Gauging Workplace Readiness: Assessing the Information Needs of Engineering Co-op Students

Autor/inn/en	Jeffryes, Jon; Lafferty, Meghan
Titel	Gauging Workplace Readiness: Assessing the Information Needs of Engineering Co-op Students
Quelle	In: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (2012) 69 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-1206
DOI	10.5062/F4X34VDR
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Information Needs; Engineering; Information Literacy; Cooperative Education; Higher Education; Engineering Education; Librarians; Surveys; Undergraduate Students; Literacy Education; College Faculty; Information Seeking; Readiness; Careers; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Maschinenbau; Informationskompetenz; Kooperativer Unterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ingenieurausbildung; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fakultät; Informationserschließung; Career; Karriere
Abstract	Librarians at the Science and Engineering Library at the University of Minnesota surveyed engineering students participating in a work placement as part of the cooperative education program. The survey asked about students' on-the-job information usage, comfort level accessing different types of engineering literature, and experience learning to use specific resources. All respondents indicated having to find some sort of information during their work placement. Industry standards and books had particularly high usage. A variety of levels of comfort and history of instruction were also reported. The goal of this study was to get a better idea of the practical information needs that undergraduate engineering students could expect to encounter in the workplace and better tailor our information literacy instruction to meet those needs in the future. These findings will further strengthen our case for curriculum integration in future conversations with engineering faculty. (Contains 2 tables and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Web site: http://www.istl.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10