UCLA EIS Ref Class Jan 2014 guest lecture (compressed)

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5/28/14!
Mars Science Laboratory!Science & Engineering Reference:
Probing the Heavens and the Earth
Jean Crampon, University Librarian
USC Science & Engineering Library
Asst. Dir. Pub. Serv. Div. I
and
Sara R. Tompson, Manager
Library, Archives & Records Section
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology
For
Professor
Mary
Niles
Maack's

IS-‐245:
Information
Access
–
January
29,
2014

UCLA
Graduate
School
of
Education
and

Information
Studies

© 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Cleared for Unlimited Release. CL#14-0475


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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY!
UCLA Presentation Outline
2!
•  Introduc*ons

•  Our
Users

•  Science
and
Engineering
Literature

– Print

– Databases

– Ques*ons

•  Reference
Processes
and
Tools

Crampon (USC) and Tompson (JPL) for UCLA January 2014 -- JPL/Caltech/NASA Cleared for Unlimited Release!

3!
S & E Reference
Introductions: Jean
•  Life
sciences
and/or
engineering

librarian;
at
USC
for
over
25

years

•  First
professional
posi*on:

public
library

•  Second:
academic
medical

librarian

•  Third:

Head
of
the
Hancock

Library
at
USC

•  Fourth:
variety
of
posi*ons
in

Science
&
Engineering

•  Also:
professional
ac*vi*es

Crampon (USC) and Tompson (JPL) for UCLA January 2014 -- JPL/Caltech/NASA Cleared for Unlimited Release!


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S&E Introductions: Sara
Crampon (USC) and Tompson (JPL) for UCLA January 2014 -- JPL/Caltech/NASA Cleared for Unlimited Release! 4!
–  Physical
sciences
and/or
engineering
librarian
for
over
25

years

–  Sec*on
Manager,
Library,
Archives
and
Records,
Jet

Propulsion
Laboratory
(JPL)
operated
by
Caltech
for
NASA

–  Since
2007:
research,
document
delivery,
edi*ng
for
an

engineering

company
founded
by

former
colleagues

–  Academic,
corporate,

research
posi*ons
-‐

Reference
and/or

research
required
in
all

–  Variety
of
SLA
Leadership
roles

–  Instrument
rated

pilot

JPL Photo Lab. Used with permission.


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Our Libraries: Introductions
–  Both
arguably
special
libraries
(and
we
are
both

ac*ve
Special
Libraries
Associa*on/SLA
members)

• USC:
Academic
Library

• JPL:
Technical
Library

–  Organiza*onal/repor*ng

structures

USC JPL


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Our Users: Similarities and Differences
•  “Engineers
use
their
colleagues
as
a
resource
more

oên
than
scien*sts”

•  “Scien*sts
use
literature
more
than
engineers”

•  “Engineers
use
the
literature
differently
from

sciences
and
oên
need
different
types
of

literature....

– 
For
instance,
engineers
read
more
trade

journals
and
internal
reports
than

scien*sts
do.”

•  Engineers
use
conference
data
more

than
than
scien*sts
(our
experience)

See Citations


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Our Users: Changes and Trends
•  The
Internet
and
E-‐journals
encourage
the
Do-‐It-‐
Yourself
(DIY)
approach

•  Informa*on
overload
-‐
librarians
not
Gatekeepers

but
Guides
or
“Informa*on
Sherpas”

•  Scien*ﬁc/Technical
Informa*on
Literacy
and

Roles

•  SPEED
of
informa*on

•  Generally,
plus…

• Emergency
Needs
in
Scitech


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Our Users’ Organizations
•  Great
way
to
learn,
network,
be
relevant

•  Can
you
name
some?

•  Some
scitech
librarians
speak
at

this
level

•  More
are
beginning
to
publish

in
users’
ﬁelds

From Cyberquill Blog


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Our Users’ Organizations
•  IEEE,
AGU,
ASIH,
AFS,
BSA,
GSA,
AMS,

ASM,
etc.

•  Some
have
divisions
for
us:

•  ACS
Div.
of

Chemical
Info

•  ASEE’s
ELD,
etc.

From Cyberquill Blog


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Scitech Resources: Literature
•  Specialized
Encyclopaedias
–
Introduc*on
for

a
field
(both
librarian
and
users)

•  Annual
Reviews
–
Philosophies
of
a
field

•  Journal
ar*cles
–
Develop
a
field

•  Conference
presenta*ons
and
preprints
–

where
new
ideas
are
shared,
tested

•  Classic
texts
–
Every
discipline
has
some,
and

librarians
need
to
be
familiar

–
Can
you
name
any
in
Physics?

Math?

Biology?
Geology?


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Scitech Resources: Literature
•  Guides
and
bibliographies

•  Review
ar*cles
outline
the
organiza*on
of
a

ﬁeld,
as
well
as
genesis.

ß 1
à

(see
cita*ons)


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Online Guides
TutorialsLibGuides


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Scitech Resources: Primary
•  Current
research
–
First
hand
observa*ons
and/or

measurements

•  Raw
data

–  Funding
agency

requirements

–  Ins*tu*onal
repositories

• E.g.
JPL’s
Technical
Report
Server

(runs
on
MIT’s
DSpace
IR
plakorm)

•  How
to’s
and
demos

–
next
slide…


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Scitech Resources: Primary
Image from JoVE: The Journal of Visualized Experiments (see citations)


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Databases - Secondary, etc.
• Choices:

– Mul*disciplinary/General
vs.

