Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University; Ashlynn Kogut, Texas A&M University; Michael Ryan Golla, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

rich technical information. The students come to the coursewith a consumer mentality. The goal of the project is to push the students toward the industrialmindset that enables them to use and comprehend a higher level of engineering detail. There isnot a specific formula for the resource quantity or source material, but the students areencouraged to use patents, engineering design specifications of product drawings, governmentregulatory information and manufacturing or industrial sources that provide information onengineering design, performance, life cycle and sometimes cost. To select a project topic, students are encouraged to view the syllabus [1] and textbooksas well as talk with the course instructors. Then, search using the

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

substantive introduction to information literacy, building on first-semester writing intensive courses and a college-wide online quiz-tutorial to offer discipline-specific instruction in information literacy. This course lays the groundwork for additionalinformation literacy instruction throughout the engineering core curriculum and in the capstonedesign clinic.Information literacy topics are integrated with course material in mass and energy balances usingthe organizing vehicle of a semester-long project on Life-Cycle Assessment. The engineeringlibrarian taught a class that was tailored to the course and the LCA projects; developed a course-specific web site to direct students to relevant library resources they would use in completing theproject

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

students in at least 14 sections, it was apparent thatthis model would not work. So, two engineering librarians teamed up with the group ofinstructors to provide library information modules for the course.Technical writing is an essential skill for developing and practicing engineers. Engineering 101is a freshman-level engineering problem-solving course at WVU which requires students to writeat least two technical reports. Past experience indicates that students typically have difficultyunderstanding the function and content of the parts of a technical report, defining and avoidingplagiarism, evaluating the validity and veracity of online sources, and finding appropriatesources to use in research background information on an assigned topic. The

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Libraries

instructors have taught credit classeswhile some classes are co-taught by multiple librarians or as a librarian and faculty memberteam. For the workshops and other shorter instruction sessions, instructors are chosen for thetopic that is being taught. There are even cases of the material being made available online via aYouTube. So, not only are the types of instruction variable, there are also multiple methodsinstructors can utilize to teach a session.This paper presents a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to RDM instruction using currentliterature and the authors’ insight on their own recent course. Reviewing the successes andlessons learned from credit classes, seminars and workshop styled courses provided guidance forthe creation of a 3

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Christopher Michael Sales, Drexel University; Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

12engineering topic of self-healing infrastructure, explore contextually relevant knowledge,synthesize actual self-healing concrete samples, and synthesize online and offline findings topresent in front of a peer audience. They are also well-suited to project-based courses and“unconference” sessions that inculcate greater interaction and collaboration between participants.For instance, at the time of writing, Elsevier’s Engineering team has partnered with a series ofAiChE Regional Student Conferences to launch similar sessions having as many as 100participants, to provide a professional development experience around real industry corrosionmitigation and asset management challenges. The format is agnostic to the particular challengeor toolsets used and

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

designed to introduce students to each of those concepts and help themdevelop each of those skills, (5) assignments were matched to high potential courses identifiedduring the curriculum mapping process. The next step is to collaborate with engineering facultyto refine the portfolio and work toward the adoption of these assignments as part of a holisticprogram. The assignments and supplementary materials are available online for other librariansto use and adapt.IntroductionThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) is a 4-year public R2 doctoral universitythat serves 23,400 undergraduate students. Of those students, 3,100 are pursuing bachelor ofscience degrees in civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering

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

andrequirements of the professional paper. Professional Project: This project will help develop your research and professional writing skills; it helps form knowledge of mechanical power transmission and develops your team building skills. Your project is based upon a system or component in the MPT marketplace. Your team will submit multiple progress reports with the final deliverable as stated on the syllabus; no late reports will be accepted. Topics will be determined by the team’s own interests but will remain within the scope of the course and a final topic must be approved by the professor. Teams will be assigned by lottery the 2nd week. See the Professional Project Guidelines for more details9

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leena N. Lalwani, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan; Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Craig E. Smith, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

