of Computer Science. Kari holds bachelor’s degrees in Meteorology and Environmental Studies from Iowa State and a master’s degree in Library Science from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Before

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily A. Bongiovanni, Colorado School of Mines; Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Libraries

School of Mines. She collaborates with faculty to design and implement information literacy throughout the curriculum. Prior to her work at the School of Mines, she was the Engineering and Computer Science librarian at the United States Naval Academy and a contract Reference librarian at the National Defense University. She earned her MLIS from the University of Denver in 2011. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Open Mines: Launching a Mini-Grant Program to Incentivize Open Educational Resource Development for STEM DisciplinesAbstractA common complaint among STEM faculty is the lack of existing Open Educational Resources(OER) to support upper class and graduate

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2: Special Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa; Brian Westra, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

students (also called trainees), from civil and environmental engineering, biomedicalengineering, microbiology and immunology, medicinal and natural products chemistry, urbanplanning, human toxicology, and occupational and environmental health. The program is fundedthrough 5-year grants, and funding for the 2015-2020 fiscal years including supplementaladministrative funds for short-term projects was a little over $12 million.In the 2021-2025 grant, there are five project teams conducting research related to airbornePCBs. These project teams are supported by four program-wide support cores, and two researchsupport cores. The Program Support Cores provide infrastructure and build and sustain researchcapacity through training trainees (Research

Conference Session

Foundations for Pedagogical Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lucchesi, Michigan Technological University; Jennifer Sams, Michigan Technological University; Lauren Movlai, Michigan Technological University; Erin S Matas, Michigan Technological University; Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Libraries

Continuous Improvement Process for a Library Instruction ProgramAbstractThe library education team at Michigan Technological University, an engineering-focuseduniversity, is developing a multifaceted process for assessment of our information literacyinstruction program in order to continuously improve our teaching and related activities. Themajority of library instruction sessions are 50-minute, one-shot classes with little or no follow-upfrom the faculty or students involved; as such, the efficacy of library instruction programs can bedifficult to measure. In addition to already existing rubric-based information literacy assessmentsof student work, the education team is establishing a suite of accompanying methods

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery L. Loo, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa T. Ngo, University of California, Berkeley; Cody K. Hennesy, University of California, Berkeley; Brian D. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Jean McKenzie, University of California, Berkeley

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Engineering Libraries

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Embedding video-based learning modules for library research methods in an online graduate engineering degree programAbstractAt the University of California, Berkeley, the College of Engineering has launched a fully onlineMaster's degree program in integrated circuits. As part of this program, students are required tocomplete a comprehensive capstone project requiring access to the research literature andtraining on its use.The Library plays an important role in providing the information resources and instruction tohelp students succeed in their capstone. In response to student need, we designed an onlineinstruction environment that supports common information challenges, uses

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

Outreach Librarian at Binghamton University. She serves as chair of the Libraries’ Instructional Services Coordinating Committee and is the liaison to the Educational Opportunity Program, Student Support Services, and the Office of New Student Programs. Julia has a B.A. in History from Ursinus College and an M.S. in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Information Literacy Portfolio for Curriculum MappingAbstractA portfolio of information literacy (IL) assignments was created for undergraduate engineeringstudents. The portfolio, which includes 29 assignments shaped by the ACRL Framework forInformation

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

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

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Peterson-Fairchild, Dixie State University; John Burns, Dixie State University

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Engineering Libraries

John Burns is the Reference and Electronic Resources Librarian at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah. He has been a professional librarian for 7 years and enjoys helping students and faculty with research. His current work focuses on reference/research assistance to students, growing collections, developing resources, working with technology, and teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Making all the gears drive the machine: New library collections and services for starting a mechanical engineering programAbstractA new university program proposal always brings challenges for a subject liaison librarian andfor a mid-size library. This is especially true when

