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Librarians’ Contributions to a University of Maryland
Engineering Honors Program by
Bob Kackley, Neal Kaske, and Julie Arnold
with assistance from Anni Hartung
Engineering and Physical Sciences Library
University of Maryland
ELD/ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 23, 2004
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Today’s Objectives
• Define and Describe Gemstone Program
• Report Uniqueness of Gemstone Program
• Roles Played by Gemstone Librarians– Individually– Team-Based– Campus-wide
• Gemstone’s Future
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Defining and Describing Gemstone
• Initiated in 1996 by Dr. William Destler, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and former Dean of the James A. Clark School of Engineering
• Selected students from all majors chosen from the UM Honors program
• Gemstone Program received NSF Grant for $400,000 and funding as well from AT&T and GE
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Uniqueness of Gemstone Program
• Developed under the auspices of James A. Clark School of Engineering
• Faculty Mentors allow Gemstone students great latitude• Most students from sciences & engineering --- but other
majors included enhancing multi-disciplinary teamwork interaction
• Long–term nature of program (four years) involving research ending with a thesis and presentation
• A living-learning community --- most of one UM dorm is inhabited by Gemstone students and Staff
http://www.gemstone.umd.edu
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Other “Similar” University Programs
• University of Michigan -- interdisciplinary, but science-based and introductory courses only
• Tennessee Tech in beautiful Cookeville, TN involving Undergraduates, Graduates, and PHD students for engineering only
• University of Delaware with NSF award for assessing an Undergraduate Research Program
• Ohio University’s RoboCup multidisciplinary, senior design project
• GMUs (George Mason University) “Self as a Citizen” team-taught learning communities for first year students only
• Mention of a university in Great Britain
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Four Year Gemstone Curriculum
• Freshman– Freshman Honors Colloquium GEMS 100 (1 credit),
Research Topic Exploration GEMS 102 (1), and Science and Technology … GEMS 104(3)
• Sophomore– Team Dynamics/Research Methodology GEMS 202 (2),
Team Project Seminar I GEMS 296 (1), and Team Project Seminar II GEMS 297 (2)
• Junior– GEMS 396 (2), and GEMS 397(2)
• Senior– GEMS 496 (2), and GEMS 497 (2)
*total for the 18 credit citation
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Roles Played by Librarians (Individually)
• Librarians are considered “an important part of the Gemstone Community” - librarian volunteers select a team to work with for three years
• Sophomore year - all GEMS classes must come to Gemstone Librarian for hour+ session on library and information sources for their individual team project (plus, help team narrow their project)
• Attend Gemstone meetings occasionally to monitor info needs and answer e-mail requests for general info or how to get resources
• Stress importance of giving proper credit for prior work and use of the APA Style Manual
• Gemstone Advisory Board – 1)marketing to HS students: companies for funding – 2)integration of all GEMS courses – 3)strategies for helping teams stay together despite highly varied
curricula
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Roles Played by Librarians (Team-based)
GEMS 100 Team “Mock” Project
Library session at McKeldin (Main) Library
GEMS 102 Developing Team Topics
Librarian in-class demo and project sheets
GEMS 104/HIST 175 Using primary sources/archives
Librarian and Archivist in-class demo
GEMS 202 Research Methods/Literature Review
Introduction to Working with Team Librarian
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Roles Played by Librarians (Campus-wide)
• Connect students and their activities to other officials either on or off campus (“Doc in the Box”)
• Attend Gemstone Poster Sessions that are held in sophomore and junior years as well as Undergraduate Research Day in late April
• Critique Gemstone practice thesis rehearsals, attend the actual formal thesis presentation, being a panel expert, and judging theses
• Participate in Gemstone Citation Ceremony (a cap and gown ceremony)
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Gemstone: Now and in the Future
• Gemstone Program has become a prestigious honors program as it matures (Fall ’04 expect 600+ students on 30+teams)
• Younger siblings or just friends are even joining due to positive Gemstone student alumni referrals
• Nearly 175 incoming students per year with current GPA for them --- 4.31 and average SATs ---1463
• Many Gemstone students using Gemstone research experience as a stepping stone to Grad school and Med school
• Plans to hold focus groups with librarians to gather feedback on how to enhance our roles (some are reluctant to take on a three year obligation)
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Acknowledgements• Dr. William Destler --- UM Provost and Senior Vice
President of Academic Affairs• Michael Hwang --- former Gemstone student• Amy Duhaime Hill --- Gemstone Coordinator of Team
Research• Pinar Beygo --- Administrative Assistant, EPSL• Dr. Glenn Rahmoeller --- Gemstone Coordinator of
Corporate and Industrial Affairs
• You for being an excellent audience and now it is your time more questions please!
• Contact information– Bob Kackley 301-405-9155 [email protected]– Neal Kaske 301-405-9144 [email protected]– Julie Arnold 301-405-9151 [email protected]