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Engineering, Martin K. Wallace
Engineering, Martin K. Wallace
Library Staff Publications
This chapter describes a standards-based framework of information literacy instruction (ILI) for undergraduate engineering students. It begins by identifying characteristics of information literacy that are most relevant to the engineering curriculum, framed by a review of the ACRL’s Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology. Recommendations for delivering ILI to undergraduate engineering students are given, drawing from a pilot program for integrating information literacy into the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at the University of Maine. Finally, assessment strategies for ILI curricula are provided, based on examples from the MET pilot. Throughout the chapter, core engineering information resources are identified, …
Maine’S Three Ring Binder, Fletcher Kittredge
Maine’S Three Ring Binder, Fletcher Kittredge
Maine Policy Review
Although Maine is a rural state, it has had success in keeping pace with technological changes since the rise of the Internet 20 years ago. In this section, authors describe some of these successes and the challenges faced by both consumers and libraries in the new digital environment. Fletcher Kittredge presents the history and promise of Maine’s “Three Ring Binder,” a new and important fiber optic network that will bring high-speed broadband connectivity to rural parts of the state. The Three Ring Binder is expected both to improve economic opportunities for businesses and to increase high-speed Internet access for underserved …
Book Review Of "Encyclopedia Of Women In Aviation And Space" By Rosanne Welch, Nancy Curtis
Book Review Of "Encyclopedia Of Women In Aviation And Space" By Rosanne Welch, Nancy Curtis
Library Staff Publications
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