2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Survey of Research in Engineering Librarianship, 2015-2019

Presented at Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1: Engineering Librarianship

This work-in-progress research study aims to examine what research was conducted pertaining to engineering librarianship from 2015-2019 (pre-pandemic) with a particular focus on methodology. Peer-reviewed articles published between 2015-2019 were surveyed to identify who is performing research in engineering librarianship, what research methods are being used, if the studies are repeatable, and if the methods chosen are appropriate for the research question under investigation. Each paper that matched the inclusion criteria was examined and information was extracted relating to authorship, journal published in, research design, method, and analysis, as well as research question and instrument (when relevant). Simple statistical analysis will be conducted to derive patterns around research papers in engineering librarianship during this 5-year period. This paper will report the in-progress results of this comprehensive literature review.

Authors

Amber Janssen http://orcid.org/https://0000-0001-9013-224X California State University, Maritime Academy [biography]

Amber Janssen is an Associate Librarian at California State University, Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime). Her research background is in the instruction and assessment of information literacy in undergraduate engineering education and the information behaviors of engineers in the workplace.
Mindy F. Thuna http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4223-8028 University of Toronto [biography]

Mindy Thuna completed a BSc. in Palaeontology (University of Toronto) in 1993, an MSc. in Vertebrate Morphology (University of Calgary) in 1997, and an MISt from the Faculty of Information Studies (University of Toronto) in 2005. Mindy worked at the UTM campus as a Science Liaison Librarian for 11 years before becoming the Head of the Engineering & Computer Science Library at the St. George campus in 2016. In the times in between, she worked in education in a variety of different capacities, both nationally and internationally.

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