Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 1 Carleton University Library Support Statement for
Graduate Programs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Kristof Avramsson, Science & Engineering Librarian
(Subject Specialist for Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) Library Resources:
The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (OCIMAE) receives strong support from library collections held by the University of Ottawa and by Carleton University.
Collection Support –
Carleton University Library’s electronic and print resources, augmented by interlibrary loan services to faculty and students, strongly support graduate programs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The Library has comprehensive collections in mechanical engineering, solid mechanics and design, materials and manufacturing, controls and robotics, thermal and fluid engineering, biomedical engineering, electronics, physics, and aeronautical and space engineering which directly support these programs. Please see Appendix A for the subject profile in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Scholarly materials are selected by the Subject Specialist for Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, taking into consideration guidelines outlined in collection and subject profiles for the above subjects, as well as selection tools including core academic lists, book reviews from reputable sources, citation lists, and citation analysis tools.
Journal Collections –
Carleton University Library has developed a strong electronic journal collection, with access to over 58,000 full-text journals, through individual subscriptions and
participation in several consortia: Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), Consortia Canada, and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). Products acquired by the Library relevant to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering include: AIP (American Institute of Physics)
Cambridge Journals Online IOP (Institute of Physics) Oxford Journals Online Sage Journals Online
ScienceDirect Journals (Elsevier publishers)
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) SpringerLink Journals
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 2 University of Chicago Press Journals
Wiley Online Library (Wiley-Blackwell publishers) Monograph Collection –
Although many titles are collected in print format, the Library’s growing e-book collection includes the following related to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
Books 24x7
Cambridge University Press CRCnetBase
Knovel Library
Lecture Notes in Computer Science National Academies Press eBooks Oxford University Press
Safari Books Online Springer e-book collection
Taylor & Francis e-book collection Reference Collection –
The Library maintains a collection of indexes and abstracts, encyclopedias,
bibliographies and literature guides in electronic and print formats. These include the following resources relevant to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
Applied Science Full Text
EI Engineering Village (includes Compendex, Inspec, and Inspec Archive) Environmental Index
Environmental Science and Pollution Management Ergonomic Abstracts
IEEE Xplore Digital Library MathSciNet
Scopus
SPIE Digital Library Web of Science
The Library also has access to Patent & Standards indexes: ASTM International Standards Worldwide
Derwent Innovation Index
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 3 Theses:
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (North American) Dissertations & Theses@Carleton (subset of above) Index to Theses (Great Britain & Ireland)
Funding –
In 2011/2012 the Library budget is $5,268,127. Given the interdisciplinary nature of these graduate programs, statistics on the Library’s spending by subject are not available for the last seven years. In 2010/2011, the Library spent the following on monographs, serials, and electronic resources which support Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering $32,838.08
Biomedical Engineering $4,157.53 Health $38,749.96 Electrical Engineering $29,0008.00 General Engineering $4,652.22 General Science $30,644.42 Physics $42,793.27 Industrial Design $13,059.26 Library Services: Major Service Points –
Circulation; Research Help Desk; IT Help Desk; Learning Support Services (academic development skills, including time management, note taking and essay writing); Maps, Data, and Government Information Centre; Archives & Research Collections;
Interlibrary Loans; Library Copy Centre; Joy Maclaren Adaptive Technology Centre. Self-help Guides & Services –
Library website links to subject guides & course guides; citation management guides, and other instructional aids (service guides & finding tools)
Printers provided on each floor Self-checkout machines
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 4 Instruction and Assistance –
The Subject Specialist for Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering maintains liaison between the Library and faculty to ensure the Library collection reflects changes in research interests and teaching programs. Research assistance is available in the form of specialized workshops, print and online subject guides, and one-on-one instruction. Faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students can request assistance in person, by phone, email or live chat. Students may also receive instruction and consultative assistance from the Maps, Data and Government Information Centre (MADGIC). Professional Skills Workshops for Graduate Research Students –
The Library offers professional skills workshops to graduate students on a variety of topics, including copyright, ethics & writing, writing for publication, research data management and citation management. It also offers sessions on specialized
databases, such as COS Pivot (finding research and funding opportunities) and NVivo (organizing and analyzing qualitative data).
Graduate Student Satisfaction with Library Services –
Graduate students are very satisfied with services provided by the Library. In 2010, Carleton participated in the Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey (CGPSS), conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Satisfaction with Library resources received the highest ranking. Other resources surveyed included student counseling, information technology services and the University Bookstore. Library Access –
The majority of Carleton University Library’s online products are available from more than 200 workstations within the Library, through the Carleton network in computer labs and offices across campus, and from off-campus via the proxy server. These research databases are accessible free of charge to Carleton users. Wireless access in the Library and selected locations on campus provides students and faculty with greater access to the Library’s electronic resources. The Library has over 100 laptops available for loan to students.