Responses Percent THE ETEXTBOOK? Announcement from instructor 152 73.3 Course syllabus 110 53.4 Fellow students 36 17.5 Searched in library catalog 33 16 Library webpage 10 4.9Of the students who were aware of the free eTextbook, nearly three-quarters heard about theavailability through announcements from their instructors, and roughly half saw the informationabout the textbook on their course syllabi.One impetus for this survey was to determine the usefulness of the

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Larry Milliken, Drexel University; Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University; Eleanor J. Goldberg, Drexel University Library

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Engineering Libraries

for Engineering Education, 2011 Keeping the Conversation Alive: Maintaining Students' Research Skills Throughout Their College CareersAbstractAt Drexel University the library teaches engineering students information research skills in theirfirst and senior years. These students would benefit from a refresher in their middle college yearsto enhance their abilities in using library databases. Such an opportunity exists in the junior yearwhen all engineering students are required to take “Technology in Historical Perspective” (HIST285) a course offered by the Department of History and Politics in the College of Arts andSciences. This course examines the interrelationship between technology and its economic,social

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Information Literacy: Novel Perspectives on Integration, Assessment, Competencies & Information Use

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Zabihian, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

. The Mechanical Engineering System Design I and II courses (MAE 480 and 481) are probably the students’ last opportunity to be taught about IL. In order to integrate IL to Mechanical Engineering System Design I and II, the following learning objectives have been added to the course syllabus:  Learning Outcome Related to the Information Literacy 1. Search online information using the tools and techniques learned in the class. 2. Locate more traditional technical and engineering resources. 3. Evaluate the validity of resources. 4. Apply critical thinking to choose relevant sources to use in the project. 5. Use the information legally. 6. Cite the used information ethically. 7. Apply the

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

pinpoint key resources for the discipline. It might be particularly instructive to obtain a list of peer institutions from library management as checking the guides created at these institutions can be particularly instructive. • When creating class-specific workshops, reading the class description from the university course catalog, or requesting a syllabus from the course professor can be very instructive. Often topics gleaned from such documents can result in meaningful test searches to perform for the classes in question. • A discussion with the professor regarding expectations is also key. Is this library session linked to a particular assignment for the students? Is there an expectation that

Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

information fluencycontent for the Engineering 101 curriculum. Using a PBL approach, the curriculum has evolvedover the past three years and used a combination of venues, including in–person lectures, in-library assignments, and online learning modules. An overview of the current format of theinformation fluency cycle is presented in Appendix A. Despite changes, PBL has remained animportant part of the teaching/learning environment. Collaboration has also been an importantpart in the development of the information literacy curriculum. Weekly meetings with faculty inthe Fall 2013 semester allowed for increased dialog and feedback for the course. Thediscussions in these meetings have brought greater buy-in from the professors as well as requestsfor

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

-instruction. Theinstructors were generally positive about the experience and were happy with the papersproduced. One consistent complaint from instructors was they had to give up three classsessions. The librarians were concerned that more students did not take assessments connectedwith class sessions. During the course assessment and revision process for fall 2012, librariansworked with instructors to devise ways to deliver the same amount of information without usingthree class sessions. The librarians taught one session during week three, offered an out of classexperience (OCE) in the library instruction room during weeks five, six, eight and nine (multiplesessions were offered to accommodate student schedules) and provided one online module

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanine Mary Williamson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Natalie Rice, University of Tennessee ; Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jordan Kaufman; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Engineering Libraries

syllabus committees, working with accreditation committeeson campus, and tailoring ILI to specific classes, developing hands-on work appropriate for aparticular course (with the help of faculty)."So, we started this program, and we worked department by department and embeddedassignments into core courses at each level.[I4]"Also, two themes concerning instruction emerged during the interviews. First, every participantstressed the importance of using hands-on training to make the skills relatable to other tasks thatare normal for engineering students (giving hands-on assignments from the specific fields of study,i.e., mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, etc.). Using active learning and workingtogether with the students seemed to be the most

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

23.450.2studio classroom with a reasonable expectation that each student has access to a computer.Instructors have some flexibility in how information is presented during a class or shuffledbetween class sessions, provided the content is covered in a timely fashion to meet preparationexpectations for in class activities, homework, and exams that are common to all sections of thecourse.Quizzes are given at the discretion of the section instructor and are used in a couple of ways, toensure the online modules have been viewed prior to class, and to gather summative informationabout how well students have learned the content covered in class.In the fall semester 2012, for one section of the course, a librarian had the opportunity to be theinstructor of

