Creating a materials samples collection to support the engineering curriculum 201205
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The document discusses plans to create a materials samples collection at Olin College to support its engineering curriculum. It will include samples from companies like Inventables and Material Connexion. Students and faculty were interviewed to determine how the collection could best be organized both physically and virtually in a database. Lessons were learned from visiting other schools' collections. The collection aims to be pedagogically useful by integrating with courses and not existing alone. Future plans are in place to continue building the collection.
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- 1. Creating a Materials Samples Collection To Support the Engineering Curriculum
- 2. About Olin 2 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 3. About Olin’s Library 3 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 4. Early Collection Concept 4 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 5. Course Integration Two-way Use with Materials Science Courses in: Design Sustainability 5 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 6. The Interim Solution Inventables Material Connexion Ecolect 6 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 7. Physical Organization: Lessons from Visits Display “Public” Storage Workroom Storage 7 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 8. Materials Science Student Work Faculty interviews Student interviews Collection organizational philosophy Metadata thoughts for the database Challenges 8 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 9. Virtual Storage: The Database I 9 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 10. Virtual Storage: The Database II • Site built in the Django framework • Runs on Python • Administration panel can be edited and updated without programming knowledge • Flexible categorization system • Ability to create custom metadata types 10 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 11. Lessons Learned, Moving Forward Purchasing versus Building A pedagogically useful collection cannot exist in a vacuum. Plans in place… 11 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
- 12. THANK YOU Contact: Dee Magnoni E-mail: dianna.magnoni@olin.edu LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deemagnoni Twitter: @deemagnoni 12 Dee Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering 05 June 2012
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- - Site built in the Django framework Database- and platform- agnostic.- Flexible categorization system allows administrator to customize where materials and subcategories will appear, as well as what categories are featured in tabs on the home page- Custom metadata types can be created for items if they feature non-standard information
- Purchasing a collection versus building a truly organized and accessible physical and virtual materials samples collection takes time. - A pedagogically useful collection cannot exist in a vacuum. Creating partnerships with faculty members and ties with specific courses is critical to the relevance of a collection.Olin College Library staff have succeeded in collecting samples, have begun processing and organizing them at a deeper level, and now have a plan in place to have the collection become an important part of several courses on campus while having students contribute to much of the collection’s future growth.