Amy S. Van Epps

Purdue University Libraries ENGR

504 W. State St.

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058

vanepa@purdue.edu

1211 Kossuth St.

Lafayette, IN 47905-1426

asvanepps@gmail.com

765-409-3393 (m)

ACADEMIC RANK

Associate Professor of Library Science, with tenure 2006 – present

Assistant Professor of Library Science 2000 – 2006

WORK EXPERIENCE

Purdue University

Interim Head, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Technology (PSET) Division 2017

Supervise 6 faculty librarians and 1 administrative professional.

Participate in administrative discussions and decisions for Purdue Libraries.

Make decisions that continue progress toward closing 4 PSET libraries in May in preparation for consolidating

and moving to a new building in summer 2017.

Mentor untenured librarians in Purdue Libraries and preparing promotion documentation.

Associate Professor and Engineering Librarian 2009 – present

Mentor three untenured Libraries faculty as part of Faculty Review Committees. Familiarize colleagues with the

Purdue Libraries system and tenure process, be an advocate in regular meetings with the review committee,

offer advice on the best use of time for service endeavors, and provide a friendly ear for concerns or

questions.

Subject liaison to several schools and departments in the College of Engineering and the Purdue Polytechnic

(formerly College of Technology). Engineering education, Industrial engineering, Transdisciplinary Studies

in Technology.

Promote new services or resources that would be of interest to disciplinary faculty, such as the institutional

repository and data management services.

Manage collections for liaison subjects; selective weeding; purchasing books upon request, receiving journal

purchase suggestions for consideration.

Responsible for teaching and outreach to liaison schools and departments; including weekly office hours in the

departments, instruction sessions cover: systematic reviews, citation management, and subject resources and

searching.

Purdue Polytechnic Fellow, Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology (25% time) 2014 – 2017

Engage in conceptualizing and creating a new competency based education degree program, the Transdisciplinary

Studies in Technology.

Contributions include creating a structure for the formal mentoring program, creating materials to facilitate

mentee development, mentoring two students, teaching as a co-instructor of courses, supervising a Graduate

Teaching Assistant, and space and equipment manager for studio learning environment.

Engineering Librarian

Library Coordinator, and Coordinator of Instruction and Circulation Services 2004 – 2009

Managed the library facility, ensured that it was open and available for use as scheduled, and supervised the

hourly staff.

Coordinated library renovations completed to improve the layout for better user interactions and ADA

compliance, ensured the maintenance of group study space during a reallocation of spaces.

Received instruction requests from across the Colleges of Engineering and Technology and made connections

with appropriate subject librarians to fill the needs.

Interim Head of Engineering Library 2003

Supervised library staff and initiated all staff meetings to enhance communication among library departments.

Coordinated needs requests for building maintenance and improvement within the library to improve safety and

create a more inviting space for patrons.

Created a formal reference training program and manual to increase staff approachability and knowledge resulting

in high quality assistance to library users.

Hired and supervised Graduate Assistants to help fill reference desk hours and provide service during a shortage

of professional staff.

Assistant Engineering Librarian 2000 – 2004

Coordinated the instructional services provided by the librarians for faculty in the Colleges of Engineering and

Technology. Clarify topics the instructor would like taught and ensure librarian availability.

Taught classes and broadened outreach to target student populations, building life-long learning skills and an

appreciation for the role of information in academic, professional, and personal success.

Provide friendly reference service, both electronic and in person.

Redesign, develop, and maintain Engineering Library website as a tool for reaching faculty and students.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Engineering Librarian 1995 – 2000 Selected materials to be purchased; taught library sessions and communicated with faculty in the School of

Engineering to ensure the library supported programmatic needs.

Coordinated the reference desk schedule, and provided friendly, high-quality reference assistance to all users.

Member of a self-governing team to manage reference services.

EDUCATION

PhD Engineering Education Purdue University expected 2017 Dissertation: A case study of information use in a design project.

Committee Chair: Dr. Senay Purzer, Associate Professor of Engineering Education

M.Eng Industrial Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2001

Thesis: Categorizing disaster response: eight stories from hurricane Camille.

