Document Type
Presentation
Date
Fall 10-18-2024
Keywords
Standards, Engineering students, Library guide redesign, RIT Libraries, InfoGuides, NIST definition, Functional organization, Guide architecture, Finding standards, Requesting standards, More about standards, ANSI University Outreach Program, Summon widget, Flow chart, Librarian feedback, Iterative design, Instructional support, Public-facing information, Internal documentation, Research engineers, User-centered design, Academic librarianship, Standards education
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
Standards are integral to engineers’ information needs, yet their complexity and uniqueness poses an instruction and outreach challenge. This presentation details the redesign of a library guide on standards undertaken at the RIT Libraries. The focus of the redesign process was on effectively transmitting information on standards to the RIT community at the point of need, detailing what standards are available through library and other sources, how other standards can be requested and acquired, and how engineers and engineering students can work with standards.
Recommended Citation
Koshykar, Roman, "I Need a Standard! Redesigning a Standards Library Guide to Better Meet the Needs of Engineering Students" (2024). Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference. 127.
https://surface.syr.edu/nyscilib/127
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