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

presents a study examining the effect of direct information fluency instruction in aMechanical Engineering senior capstone laboratory course. An experiment was designed wherethe students examined different drag reduction techniques on heavy vehicles. This topic wasselected because the students would be forced to carry out a literature search beyond their fluidmechanics textbook. The study was designed to examine a) students’ attitudes toward researchpractices and b) whether supplemental instruction activities in information fluency wouldproduce measurable improvements in the students’ information fluency skills. A researchattitudes survey given to the course corroborated past research that online tools are the preferredresearch tool and perceived

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering Students and Library Staff: New Ideas and Best Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Libraries

image on the board(Appendix A). At the end of the session, each team had an image and associated citation to use intheir upcoming presentation. Three weeks after the session, the students delivered theirpresentation on the topic.Quantitative data was extracted from the students’ presentation slides through two differentmethods. The first method assessed the presentation overall for a given team. The presentationswere assessed with a rubric designed to measure the use of citations for images and the use ofimages not violating copyright law (Appendix B). Scores were assigned to each presentation. Inaddition, presentations were broken down to where the individual images were examined. Thesources of the images used for the theory portion of the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean L. Bossart, University of Florida; Neelam Bharti, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

/42956246.4. Orr, M., K, Ngambeki, I., Long, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. 2011. Performance trajectory ofstudents in the engineering disciplines. 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), S3H 1-5.5. Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. IUPUI Engineering Summer CampsEncourage Girls and Minority Students to Explore STEM Careers. Last modified March 20,2017. Accessed December 11, 2017. http://www.engr.iupui.edu/main/about/news-events/news/2017/iupui-engineering-summer-camps-encourage-girls-and-minority-students-to-explore-stem-careers.php.6. Dobreski, B. and Y. Huang. 2016. The joy of being a book: Benefits of participation in thehuman library. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 53 (1):1-3. doi:10.1002

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Libraries

web form for the submission of search requests to the reference librarian. The current method of electronically requesting services from the PNC library consists of a general web-based form with one area for typing in a description of what the faculty member is requesting. We concluded that the library’s outreach process could be improved by making it easier to submit a search request specifically. The web-based form we recommend includes: a) a level of priority associated with the request, b) an optional requested due date, c) identification of the department in which the faculty is a member, d) the subject area, e) keywords, f) any specific databases to be searched (optional), g) any special comments, and h) an option

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

form and Qualtrics. The purpose of the survey is twofold: a. Tounderstand what students’ expectations and the diversity in their expectations are, and b. To helpstudents actively recognize the diversity among their peers. Librarians can get a sense ofclassroom diversity by looking at the results of the survey. However, that alone does not advancethe concept of inclusion. According to McNair, inclusion is the “active, intentional, and ongoing engagement withdiversity—in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social,cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect—in ways that increase awareness,content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex

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

thatneed to be emphasized in the instruction session. Pre-test questions were created and distributedonline using LibWizard, a feedback and assessment tool available in SpringShare. Topicscovered during the instruction session include: role and value of standards, standardizationsystem, the voluntary standards development process, types of standards and applications, howto read a standard, and where to find standards as students and as professionals. The instructionsession employs formative real-time assessment techniques by using online polling to askquestions after each section in the lecture, see Appendix B. We chose to use PollEverywhere asour polling tool because it is easy to integrate into a deck of slides and students can use anyelectronic

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Libraries

to be job related; reporting on the use and relative success of the project “on the job” is required.“Engagement theory” effectively draws IRRAE participants into their projects and ensures an“applied” result within a rigorous “academic” program.Course Scheduling/Project ManagementTime is short, and participants in IRRAE are warned to control the scope of their projects. Toprovide a more practical schedule, initial IRRAE work is integrated with the precedingCommunicating Technical Information course. See Appendix B: Integrated Schedule for Workin IRRAE.The milestones in the course reflect the overall management of research projects; deliverablesinclude a formal proposal with a reading plan, a literature review, a draft, and a final

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

vastness of the information universe, a piece of data they find in Perry’s could, inall likelihood, be found somewhere else, but that other source will not have the authority thatPerry’s has, and that is why, as future chemical engineers, they must know about these sources. The assignment below is given to students following the library presentation. Typicallythey are given 2-3 weeks to complete it. CHE 205 Library Assignment1. Select a chemical substance from Table B.1 in your textbook that begins with the same letteras your first name or the nearest possible letter (for example Andy -> Aniline). Find and reportthe following data for this substance in references other than the course text or CD, and