Discipline(s)-‐speciﬁc

– Federated
vs.
“Discovery”

– Academic
level,
e.g.
undergraduate
vs.

graduate/faculty

– Subscrip*on
vs.
Free


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Scitech Resources: Databases
Undergraduate
Mul*disciplinary
e.g.:

– ProQuest

– OmniFile
Fulltext
Mega:
ASTA

(Academic
Search
Complete)

– Academic
One
File
(Gale)


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Scitech Resources: Databases
Graduate,
Faculty,
Researchers
Level
examples

– Mul*disciplinary

Web
of
Science

Scopus

– Disciplines:

Inspec

BIOSIS
Cita*on
Index

Compendex/EV2

GeoRef

SciFinder

Medline

Most
have
overview
info
free
at
their
sites


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Don’t Forget Free Government Resources
For
example:

– USGS:

• Climate
change:
hmp://www.usgs.gov/
science/science.php?term=168

• 
Topographic
maps:
hmp://on.doi.gov/
OqoBXr

– EPA
–
Many!
Like:

• hmp://www.epa/gov/epahome/
abcdata.htm

– DOE
Info
Bridge:

• hmp://www.os*.gov/bridge/


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YOUR Burning Questions?
Stump
the
Librarians!

(We
will
endeavour
to
determine
the
best

DBs
for
your
questions)


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Back to the Beginning…
…Databases
We’d
Choose
for
those
topics
we

listed
in
our
introducFon
include:

– Space
travel-‐-‐NASA
Technical
Reports
Server,

etc.

– Global
climate
change-‐-‐NOAA
Na*onal

Clima*c
Data
Center,
etc.

– Darwin’s
theory
of
evolu*on—BioOne,
etc.

– Compu*ng—ACM,
INSPEC,
etc.

– Animals—BIOSIS,
ASFA,
etc.

– Transporta*on—TRIS,
etc.


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Reference Librarians’ Competencies
•  Amen*ve,
reﬂec*ve
listeners

(sponge)

•  Able
to
coach

•  Flexible:
Know
when
to

probe
–
see
also
next
slide

•  Digital
and
Face-‐to-‐Face

literate

See citations


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Reference Modalities:
•  How do scitech patrons/users/
customers contact us?
– Your thoughts?
– Our experiences


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Newer Trends Examples: Mobile Apps, MOOCs
•  Mobile
apps
are
exploding,
and
especially
in

science
and
engineering:

ACS,
BioOne,

Elsevier,
IEEE,
GeoScience
World,
etc.
etc.

•  Massive
Open
Online
Courses
(MOOCs)

–  Universi*es,
Khan

Academy,
etc.,


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Librarians’ Professional Organizations
What’s
In
It
for
You?

Lots!

•  Communi*es
of
prac*ce

•  Purchasing
consor*a

•  Broad
(SLA,
ALA,
ASIS&T,
ARMA,
MLA,

etc.)

•  Discipline-‐Focused
(SLA
Divisions,
ACRL

Divisions,
IAMSLIC,
etc.)

•  Robust
publisher
liaison
programs

•  Others’
Divisions
(ASEE
ELD,
etc.)


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•  http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Science_Information_Literacy_Tutorials
•  O’Clair, Katherine and Davidson, Jeanne, eds. The Busy Librarian’s Guide to Information
Literacy in Science and Engineering, ACRL, 2012. http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?
ID=3999
•  http://www.lib.purdue.edu/phys /assets/SciPaperTutorial.swf
•  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_Competencies_for_
Chemistry_Undergraduates
•  Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to Read a Paper: the Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 4th ed. BMJ
Bks, 2010: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002352.html
•  Tenopir, Carol and Donald W. King. Communication Patterns of Engineers. NY: Wiley, 2004:
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047148492X.html
–  See also: Tenopir, Carol, et al. 2005. “Relying on Electronic Journals: Reading Patterns of
Astronomers.” JASIST 56(8): 786-802
•  http://www.fmyi.com/blog/single/we_are_information_sherpas/
•  Ackerson, Linda G, ed. Literature Search Strategies for Interdisciplinary Research: A
Sourcebook for Scientists and Engineers. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2007
•  Schmidt, Diane: International Field Guides Database: http://media.library.uiuc.edu/cgi/b/bib/bix-idx
Guide to Reference and Information Sources in the Zoological Sciences.
Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO, 2003.
Schmidt, et al. Guide to Reference and Information Sources in Plant Biology.
Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO, 2003.
Citations


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Citations, continued
•  Osif, Bonnie A. Using the Engineering Literature. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2011
•  http://www.guidetoreference.org/HomePage.aspx
•  http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/
•  http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary
•  https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic
•  http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/6130
•  Primary
Research
Group.

Interna(onal
Survey
of
Academic
Library
Data
Cura(on
Prac(ces.

PRG,
2013

hmp://www.primaryresearch.com/view_product.php?report_id=415

•  hmp://www.jove.com/video/4377/dissec*on-‐culture-‐analysis-‐xenopus-‐laevis-‐embryonic-‐re*nal

•  hmp://proquest.libguides.com/asfa

•  hmp://www.istl.org/10-‐winter/*ps.html

•  hmp://www.lib.uci.edu/how/tutorials/science_info_tutorial/

•  Kreitz,
Patricia
A.
and
JoAnn
DeVries,
editors.
Recrui(ng,
Training,
and
Reten(on
of
Science
and
Technology

Librarians.

NY:
Haworth
Informa*on
Press,

2007

–  Tompson,
Sara.
“Competencies
Required!

For
Educa*on,
Recruitment,
and
Reten*on”
pp.
241-‐58
in
the

above


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5/28/14!
Mars Science Laboratory!
© 2014 California Institute of Technology Cleared for Unlimited Release
Questions?

crampon@usc.edu

sara.r.tompson@jpl.nasa.gov

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