Advisor: Dr. W. Alan Wallace, Yamada Corporation Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

M.S.L.S. Library Science The Catholic University of America 1994

B.A. Engineering Science, Mechanical Lafayette College 1991

HONORS AND AWARDS

Excellence in Teaching Award. Purdue University Libraries. 2017

Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award. ASEE ELD. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition,

Indianapolis, IN. 2014

Best Poster Award. ASEE ELD. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Atlanta, GA. 2013

John H. Moriarty Award for Excellence in Library Service. Purdue University Libraries. 2011

Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor society 1999

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Laux, Chad, Abe Walton, Amy Van Epps, Darrel L. Sandall, and Delana Cooper. 2015. “Gateway Experiences

to Engineering Technology: Development of an Introductory Course.” Journal of STEM Teacher Education 50

(1): 91-103. http://cas.illinoisstate.edu/ojs/index.php/CeMaST/article/view/953/875

Douglas, Kerri Anna, Amy S. Van Epps, Brittany Mihalec-Adkins, Michael Fosmire, and Şenay Purzer. 2015.

“A Comparison of Beginning and Advanced Engineering Students’ Description of Information Skills.” Evidence

Based Library and Information Practice 10 (2): 127-143.

http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/24128

Zilinski, Lisa, Megan Sapp Nelson, and Amy S. Van Epps. 2014. “Developing Professional Skills in STEM

Students: Data Information Literacy.” Issues in Science and Technology Libraries 77 (Summer).

doi:10.5062/F42V2D2Z

Van Epps, Amy S., and Megan Sapp Nelson. 2013. “One-shot or Embedded? Assessing Different Delivery

Timing for Information Resources Relevant to Assignments.” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8

(1): 4-18. http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/18027

Selected by ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) as a Top 20 for 2013 Information Literacy article.

Manuscripts under Review

Douglas, Kerrie A., Todd Fernandez, Michael Fosmire, Senay Purzer and Amy S. Van Epps. “The Critical-

Thinking Engineering Information Literacy Test (CELT): A Validation Study for Fair Use Among Diverse

Students.” Submitted to Journal of Engineering Education.

Douglas, Kerrie A., Todd Fernandez, Senay Purzer, Michael Fosmire, and Amy S. Van Epps. “Development and

Validation Study of an Assessment Survey of Students’ Self-Directed Information Literacy.” Submitted to

Journal of Engineering Education.

Other Journal Articles

Van Epps, Amy S., Davin Huston, John Sherrill, Ann Alvar, and Anna Bowen. 2015. “How 3D Printers Support

Teaching in Engineering, Technology, and Beyond.” Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and

Technology 42 (1). https://www.asist.org/files/bulletin/oct-15/VanEpps_EtAl.pdf

Van Epps, Amy S. 2012. “Librarians and Statistics: Thoughts on a Tentative Relationship.” Practical Academic

Librarianship 2 (1): i-xiii. http://journals.tdl.org/pal/article/view/5890

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters

Van Epps, Amy S., and Monica Cardella. 2014. “Chapter 8: Scout the Lay of the Land: Understanding the

Broader Context of a Design Project.” In Integrating Information into Engineering Design, edited by David

Radcliffe and Michael Fosmire. 101-113. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.

Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Van Epps, Amy S., Iryna Ashby, Colin M. Gray, and Marisa Exter. 2016. “Supporting Student Attainment and

Management of Competencies in a Transdisciplinary Degree Program.” In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual

Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. ASEE. doi: 10.18260/p.25977

Douglas, Kerrie A., Todd Fernandez, Senay Purzer, Michael Fosmire, and Amy S. Van Epps. 2015. “A Self-

Assessment Instrument to Assess Engineering Students’ Self-Directedness in Information Literacy.” In Frontiers

in Education Conference (FIE). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344250

Evans, Jeffrey J., Sorin Matei, Amy S. Van Epps, Esteban Garcia, Michael Fosmire, and Michael Smith. 2015.

“An Assessment Architecture for Competency-Based Learning: Version 1.0.” In Frontiers in Education

Conference (FIE). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344340

Fosmire, Michael J., Amy S. Van Epps, Marisa Exter, & Fatma Mili. 2015. “New challenges and new

opportunities: Competency-Based education and the libraries.” In IATUL Proceedings. Purdue University Press.