The Library’s online system (Millennium from Innovative Interfaces, Inc.) provides a user-friendly web-based online public access catalogue, which allows for focused, sophisticated search techniques. The Library website provides links to journal indexes, articles, and full-text electronic resources.
The Joy Maclaren Adaptive Technology Centre located on the main floor of the Library, is equipped with adaptive equipment for use by students with disabilities who are
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 5 registered with the Paul Menton Centre. Wheelchair accessible library catalogue
terminals, equipped with large monitors, are available throughout the Library. Library Hours –
During the school year, the Library is open seven days a week, except for statutory holidays. The building is open 8am-12am Monday to Friday, 10am-8pm on Saturday and 10am-12am on Sunday. During exams the Library remains open 24 hours. Resource Sharing –
Located in the National Capital Region, Carleton has easy access to many valuable research collections in the area. Carleton University graduate students enrolled in courses at University of Ottawa in a joint program have full aces to all University of Ottawa Library resources online. The same privilege is given to University of Ottawa graduate students enrolled in joint programs at Carleton. A free shuttle service is offered to students enrolled in joint programs.
Other resources available for Carleton students include the following:
- Sm@rtLibrary allows users to search several local library catalogues at one time with free borrowing privileges;
- RACER, the Interlibrary Loan service (ILL) system, allows students and faculty to obtain material not held in the Library in a very short turn-around time. Most material is free to the user, with the Library absorbing the cost of most articles. ILL uses Relais Express to facilitate electronic delivery to patrons’ desktops, and has a rush purchasing program for resources not in the Library’s collection; - OCUL Direct Borrowing Program allows Carleton students and faculty to borrow
materials in person from other libraries across North America;
- The Library issues Inter-University Borrowing Program (UBP) cards to students to borrow from Quebec universities.
The Library is committed to collection development and management, as well as to resource sharing. Staff will pursue every means possible to provide strong support for graduate programs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 6 Appendix A
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Subject Profile Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Design, Carleton University Degrees Offered:
o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Aerospace Engineering in Aerodynamics, Propulsion and Vehicle Performance
o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)Aerospace Engineering in Aerospace Structures, Systems and Vehicle Design
o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Aerospace Engineering in Aerospace Electronics and Systems
o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechanical Engineering
o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) with Concentration in Integrated
Manufacturing
o Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Sustainable and Renewable Energy, Stream B: Efficient Energy Generation and Conversion *
o Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) Aerospace Engineering o Masters of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) Biomedical Engineering o Masters of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) Materials Engineering o Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering o Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) Aerospace Engineering o Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) Materials Engineering o Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) Mechanical Engineering o Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Aerospace Engineering o Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering
* Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) Sustainable and Renewable, Stream A: Smart Technologies for Power Generation (Electrical Engineering)
Related Programs/ Areas of Cooperation:
Graduate programs are offered jointly through the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The Institute combines the resources of the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa.
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 7 Language Emphasis:
English is the primary language of the collection. Works published in other languages are purchased very selectively and only at the request of faculty.
Material Formats:
Collected - journals and government documents (online and print)
Collected Selectively - conference proceedings, textbooks, translations, dissertations, biographies
Not Collected - popular press items, audiovisual material, working papers, and pamphlets.
Subject Coverage:
Select material of an acceptable academic/scholarly or professional standard in the following subject fields:
o Applied dynamics
o Aerodynamics and fluid mechanics o Aero-structures
o Biomedical engineering and design of medical devices o Combustion and heat transfer
o Materials and manufacturing processes o Materials science
o Solid and fracture mechanics
o Robotics, controls, guidance and navigation o Digital image processing
o Space and satellite technologies o Gas turbine technology:
o Internal aerodynamics o Combustion
o System design and performance
o High temperature materials and coatings technology o Repair and overhaul methods
o Unmanned aerial vehicle technology including design, performance, aerodynamics, navigation and control
o Simulation of vehicle performance and vehicle simulation for training o Fatigue and fracture mechanics
o Two-phase flows in application
o Numerical methods for stress analysis, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, materials processing and vehicle simulation
Library Support Statement for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – 2012 Page 8 o Sustainable energy systems design
o Efficient energy conversion Kristof Avramsson
Science & Engineering Reference Librarian November 2011