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Bowles-Terry, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

provides alaunching pad for authentic learning. We should build on what students already know, and givethem authentic problems to work on.10 Active learning is a central tenet of constructivism, and aguiding principle for our instruction program. We started the ES 1000 instruction session byasking students how many of them start their research with Google. By a show of hands, wecould easily see that (as expected), the majority of students start there. Using a student-chosenresearch question, we demonstrated a search in Google, and then showed students how to use theGoogle Wonder Wheel to identify related topics and additional keywords. As illustrated byFigure 1 a keyword search for robot, swarm, oil, and spill gave the following results for

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Baratta, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-1407: THE RESEARCH STUDIO: INTEGRATING INFORMA-TION LITERACY INTO A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING SCIENCE COURSEMichelle Baratta, University of Toronto Michelle Baratta has held positions in academic and public libraries, as well as a corporate setting. Her education includes a Master’s degree in Information Studies (2007) and an Honours Bachelor of Science degree (2004), both from the University of Toronto. She is currently a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of Toronto’s Engineering & Computer Science Library.Alan Chong, University of Toronto Alan Chong is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto. His pedagogical research is primarily in the

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

information literacy instruction in engineering focuses on me-thods of locating resources (e.g., searching databases), this research indicates that a more holistic approach toinformation literacy is still warranted.The authors will be conducting future studies to relate student self-perceptions to actual demonstrated behaviors(for example, student design projects) and to compare the results between first-year and upper-level undergra-duates to determine how they change over the course of undergraduate study.AcknowledgementsThis research was carried out under IRB protocol #1008009557, with financial support from the Purdue Collegeof Engineering’s “Engineer of 2020 Seed Grant” program

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

]. Recognizing the important role standards play for society and industries, the United StatesStandards Strategy (USSS) identified standards education as a high priority for academia,industry, and government and stimulated the development of multiple educational initiatives [4].The ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) has mandated involvement ofacademic engineering programs in standards education by adding the requirement to usestandards for capstone projects to the criteria for accreditation [5].Standards developing organizations (SDO) are active in producing educational materials varyingfrom videos, to online tutorials, to case studies. For example, ANSI has created online tutorialsand case studies. IEEE developed Standards University that

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University, Engineering Library

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Engineering Libraries

to locate and retrieve these materials.These collections used to represent a significant fraction of a technical or science library’scollection and that was the case until 2001 for the Engineering Library at Princeton University.The Engineering Library’s collection of technical reports consists of materials received overyears on the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), non-depository materials (materialsreceived through exchange programs with other institutions) and departmental technical reports.Until 2001, when the library moved to a new building, all these materials were available in onephysical location with on-site reference assistance to users. In 2001, when the library moved toits new building, only a small part of the reports

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

the most severely under-represented racial groups in engineering.There is a well-documented achievement gap in STEM between Native American and whitestudents54 that is caused in part by marginalization. From 2000 to 2009, 0.6% of undergraduatestudents enrolled in undergraduate engineering programs were Native American,55 while in 2010Native Americans made up 0.9% of the population in the United States.56 Tribal Colleges andUniversities (TCUs) have increased the number of STEM-related degree programs available toNative American students in North America,57 but only 7% of students enrolled in TCUs werepursuing STEM degrees in 2009 – 2010.58Due to their severe under-representation in higher education, Native American students are thegroup least

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-173: MARKETING THE ENGINEERING LIBRARYMegan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University Page 14.862.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Marketing the Engineering LibraryAbstract:Marketing is a tool of librarianship that is infrequently taught to library professionals, yet playsan important role in outreach to students, faculty, and staff. This paper shows the process thatPurdue University’s Engineering Library faculty utilized to develop and implement a marketingplan. As the process evolved, an inventory of current programs, an analysis of current patronsand current marketing methods, an assessment of available marketing venues, a map ofmarketing

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

them. In the specific case of biographies, the readers showedmost enthusiasm for reading narratives related to their interests or their own lives.8 Thinkingabout RA within the engineering education community, students would likely find interestingnonfiction narratives about engineering history or biographies of inventors and technologists.Leisure readings in these areas would expose students to stories that allow them to put theirabstract classroom learning into broader societal contexts.Barriers to RA in the Engineering Library Librarians of any length of service know a familiar litany of justification for why aninstitution cannot implement a particular library program. The three major “culprits,” asidentified by Julie Elliott, are

