Beth Brin has been providing reference service and course-related bibliographic instruction to users of the library at Boise State University since 1995. With a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Montana State University and an M.L.S. in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University, Beth is uniquely qualified for her work, especially with faculty and students from the College of Engineering. She prepares study aids, bibliographies, and tutorial materials in support of Engineering coursework. In addition to her work at Albertsons Library, Beth has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) since 1990, where she has served as a leader in the Engineering Libraries Division.
Online Video Tutorials
Finding FullText Journal Articles in Engineering Village, YouTube (2011)
Finding full text journal articles in Engineering Village (Compendex, INSPEC, or GEOBASE) using the full...
Articles & Conference Proceedings
Building a Library Collection to Support New Engineering Programs, Science & Technology Libraries (2001)
This article describes strategies for developing a collection to support engineering programs that are new...
A Model for Teaching the Internet: Preparation and Practice (with Louise Greenfield and Jennalyn Tellman), Computers in Libraries (1996)
A model instructional session on joining electronic discussion groups is presented. The session emphasized individualized,...
Access and Ownership in the Academic Environment: One Library's Progress Report (with Elissa Cochran), Journal of Academic Librarianship (1994)
Discusses the methodology used at Tucson's University of Arizona Library (UAL) to grapple with the...
Designing a Training Program for a Dynamic Online Library System (with Louise Greenfield and Jennalyn Tellman), Proceedings of the Arizona State Library Association-Arizona Educational Media Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ (1993)
A team at the University of Arizona Library developed a training program to enable all...
Parallel Organization: A Structural Change Theory (with William Fisher), Journal of Library Administration (1991)
Presentations
In Your Dreams: Ideal Practices for Electronic Products, IEEE Library Advisory Council Meeting (2005)