Beyond Academia

Introducing Students to Resources for Lifelong Learning

Chelsea Leachman

Engineering Librarian

Washington State University

ACRL-WA/OR

October 23, 2015

Pack Forest, WA

What happens after I graduate?

Where will I get my information?

What do students need to know about accessing information to become practicing engineers?

How are practicing engineers using and organizing information?

Corporate

Engineers

Waters, N., E. Kasuto, and F. McNaughton," Partnership

between engineering libraries: Identifying information literacy

skills for a successful transition from student to professional",

Science and Technology Libraries Vol. 31, No. 1, 2012, pp.

124-132.

Robbins, S., D. Engel, and C. Kulp," How unique

are our users? Comparing responses regarding

the information-seeking habits of engineering

faculty", College & Research Libraries Vol. 72,

No. 6, 2011, pp. 515-532.

Engineer

In-house databases

Corporate Library

Resources

Personal Connections

Ward, M.," A survey of engineers in their information world", Journal of

Librarianship and Information Science Vol. 33, No. 4, 2001, pp. 168-176.

Open Access

Discipline Specific Open Access Definition

Professional Organizations

Corporate Engineers

Leachman, C.M., & Pezeshki, C. What’s Standard? Industry Application versus University Education of Engineering

Standards. Proceedings of the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education

Conference 2015, Seattle, WA.

Corporate Acquisitions

d

Physical

Collections

Digital

CollectionsSubscriptions

Leachman, C.M., & Pezeshki, C. What’s Standard? Industry Application versus University Education of Engineering

Standards. Proceedings of the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education

Conference 2015, Seattle, WA.

Corporate Organization

English 101:

College

Composition

History 105:

The Roots of Contemporary

Issues

Engineering 120:

Innovation in Design

• Classroom

• Assignment Design

• Libguide

• Tutorial

• Assignment Design

• Classroom

• Libguide

ME 316:

Systems

Design

ME 406:

Experimental

Design

ME 416:

Mechanical

Systems

Design

English

402:

Technical

and

Professional

Writing

• Classroom • Libguide

• Assignment

Design

• Classroom

• Classroom • Classroom

English 101:

College

Composition

History 105:

The Roots of Contemporary

Issues

Engineering 120:

Innovation in Design

• Scholarly Articles • Books and articles• Trade Publications

and Magazines

ME 316:

Systems

Design

ME 406:

Experimental

Design

ME 416:

Mechanical

Systems

Design

English

402:

Technical

and

Professional

Writing

• Engineering

Literature/

Databases

• Testing

standards &

technical reports

• Lifelong

learning

skills

• Scholarly

articles

Scaffolding of Instruction

Path Forward

• Continue to work with industry contacts to improve

information literacy curriculum

• Use the ACRL Framework to inform lifelong learning

instruction

• Work to incorporate active learning

Thank You