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor L. Osorio, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Libraries

Database Quick Links/ New ECE books & Resources/ Finding Manuals, Handbooks & Books/ Selected Books for Electrical & Computer Engineering/ E- books/ECE BooksChat service Chat with us/Chat with a Librarian 24/7/ Ask a Librarian/Ask at the Desk/Citing sources Citation Help/Manage your ReferencesDissertations Dissertations and ThesesRelated guides Related guides/Related Research Guides/Related Subject Pages/ Related Subject GuidesOther EE boxesFind Journals (Citation Linker), Programs & Languages, Special Topics Subject Pages, Keepingup with Research, Library Services Quick Links, Need help?/ Help with Library Services,Sample Journals, Web Resources, Getting full text, Univ. Resources

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Kozak, University of Iowa; Darlene Kaskie, The University of Iowa Lichtenberger Engineering Library

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Engineering Libraries

upcoming career fair had thestaff thinking the students might want a session with the Business Librarian to learn how to usevarious database to search for information on the company they were going to interact with at thefair. The last class added was one related to a genome and protein database. Since one of thedepartments in the College of Engineering is Biomedical Engineering, there has been quite a bitof research being done on genomes and proteins so it was thought they might be interested in thisclass. After all this debate, the library staff arrived at a listing of which classes would be offeredfor the first semester, Spring 2013. They were Library Overview, RefWorks, Standards, Web ofScience, Finding Company Information, PubMed, SciFinder

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin Paul, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University; Ana Torres, New York University

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Engineering Libraries

University Ana Torres is Assistant Head at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU. She holds a bach- elor’s degree in Psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University, a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute and a Master’s degree in Technical and Professional Communica- tion from NYU Tandon School of Engineering (Formerly known as Polytechnic University). She supports library research and teaching at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering by improving user experience as it relates to services, space and collections. She is currently focused on diversity and accessibility within the library environment. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Savannah Lee, Drexel University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Rishiraj B Mathur, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Krzysztof W Mazur, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University ; Christopher A. Badurek, Drexel University; Matthew Morton, Knovel at Elsevier

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Engineering Libraries

at Drexel University, to expand it’s usability for research and education.Mr. Krzysztof W Mazur, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Student at Drexel UniversityMr. Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University Jay Bhatt is responsible for building library collections in engineering subject areas, outreach to fac- ulty and students, and teaching information and research skills to faculty and students in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and related subject areas. He provides individual and small group consultations to students, instructional sessions to specific classes, online research support in both face to face and dis- tance learning programs, and conducts

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

, China in 2015.Participating students at our institution are required to develop a research project around one of theGrand Challenges. They may take courses designed with the Grand Challenges in mind, or develop aproject that applies subject knowledge. They must seek out opportunities to develop global perspectives,and participate in service learning projects. Our Engineering College web site sets out the programgoals: Research or Major ProjectAll GC Scholars will be required to initiate, complete and make a presentation on a research projectrelated to one or more Grand Challenges. Interdisciplinary CurriculumGC Scholars will be required to complete a curriculum that provides knowledge related to solving one ormore of the Grand Challenges. GCSP

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Summer Engineering Experience for Girls (SEE): An Evolving Hands-On Role for the Engineering LibrarianAbstractThe summer of 2009 marked the third year that the EQT Corporation sponsored a two-week Summer Engineering Experience for Girls (SEE) at Carnegie Mellon University.The program’s goal is to provide junior high girls the opportunity to learn of the appeal ofengineering as a career choice by demonstrating how engineering contributions make theworld “a better place.” The girls complete an application and attach a copy of their latestreport card, a teacher recommendation form, and a one page essay explaining theirinterest in SEE. Twenty+ participants per year attend the July program free of charge.Librarians are invited to