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

theliterature which relates to his special [thesis] work.” and that students should be encouraged towrite technical articles for engineering society publications and professional meetings.Professor John B. Johnson, another civil engineer from Washington University in St. Louis,presented a paper on “Methods of Studying Current Technical Literature.”9 In it he observed thatthe “current literature on all technical subjects is becoming as vast as it is valuable. It is quitebeyond the powers of any one person to even scan it all in any one field, much less read it.”Professor Johnson argued that “the mind of an engineer should be a workshop and not awarehouse. If he knows where to go for a piece of information when he needs it, until it isneeded it is better

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries: Extending Our Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan R Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

totheir advantage. By considering factors of audience, type of information being disseminated anddesired time to impact, librarians can assist faculty to think critically through the development ofa plan that is most likely to serve the professors’ alternative scholarly communication goals well.Simultaneously, librarians can point faculty member in ways that are most likely to preserve thescholarly record and perhaps educate faculty about open access practices.References1 Howard, J. Rise of ‘altmetrics’ revives questions about how to measure impact of research. Chron High Educ [Internet] (2013).2 Priem, J., Taraborelli, D., Groth, P. & Neylon, C. Altmetrics: A manifesto. (2010).3 Priem, J., Piwowar, H. A. & Hemminger, B

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

of South Carolina University Libraries, Library Workshops: Data Management Planning and DMPTool. 2018 [cited 2018 3/14/2018]; Available from: http://guides.library.sc.edu/c.php?g=410310&p=5036248.20. McLure, M., A.V. Level, C.L. Crabston, B. Oehlerts, and M. Culbertson, Data Curation: A Study of Researcher Practices and Needs. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014. 14(2): p. 139-164.

Conference Session

Professional Issues and Opportunities for Engineering Librarians

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah E. Lester, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

,” in Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research: Volume 34, M. B. Paulsen and L. W. Perna, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 39–97.[4] C. Puritty et al., “Without inclusion, diversity initiatives may not be enough,” Science, vol. 357, no. 6356, pp. 1101–1102, Sep. 2017, doi: 10.1126/science.aai9054.[5] A. Peixoto et al., “Diversity and inclusion in engineering education: Looking through the gender question,” in 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Tenerife, Apr. 2018, pp. 2071–2075, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363494.[6] L. M. Maclean, Cracking the code: how to get women and minorities into STEM disciplines and why we must. Momentum Press, 2017.[7] M. A. Armstrong and J

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

S. Norma Godavari, University of Manitoba; Anne E. Parker, University of Manitoba

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Engineering Libraries

B), we asked them to also rate where they think they will have tobe when they graduate. Both surveys asked them to rate (on a scale from 1-5) their current orexpected future confidence and proficiency, defined here as students’ being able to identify theirown educational needs and also being able to develop ways to maintain their competence in thediscipline [3]. For lifelong learning, specifically, we asked students to identify personal areas ofstrengths and weaknesses; different ways to develop the strengths and eliminate the weaknesses;ways to develop broader knowledge; and ways to apply critical inquiry and analysis toengineering problems and to the communications that support the engineering work. On“working to develop broader

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Diana Wheeler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

-Madison Wendt Engineering Library. She trains and supervises 12 student staff who work at the combined circulation/reference desk She also teaches drop in workshops and undergraduate course related library sessions.Diana Wheeler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Diana Wheeler, UW-Madison Wendt Engineering Library Instruction Coordinator, is a teaching, reference and liaison librarian with experience in assessment and course management systems. Page 14.349.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Competencies for Student Support Staff and Engineering Librarians: Did we answer your

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric J. Schares, Iowa State University

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Engineering Libraries

libraries fill the requests?Lending libraries are identified in the data by a three-character alpha-numeric code; for example,Colorado State University is coded as “COF”. Abbreviations were decoded using RapidILL’sCurrent Members tool available on their website [28].Overall, 274 ILL requests in this five year period, or 14%, were not filled, as denoted in Figure 8by the “Patron Notification B” category. This result could be for a variety of reasons; the itemcould be very new or old, rare, otherwise unavailable, or Parks Library may already have the itemavailable and be able to fulfill the user’s request through Course Reserve or general checkout. Figure 7: Status of engineering patron making the ILL request, all years combinedAdditionally