Conference Session

Making an Impact: Building Support with Data and Design

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilda Teresa Ayala-Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez ; Cristina D. Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Jaquelina Ester Alvarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

of Engineering Accreditation and Assessment office to support the ABETengineering accreditation process. More recently, by working closely with the deans, directors,and graduate program coordinators, the liaison librarian assisted with the corroboration of theavailability of information sources listed in the syllabus bibliography of 146 courses. Thiscollaboration supported the approval of five new programs (one undergraduate and fourgraduate).Overall, the Engineering liaison librarian has implemented novel approaches to efficiently meetthe Engineering research community’s needs and expectations. With this underpinning, newpartnerships came forth to prepare competitive grant proposals. One example was the successfulestablishment of the

Conference Session

Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Magid, New York University Abu Dhabi

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Engineering Libraries

over five years as a Medical Librarian before her present position as a Science and Engineering Librarian at New York University Abu Dhabi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 “Patenting” a New Engineering Librarian at an American University in the UAEAbstractAs an engineering librarian, my first instruction session consisted of teaching students aboutpatents and how to search the patent literature. I learned a great deal about patents and whatcan and cannot be patented. Of course, a person cannot be patented, let alone a profession.The question still remains as to what if it was a possibility and what would that patent looklike? As a librarian who liaised with the

Conference Session

Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

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Engineering Libraries

. (1999). We are teaching, but are they learning: accountability, productivity, and assessment. Journalof Academic Librarianship, 25(4), 304-5.8 Hunt, F., Birks, J. (2004). Best practices in information literacy. Libraries and the Academy, 4(1).9 Malenfant, C., Demers, N. (2004). Collaboration for point-of-need library instruction. Reference ServicesReview, 32(3), 264-273.10 Emde, J., Emmett, A. (2004). Assessing information skills in the real world: the good, the bad and the literate”Brick and Click Libraries: An Academic Library Symposium, 4th Annual 2004, 83-89. Retrieved 21 November2005 from https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/handle/1808.11 Carr, D. (2005). Information resources in the humanities. Course syllabus. University of

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

ebrary have conducted their own studies to learn more about howstudents use e-books. These studies cannot be considered an analysis of their respectiveplatforms, but both provided information about students’ thoughts regarding e-books. Springerfound that users “value the ability to access eBooks anytime and anywhere and appreciate thataccess is fast and easy.” They also found that “Full-text searching was also named as a topeBook advantage.”16 ebrary’s survey asked students how important certain features are to e-books and they found that searching was the most important, followed by “anytime access” andoff-campus access.5Rojeski conducted a study to gather student perceptions and preference relating to e-books usedas textbooks in library course

Conference Session

Informing the Critical Understanding of Our Users: Using Data to Develop New and Diverse Services

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, University of Iowa

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Engineering Libraries

of 25 and interpretedthe research topics based on the visualization of the LDA results.In conclusion, our experiment with the LDA approach helped us quickly develop an understanding offaculty research interests, would provide good evidence from which to make decisions on collectionmanagement, reference and library instruction, and show the possibility of academic libraries to make useof data and data science techniques in the era of big data.IntroductionLiaison librarians face the challenge of learning faculty research and teaching needs in a timely manner.Wood and Griffin gave an overview of the current approaches including website analysis, interview,course syllabus analysis and large-scale surveys [1]. Department websites, especially

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Zuberbier, East Carolina University; Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Mark McKinley Sanders, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #15375An Academic Library’s Role in Improving Accessibility to 3-D PrintingMr. Daniel P Zuberbier, East Carolina University Dan Zuberbier is the Education & Instructional Technology Librarian at East Carolina University (ECU). He planned for, launched, and currently manages the J.Y. Joyner Library 3D printing service which makes 3D printing accessible to all students, faculty and staff at ECU, and is currently developing a course on 3D printing for the North Carolina Summer Ventures in Math & Science Program. He previously worked as a high school Social Studies teacher in Arizona and Michigan, and holds