1. Donna Beck Lynn Berard Bo Baker Nancy George SEE: Summer Engineering Experience for Girls An Evolving Hands-On Role for the Engineering Librarian

2.  Where? HANDS ON LEARNING about ENGINEERING Summer 2-week program for 8 th /9 th grade girls  What is SEE?  When? July 2007 July 2008 July 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

3.  Explain how our participation evolved  Encourage Engineering Librarians to engage in similar programs at their institutions

4. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

5. Literature Findings 1.Student perceptions 2.Strategies that are changing perceptions Engineering curriculum for girls

6. Fralick, Bethany, Jennifer Kearn, Stephen Thompson, and Jed Lyons. 2009. How Middle Schoolers Draw Engineers and Scientists. Journal of Science Education Technology 18:60-73. NO ACTION! Draw an Engineer

7. 50% = male 13% = female % of total drawings when gender could be indicated

8. Gender Equitable Girls’ attitude changes Male- Dominated Environment Elementary SchoolTeenage Years Young Female Professionals “Old stereotypes will be reinforced once again.” Society suffers!

9. Moving forward to motivate & inspire “Educate to Innovate” campaign SOLUTIONS

10. ONE EXAMPLE FirstBell@asee.custombriefings.com Harris RF Communications Hopes To Attract Women, Young People To Technical Fields Through Donations. (4/20) $100,000 Rochester Institute of Technology Scholarships for Girls to Attend “Everyday Engineering Summer Camp” $100,000 Monroe Community College Pair of Annual Scholarships Women Enrolled in Technical Fields.

12. THE RESEARCH COMPONENT FINDING CREDIBLE RESOURCES

13. ENERGY RESEARCH

14. Packet Of Handouts: 7 Steps Of Research, Select WebsitesHow To Search University Libraries’ CatalogProvided Link To AccessScience And Energy QuizWhat Is A Database?--Compared To FBI DatabaseTips To Evaluate WebsitesThirty Minutes Hands-On At The Computer

15. Schulz, Charles M. 1982. Classroom Peanuts. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

16. Librarian Invited To Planning SessionsResearch Website + Tutorials Specifically For SEE Lesson Plan Defining Objectives & Highlighting Hands-On SEE Pre-Program Survey Results Shared With Librarians Actual Topics Used In AccessScience And Website Searching

17. Librarian Included In Planning Meetings With Other Teaching Participants Librarians Participated In Three SessionsHands-On Citation Help, Using Citation SoftwareHelped To Find And Select.gov Sites On TopicsGuidance On Creating PowerPoint Slides

19. Favorite SEE Moments Source: The National Energy Education Project

20. Invested in serving the Engineering college Expanding the role of the Liaison Librarian

21. Fun Environment Individualized Attention Access to Role Models Positive Feedback LIBRARIANS AS MENTORS

22. Tips for the Engineering Librarian Purchase “women in engineering” titles for your collection. Express your willingness to contribute to outreach programs for female youth. Be compatible to a program’s agenda— your role may take time to develop. Become familiar with resources that address any level of engineering learning.

23. Inspiring middle school girls to consider engineering as a career choice.

24. Barbie I can be…. Computer Engineer Questions: donnab@andrew.cmu.edu Thank you for attending today’s session!