Evans, Jeffrey J., Amy S. Van Epps, Michael T. Smith, Sorin Matei, and Esteban Garcia. 2015. “A

Transdisciplinary Approach for Developing Effective Communication Skills in a First-year STEM Seminar.” In

Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA. ASEE. doi: 10.18260/p.23468

Fosmire, Michael J., Amy S. Van Epps, and Nastasha Johnson. 2015. “Badging your way to Information

Literacy.” In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA. ASEE. doi:

10.18260/p.23614

Textbooks

Cardella, Monica, Chell Nyquist, Matthew Ohland and Amy S. Van Epps, eds. 2010. Ideas to Innovation

(custom text book) with contributions from Monica E. Cardella, Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, David Dux, Stephen R.

Hoffann, and Alice Pawley. New York, NY: Learning Solutions, Pearson.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

“Information use in design: what should we be teaching?” 2017. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in

Libraries (QQML) International Conference, Limerick, Ireland.

“Librarian Transformation: Teaching Disciplinary Courses.” [Invited]. Part of the Series: Evolving Library

Instruction: Negotiating Change in Uncertain Times. The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in

Illinois (CARLI) Instruction Committee Webinar. March 9, 2017.

“Measuring student's ability to find and use high quality information: Developing standardized assessments.”

2013. IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), Vancouver, BC.

“Measuring science and technology information literacy competencies: Creation of the CELT assessment.” 2013.

ALA Annual Conference, STS Poster Session, Chicago, IL.

“Beyond JEE: Finding publication venues to get your message to the ‘right’ audience”. 2013. Poster Presentation.

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA.

Selected as ASEE Engineering Libraries Division Best Poster.

“Educating for evidence based decision in engineering: The view as librarian and instructor.” 2013. ASEE

Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA.

“Libraries’ role in open data.” 2013. Panel presentation. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA.

“One or Many? Assessing different delivery timing for information resources relevant to assignments during the

semester. A work-in-progress.” 2012. With Megan Sapp Nelson. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San

Antonio, TX.

“Developing a Workshop on Ethical Writing Practices.” 2011. ELD Lightning Talk. ASEE Annual Conference,

Vancouver, BC.

“Departmental Office Hours: Becoming part of the culture.” 2010. Poster. Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI)

Annual Meeting, Indiana Wesleyan University, Indianapolis.

GRANTS

Co-PI, Mellon Foundation - $60,000 2014-2016

Local and Global Perspectives on E-Waste: Integrating the Humanities, Social Sciences and Engineering

to Examine the Life Cycle of Electronics. One of six awards as part of Catalyzing the Involvement of

Humanists and Social Scientists in Grand Challenge Initiatives. Kory Cooper, Anthropology, lead

investigator. Rayvon Fouché, Carol Handwerker, Nicole Kong, Shannon McMullen, Amy Van Epps,

Laura Zanotti and Fu Zhao, Co-principle investigators. $60,000.

Co-PI, NSF TUES - $200,000 2013-2016

NSF TUES. Information Literacy Skill Development and Assessment in Engineering (ILSDAE). Senay

Purzer, principle investigator. Michael Fosmire and Amy Van Epps, co-principle investigators. $200,000.

Co-PI, Purdue University Provost’s Office - $4,000 2012

Purdue University. Learning Outcomes Assessment Grants. Assessing Student Critical Thinking and

Information Literacy Skills. Michael Fosmire, principle investigator. Stephanie Gardner, Brian Dillman,

Bob Jacko, Karen Chang, Senay Purzer, and Amy Van Epps, co-investigators.

Co-PI, Purdue University ITaP Teaching and Learning with Technology - $14,500 2006

Purdue University. ITaP TLT Development Grant. Development of an Online Tutorial and Expert System

for Finding Technical Information. Megan Nelson, lead investigator. Michael Fosmire, Amy Van Eps,

and Bruce Harding, co-investigators.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Society for Engineering Education. February 1995 – present

Information Systems Division

Student Division

Educational Research and Methods (ERM)

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Nominating Committee Chair. 2009 –2010

