Standards in the engineering classroom: Partnering with your engineering librarian

Denise Amanda Wetzel

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Conference: ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023
Location: State College,, Pennsylvania
Publication Date: March 30, 2023
Start Date: March 30, 2023
End Date: April 12, 2023
Page Count: 6
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--45074
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/45074
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Denise Amanda Wetzel Pennsylvania State University orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-2287

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Abstract

As a Great Ideas For Teaching – and Talking with - Students (GIFTS) paper, the author asks the reader to imagine a world without standards. It is downright frightening to think about. One take on this imagined world is to think about students not having access over the course of their studies. Not learning and using standards during their education can lead to engineers that do not use them in their professional lives. Through instruction and partnerships, the engineering classroom is the best first step to introducing standards to undergraduate students. ABET includes the need for standards education in their Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022 – 2023 documents. Luckily, engineering librarians make great partners when it comes to standards in the engineering classroom.

Engineering librarians are a great resource when it comes to locating and accessing various standards across the multitude of standards developing organizations. Many academic libraries subscribe to standards content available online through general engineering databases and/or specialized standards databases. Furthermore, librarians may potentially purchase individual standards to meet faculty, staff, student, and researcher needs, depending on institutional funding and collection development policies. Accessing resources, such as standards, is generally a foundational service provided by academic libraries.

Engineering librarians make great classroom instructional partners too. Going beyond functioning as just a collection/access resource, engineering librarians are also educators with specialized knowledge that can enhance the classroom experience. Librarians can develop curricula and learning objects that introduce standards and provide an overview of the development process. Additionally, learning to navigate the parts of a standard can be a barrier that stops many undergraduate users when first faced with using one for the first time.

This paper reviews the roles that engineering librarians take within the field of standards while also providing examples from the engineering classroom. It also shares how librarians and instructors can partner to support the needs of undergraduate students in the engineering classroom.

Keywords: libraries, standards, classroom, undergraduate

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Wetzel, D. A. (2023, March), Standards in the engineering classroom: Partnering with your engineering librarian Paper presented at ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--45074

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AB - As a Great Ideas For Teaching – and Talking with - Students (GIFTS) paper, the author asks the reader to imagine a world without standards. It is downright frightening to think about. One take on this imagined world is to think about students not having access over the course of their studies. Not learning and using standards during their education can lead to engineers that do not use them in their professional lives. Through instruction and partnerships, the engineering classroom is the best first step to introducing standards to undergraduate students. ABET includes the need for standards education in their Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022 – 2023 documents. Luckily, engineering librarians make great partners when it comes to standards in the engineering classroom.

Engineering librarians are a great resource when it comes to locating and accessing various standards across the multitude of standards developing organizations. Many academic libraries subscribe to standards content available online through general engineering databases and/or specialized standards databases. Furthermore, librarians may potentially purchase individual standards to meet faculty, staff, student, and researcher needs, depending on institutional funding and collection development policies. Accessing resources, such as standards, is generally a foundational service provided by academic libraries.

Engineering librarians make great classroom instructional partners too. Going beyond functioning as just a collection/access resource, engineering librarians are also educators with specialized knowledge that can enhance the classroom experience. Librarians can develop curricula and learning objects that introduce standards and provide an overview of the development process. Additionally, learning to navigate the parts of a standard can be a barrier that stops many undergraduate users when first faced with using one for the first time.

This paper reviews the roles that engineering librarians take within the field of standards while also providing examples from the engineering classroom. It also shares how librarians and instructors can partner to support the needs of undergraduate students in the engineering classroom.

Keywords: libraries, standards, classroom, undergraduate
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