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

and centers in 1989, and continues to this day. At present, theengineering move is about 75% complete.Library support at NC State is fairly centralized for a university of its size, with two majorresearch library buildings (one on the historic main campus and one on Centennial Campus) andthree small branch libraries. The library on Centennial Campus, the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, isa recent addition to the University, opening in 2013. Thus, for most of its existence, CentennialCampus had no central library and NC State has never had a dedicated library for engineeringstudents and faculty.Evolution of a Service ModelIn 1998, subject librarians for engineering and textiles began to work on a model for deliveringlibrary services to engineering

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

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Engineering Libraries

were hardlycomprehensive and left gaps that needed to be filled through additional data collection.To supplement this data, a two-week long demographic survey was developed. It was intended tobe completed with each transaction performed within the library, both at the reference andcirculation desks. The survey used a small piece of paper with checkboxes on it for patron statusand frequency of library use for the patron to check. (See Appendix B.) Patrons were asked tocomplete the survey during a transaction and return it. Upon receipt, the staff then markedwhether the transaction was reference, circulation, or directional on the back of the sheet.The results of this survey provided data about active patrons who came to the library and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rebecca Croxton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Libraries

college project. (See Appendix A.) ● Whole Life Concept Project Paper - Citation Analysis​ ​- For all study participants, ENGR/ETGR 1201 professors shared electronic copies of their Whole Life Concept Project papers with the researchers for citation analysis. A copy of the Assignment Directions are included in Appendix B. ● Focus Groups - In the initial study design, individuals who met specific parameters (e.g., attended/ completed at least one information literacy activity OR did not participate in any information literacy activities) would be randomly selected and invited to participate in a focus group to discuss their research techniques and challenges. Focus groups were originally planned to

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

. Introduction Based Space Elevator a. Problem Statement b. Design Objectives • Optimization of a Traditional Transmission for an c. Background Electric Vehicle III. Decision Matrix • Automotive X Prize Motor and Battery a. Proposed Solution b. Alternative Solutions • Electric Vehicle Drive Train Control c. SWOT Analysis • Compost Bin: A Practical Approach to Composting IV. System Analysis • Scaled-Down Model of a Mechanically Stabilized a. Engineering

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

. 179–188, Feb. 2016, doi: 10.1007/s12671-015-0398-3.[16] B. S. Stevens, K. D. Royal, K. Ferris, A. Taylor, and A. M. Snyder, “Effect of a mindfulness exercise on stress in veterinary students performing surgery,” Vet. Surg., vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 360–366, Apr. 2019, doi: 10.1111/vsu.13169.[17] K. O’Leary, S. O’Neill, and S. Dockray, “A systematic review of the effects of mindfulness interventions on cortisol,” Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 21, no. 9. SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 2108–2121, 01-Sep-2016, doi: 10.1177/1359105315569095.[18] J. Mahfouz et al., “Ensuring College Student Success Through Mindfulness-Based Classes: Just Breathe,” Coll. Student Aff. J., vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 1–16, 2018, doi

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lisa Johnston, University of Minnesota

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Engineering Libraries

guidance on these issues from faculty and researchersand currently the Libraries are the only campus entity offering consultations on these services.This area seems a natural extension of classic library services, including information Page 23.156.11classification and organization as well as information literacy instruction, to help the librarymaintain its relevancy in the evolving information landscape.1 Johnston, L., Lafferty, M., & Petsan, B. (2012). Training researchers on data management: A scalable, cross-disciplinary approach. Journal of eScience Librarianship, 1(2). 79-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2012.10122 Data

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

Department of Education. (2012). Indiana’s diploma requirements. Retrieved from http://www.doe.in.gov/diploma-requirements B. Jones, Steve. (2012). Indiana’s diploma requirements. Retrieved from http://www.doe.in.gov/diploma-requirements C. Bean, S., & Jones, S. Indiana’s Diploma Requirements. Indiana Department of Education, 2012. D. Indiana Department of Education (Jolly, Indiana; 2012). Indiana’s diploma requirements. Retrieved from http://www.doe.in.gov/diploma-requirementsPopulationThe section taught by the librarian-author had a distribution of students that is typical of the firstyear engineering program at Purdue University. The data were gathered from the 119

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Libraries

him apart was that he not only mastered the technology ofhis profession but also discovered the need for better organization of the technical literature. Outof his interest for doing things better, the idea of an index for the engineering literature was born.Norman F. Koch8, in his short biography of J. B. Johnson, best describes the beginning of TheEngineering Index: “The Index of Current Engineering Literature” was started by professor Johnson because Page 15.1230.2 he found the need of such an index while doing research work. It originated in an outline of a few of his own engineering journals. This suggested a more