Chair. 2008 –2009

Program Chair / Chair Elect. 2007 –2008

Secretary / Treasurer. 2006 –2007

Electronic Voting Administrator. 2003 – present

Development Liaison. 2004 – 2006; 2010 – present

Conference Planning Committee. 2003 – 2005; 2006 –2007

Membership Committee, chair. 2002 – 2006

Bylaws Revision Committee, chair. 2008 –2015

ALOHA travel award selection committee member. 2007 –2007

24x7 Engineering Reference Task Force. 2002 –2004

Awards Committee, chair. 2017 – present

American Library Association. 2003 – 2004; 2007 – present

Association for College and Research Libraries. 2003–2004; 2007–present

2013 ACRL Conference Poster Committee. 2011 – 2013

Instruction Section. 2007 – present

Communications Committee member. 2008 – 2012

IS Committee Lists Administrator. 2008 – 2012

Science and Technology Section. 2007 – present

Liaisons Committee member. 2013 – present

Nominations Committee member. 2015 – 2016

Research Committee member. Co-Chair. 2017 – present

REVIEWING

Journals

International Information & Library Review.

International Journal of Engineering Education.

Journal of Engineering Education.

Practical Academic Librarianship.

Conferences

Engineering Libraries Division, ASEE.

Educational Research and Methods, ASEE.

Frontiers in Education, IEEE/ASEE.

Liberal Education Division, ASEE.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

University

Information Technology Operations Oversight Committee 2014 – 2017

Faculty Grievance Committee 2011 – 2015; 2016 – 2107

Human Research Protection Program (IRB), Faculty Advisory Committee 2011 – 2016

IMPACT – Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation 2014 – present

Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Selection Committee 2007; 2016

Polytechnic Institute (College of Technology)

Transformation Team – Global Education for all Polytech Students 2016–2017

Mentoring Committee 2016

LIBRARIES COMMITTEES

Libraries Management

Planning and Operations Council 2006–2009; 2010; 2017

Learning Council 2017

Information Technology Council 2006–2009

Information Literacy Council 2009–2011

Infrastructure Council 2007–2008

Libraries Search Committees

8 faculty searches, chaired 4

5 administrative professional searches, chaired 2

Libraries Faculty Committees

Primary Promotion and Tenure Committee 2006–present

Primary Committee, Appointment Renewal Subcommittee 2006–2010, chair 2006–2007

Faculty Affairs Committee 2005–2008; 2012–2015, chair 2007–2008

Curriculum Committee 2001–2004; 2015–present, chair 2001–2003

Nominations Committee 2012–2014; 2016–present, chair 2013; 2017

Seminar Committee 2001–2003

Steering Committee 2007–2009

Secretary of the Faculty 2005–2006

Grievance Committee 2000–2011

Other Libraries Committees

Libraries Management Team 2003; 2004–2006

Strategic Planning Group 2005–2006

Website Redesign Task Force 2007

Information Literacy Steering Committee 2008–2009

Data Education Working Group 2011-2014

Student Awards Selection Committee 2013

Open Access Task Force 2013

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of record

Course No. Course Name Semester Enrollment

ENGR 131 Ideas to Innovation 1 (First Year Engineering) Fall 2012 120

NUCL 597 Essential Communication Skills for Nuclear Engineers Fall 2010 12

NUCL 580 Nuclear Engineering Literature Fall 2005 20

NUCL 580 Nuclear Engineering Literature Fall 2004 15

NUC 580 Nuclear Engineering Literature Fall 2003 10

GS 175 Information Strategies Fall 2002 15

Co-Instructor of record

Course No. Course Name Semester Enrollment

PTEC 207/407 ePortfolio Spring 2017 8

PTEC 308 Studio: Cyborgs and human technology interaction

(Lead instructor)

Fall 2016 7

TECH 299 Design Lab Spring 2016 7

GS 175 D Information Strategies (online section) Spring 2001 ~20

NUC 580 Nuclear Information Literature Spring 2001 ~15

NUC 580 Nuclear Information Literature Spring 2003 ~10

GS175 Information Strategies Fall 2000 ~20

Other

Guest instruction in graduate and undergraduate disciplinary coursework, ongoing. Integrating information

literacy skills and abilities with outreach about key libraries services and people.

One-on-one library research consultations with students, ongoing

EndNote and Mendeley instructor and one-on-one trainer, ongoing