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Drexel University, the University of Maryland, and their Libraries’ Experiences Collaborating with Various Research Programs

机译:德雷克塞尔大学,马里兰大学及其图书馆与各种研究计划合作的经验

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Last year, researchers and librarians at both Drexel University and the University of Maryland initiated similar collaborative projects in their respective institutions to contribute to the development of life-long learning skills among the select participants. One joint finding was the importance of linking advances in knowledge, not just as hypothetical learning that benefits an elite few, but rather for the advancement of our society as a whole.Drexel University has two NSF-supported programs, Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site (REU) DREAM (Drexel Research Experience in Advanced Materials). RET’s primary goal is to provide experiential engineering education to K-12 teachers in the Delaware Valley. DREAM hosts undergraduates from around the country to work closely with faculty and graduate students in cutting-edge research areas, such as biomaterials, nanomaterials, and the design and processing of advanced materials. In both these programs, the participants learned different skills. For example, in the RET program, participating teachers developed skills that would help them to find, apply for, and secure funding for their schools to improve their classrooms and laboratories. RET participants also worked with their faculty mentors on research projects in emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology. The library staff played a key role in helping participants in both programs develop crucial information seeking skills to obtain, evaluate, and use needed research material through a variety of information sources.The RET program helps teachers create opportunities to enhance the delivery of science and math education at their schools by helping their students and colleagues learn about science and technology careers and academic opportunities. It is projected that such awareness will motivate more high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Participants from the DREAM project may, with the research skills gained, continue with more sophisticated research in new and emerging technology areas after going back to their respective institutions. The program provides possibilities for further collaboration with Drexel researchers. With similar goals, the University of Maryland’s (UM) NSF-funded Gemstone Program focuses on teams of Undergraduate Honors Students that “conduct significant research exploring the interdependence of science and technology with society.” This unique, four year, multidisciplinary research program has received significant assistance since 1996 from many UM Librarians in teaching these students critical information-seeking skills for their topical projects and in their senior theses. Moreover, three UM faculty members created the ESTEEM (Engineering Science and Technology to Energize and Expand Young Minds) Research Mentoring Program that offers high school seniors a chance to be directly involved in university engineering research. Additionally, there are other programs such as Exploring Engineering, Women in Engineering, Stepping Stones to Your Future, and a Girl Scout Engineering Saturday where Girl Scout troops (ages 7-12) engage in fun, hands-on engineering related activities.This paper describes how faculty, engineering librarians, and organizers from the two universities work together to enhance the success of programs for a diverse user population. The long-term goal is to have knowledge as we know it used for the overall betterment of society in general. This paper describes how faculty and engineering librarians at both Drexel University and the University of Maryland developed similar collaborative projects in their respective institutions to contribute to the development of life-long learning skills among their diverse user groups.
机译:去年,德雷克塞尔大学和马里兰大学的研究人员和图书馆馆员在各自的机构中发起了类似的合作项目,以促进特定参与者的终身学习技能的发展。一个共同的发现是联系知识进步的重要性,不仅是使少数精英受益的假设学习,而且对于我们整个社会的进步。德雷克塞尔大学有两个由NSF支持的计划,即教师研究经验(RET)。 )和本科生网站(REU)DREAM的研究经验(Drexel先进材料研究经验)。 RET的主要目标是为特拉华谷的K-12教师提供体验工程教育。 DREAM接待来自全国各地的大学生,与生物材料,纳米材料以及先进材料的设计和加工等前沿研究领域的教职员工和研究生紧密合作。在这两个程序中,参与者学习了不同的技能。例如,在RET计划中,参与的教师开发了一些技能,可以帮助他们寻找,申请并获得其学校的资金,以改善教室和实验室。 RET参与者还与他们的老师一起研究了纳米技术,生物技术和信息技术等新兴技术的研究项目。图书馆工作人员在帮助这两个计划的参与者发展关键的信息搜寻技能以通过各种信息资源获取,评估和使用所需的研究材料方面发挥了关键作用。RET计划帮助教师创造机会来增强科学和数学的交付通过帮助学生和同事了解科学技术职业和学术机会,在学校进行教育。预计这种意识将激励更多的高中生从事科学,技术,工程和数学的职业。返回到各自机构之后,DREAM项目的参与者可以利用获得的研究技能,继续在新兴技术领域进行更复杂的研究。该计划为与Drexel研究人员的进一步合作提供了可能性。马里兰大学(UM)由美国国家科学基金会(NSF)资助的“宝石计划”(Gemstone Program)具有类似的目标,重点是“荣誉大学生”团队,他们“进行了重要的研究,探索科学技术与社会的相互依存关系。”自1996年以来,这个独特的,为期四年的跨学科研究计划在许多UM图书馆员的教学中为这些学生提供了至关重要的帮助,帮助他们学习有关主题项目和高级论文的重要信息搜索技能。此外,三名UM教职员工还创建了ESTEEM(工程技术与科学,以激发和扩展年轻人的思维)研究指导计划,为高中毕业生提供直接参与大学工程研究的机会。此外,还有其他计划,例如探索工程,工程中的女性,通往未来的垫脚石和女童军工程周六,其中女童子军(7-12岁)从事有趣的动手工程相关活动。描述了两所大学的教师,工程馆员和组织者如何共同努力,以提高针对不同用户群体的计划的成功率。长期的目标是拥有我们所知道的,用于整体上改善社会的知识。本文介绍了Drexel大学和马里兰大学的教职员工和工程图书馆员如何在各自的机构中开发类似的协作项目,以促进其不同用户群中终身学习技能的发展。

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