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

opportunities. 3 o Assist in the development of assignments for information literacy courses. 5 o Never turn down an opportunity to guest lecture. ≠ Attend faculty meetings, and student conferences. ≠ Participate in campus-wide activities and mingle. ≠ Invite faculty to contact you for research assistance. Be a “personal librarian.”6 ≠ Never say no to an invitation to an informal lunch, or coffee. o Socialize with faculty to foster a more collegial and peer-level relationship B. Becoming More Visible On and OfflinePutting a face to the library is one way to become visible on campus. Informal communication

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Christopher Heckman, St. Mary's College of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

differences in labeling retractionsbetween Web of Science, Scopus,Google Scholar, and other increasingly popularscholarly search engines like Dimensions and Microsoft Academics, and to measure theimpact of these practices on the scholarly record.AcknowledgementsWe thank the reviewers for their feedback and comments on our manuscript.References[1] A. Hutchinson, Science Libraries in the Self Service Age: Developing NewServices, Targeting New Users. Chandos Publishing, 2018.[2] A. R. Craft and S. Harlow, “Scholarly communications training: Professionaldevelopment for the next generation of scholars,” Ser. Rev., vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 175–183,Jul. 2020, doi: 10.1080/00987913.2020.1806651.[3] B. L. Fong, M. Wang, K. White, and R. Tipton, “Assessing

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David S. Pixton, Brigham Young University; Jared Aaron Landetta, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #34701The (Augmented) World Is Our CampusMr. David S. Pixton, Brigham Young University David Pixton is a subject liaison at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. In this role, he is responsible for providing research training and assistance to students and faculty within the majority of engineering and technology fields offered at the university. He holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Library and Information Science. David’s current research is focused on improving learning in a library environment, including the use of augmented reality for educational purposes, and a pedagogical

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-68: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY - ACCESSIBLETO INNER-CITY COMMUNITIES THROUGH SCIENCE 101Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia Aleteia Greenwood is Head Librarian, Science & Engineering Library at the University of British Columbia. She is also student, faculty and collections development liaison to the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Departments.Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia Eugene Barsky is a Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Pub- lished extensively in the library science literature, he also is the winner of 2007 Canadian Health Library Association ’Emerging Leader’ award and 2007 Partnership award from the Canadian

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

Undergraduate Education in theCollege of Engineering to talk about the overall use of OERs in engineering and to select courseswhere OERs might be a viable option. We then selected interview questions that inquired aboutfaculty members’ and instructors’ teaching experience, their criteria for selecting textbooks, andtheir potential interest in using OERs (Appendix B). Ultimately, we reached four faculty orinstructors whose average instruction experience ranged from four to 16 years. The intervieweesincluded three female and one male. The interviewees included two clinical assistant professors,one associate professor, and one professor. Of the four interviewees, two were from the Schoolof Mechanical and Materials Engineering, one from Civil and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Magid, New York University, Abu Dhabi

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________EndofBlock:DefaultQuestionBlockPost-Use SurveyWhatdepartmentareyouin?WhydidyouchoosetouseLabArchives?Howoftendoyouuseit? a. Onceaday b. Multipletimesaday c. Onceaweek d. Multipletimesaweek e. OnceamonthIfyouarenotaregularuser,canyoupleaseexplainwhy? a. Lackoftime b. Don’tlikeit c. Hardtomovetoelectronic d. Other(pleaseexplain)Whatfeaturesdoyouuse?Doyoufinditconvenient?Yes/NopleaseexplainDoyoufinditflexible? a) Linktootherpages b) Abletodrag\drop c) Abletocreateownworkflowdesign d) Abletoaddimages/video(notfromsurvey-myownquetion)Whatcomments/suggestions/criticisms/doyouhaveaboutLabArchives?[1] A.Magid,"TheRoadtoInteractivePatentSearchingatanAmericanUniversityinthe UAE

Conference Session

Using Information Technology to Create New Information Resources

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas; Michael Culbertson, Colorado State University; Esther Crawford, Rice University

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Engineering Libraries

LibrariesTRAIL has been charged by the GWLA directors with identifying, digitizing, archiving andproviding persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1976. Atimeline covering the history of the project can be found at:http://sites.google.com/a/gwla.org/trail/about-the-trail-project. In addition to digitizing thereports TRAIL intends to leave a print archive through either: a) creating complete print runs ofeach series being digitized, or b) identifying and supplementing/completing existing printcollections that will serve as print repository copies of the digitized content.Literature ReviewThe 2006 conference, Scholarship and Libraries in Transition: a Dialogue about the Impacts ofMass Digitization Projects, gave an