Collection Policy: Engineering
1. Introduction
The Lakehead University Library supports the instructional and research needs of
students and faculty working within the Faculty of Engineering.
From 1949 to 1970 first year courses in applied science were offered at the Lakehead
Technical Institute/Lakehead University that could be applied for entry into engineering
degree programs at other institutions. The two year engineering technology diploma
course was introduced in 1965 and a third year was introduced in 1968 for further study
of chemical metallurgical technology, civil technology and electronics. Degree programs
started in 1972 for qualifications in mechanical, civil, electronic, and chemical
engineering. In the 1990’s the faculty extended its outreach to prospective students by
introducing the Native Access Program as well as a post diploma program for
community college graduates. The first master’s degree program was introduced in
control engineering in 1996 and a diploma program in software engineering was started
in 1999 and extended to a full 4 year degree option in 2001. The interdisciplinary Master
of Science in Environmental Engineering was first offered in 2008 and the faculty
started graduate level courses in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical
engineering in 2009 and 2013, respectively. A PhD in Electrical and Computer
engineering was proposed in 2010.
The Faculty of Engineering currently offers the following academic programs:
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Diploma in Engineering Technology (in civil, electrical, chemical, mechanical or
software engineering)
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Bachelor of Engineering Degree (in civil, electrical, chemical, mechanical or
software engineering)
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Master of Science in Control Engineering
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Master of Science in Environmental Engineering
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Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
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Common year of applied sciences (for entrance to the Bachelor of Engineering
degree program)
The Chancellor Paterson Library is the main location for the print collection. Print
monograph and print journal collections are enhanced by a substantial and growing
collection of electronic resources. Users also have access to the print and electronic
collections at the Health Sciences Library of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
The library’s monograph collection is enhanced by a government document collection as
it has been a depository for federal government publications since 1967 and for Ontario
government publications since 1972. Government resources have traditionally been
made available in print but are now disseminated exclusively in electronic format.
Access to these publications is available through the library’s online catalogue.
Resources from departments such as the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency,
the Canadian Transportation Agency, as well as the Ontario Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment would be of interest.
2. History of the Collection
Supporting diploma and introductory applied science curriculum from 1949 followed by
areas of focus in civil, electronic, mechanical and pulp and paper manufacturing since
1970, the collection has a solid foundation and retrospective collection in civil and
electronic engineering. The library’s collection has grown with the implementation of
new programs and in response to scientific developments. In recent years the program
has benefitted from consortial purchasing, the acquisition of substantial number of
electronic books through Springer, as well as the inclusion of new engineering indexes
in the Ebsco discovery layer. Based on analysis of the collection and in light of recent
program developments, areas for anticipated collection growth are outlined in this
report; See charts 1, 2 and the section on strengths and weaknesses.
3. Languages
Acquisitions are primarily in the English language.
4. Chronological Guidelines
Emphasis is on the acquisition of current material.
5. Geographical Guidelines
There are no geographical restrictions.
6. Types of Material
The library actively collects monographs, journals, government documents, conference
proceedings and reference materials. Materials in the collection also include
dissertations, theses, and annual reports.
The predominant format for monographs is print although the library is progressively
building the electronic book collection. The predominant format for journals and
government documents is electronic.
7. Subject Areas/Levels
Print and electronic monograph support for engineering programs is shown in the
following charts organized by Library of Congress classification. Collection areas in the
tables below are ranked by a collection level; basic, initial study, advanced study or
research. Basic represents an introductory collection. Initial defines a collection that
adequately supports undergraduate curriculum. Advanced study adequately supports
work at the graduate level and a research level collection would support work at the
doctoral or faculty level. Areas with a target level that exceeds the current level are areas
to consider for improvement. More specific topics for development are identified in the
strengths and weaknesses section.
Chart 1 outlines collection support in the Library of Congress classification T to TS
which cover four of the main undergraduate instructional areas;
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Civil engineering is supported by class TA as well as classes, TE,TG, and TH.
Mechanical engineering and machinery is supported by class TJ, as well as TH
and TS.
Electrical engineering is supported by class TK.
Chemical engineering is supported by class TP and QD (chart 2)
Chart 1 also reflects graduate level support for control engineering, mechanical
engineering and environmental engineering programs.
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Control engineering is largely supported by class TJ and TK. Coverage on
chemical processes (TP155) and manufacturing processes (TS155.8) is also
relevant.
Electrical engineering is supported by class TK.
Mechanical engineering is supported by class TJ, TH and TS.
Environmental engineering is supported by class TD as well as soil mechanics
(TA), and classes GE and S (shown on chart 2).
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
LC Class
1
Industrial engineering
T 55.4-60.8
2
Total: general technology
T 1-995
Current
Level
Target
Level
Advanced
Advanced
Initial
Initial
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
3
Engineering mathematics and
analysis
TA 329-348
Initial
Initial
4
Engineering mechanics (statics,
dynamics, acoustics)
TA 349-359
Initial
Advanced
5
Applied fluid mechanics
TA 357-359
Initial
Advanced
6
Materials science. Strength testing,
elasticity, etc.
TA 401-492
Advanced
Advanced
7
Composite materials
TA 418.9
Initial
Advanced
8
Surveying
TA 501-625
Basic
Basic
9
Structural engineering and
structural design
TA 630-695
Advanced
Advanced
10
Engineering geology. Soil mechanics
TA 703-712
Initial
Advanced
11
Foundations. Tunneling.
TA 715-820
Initial
Initial
12
Applied optics
TA 1501-1820
Advanced
Advanced
13
Total: civil engineering
TA 1-2040
Advanced
Advanced
14
Hydraulic engineering
TC 1-1800
Initial
Initial
15
Environmental technology: pollution TD 172-196
Advanced
Advanced
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
16
Soil, air and noise pollution
TD 878-894
Initial
Advanced
17
Hazardous substances and their
disposal
TD 1020-1066
Initial
Advanced
18
Total: environmental/sanitary
engineering
TD 1-1066
Initial
Advanced
19
Highway engineering, roads
and pavement
TE 1 450
Advanced
Advanced
20 Railway engineering
TF 1-1620
Basic
Basic
21
TG 1-470
Basic
Basic
TH 1-9745
Initial
Initial
Bridge engineering
22 Building construction
23
Power resources and energy
conservation
TJ 163.13-165
Initial
Initial
24
Mechanics applied to machinery:
dynamics, kinematics.
TJ170-209
Basic
Initial
25
Robotics (general) and industrial
robotics
TJ 210.2-211.5
TS 191.8
Initial
Advanced
26
Control systems
TJ 212-225
Initial
Advanced
27
Combustion engineering. Heat
exchange. Thermodynamics.
TJ 254-267
Initial
Advanced
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
28 Solar energy. Wind power
29
Turbines and steam
engineering/steam engines
30 Other motors and engines
Current
Level
Target
Level
TJ 807-828
Initial
Advanced
TJ 266-737
Basic
Initial
TJ 751-789
Basic
Initial
LC Class
31
Hydraulics: machinery, pumps and
pipelines
TJ 836-934
Basic
Initial
32
Machinery: axles, bearings brakes,
belts, etc.
TJ 1040-1119
Basic
Basic
33
Machine engineering and machine
tools
TJ 1135-1345
Basic
Initial
34
Total: mechanical engineering
and machinery
TJ 1-1570
Initial
Advanced
35
Electrical engineering
TK1-500
Initial
Advanced
36
Circuits
TK 454
TK 3226
TK 7867-68
Initial
Initial
37
Production of electric power
TK 1001-1841
Initial
Initial
TK 2000-2891
Basic
Basic
TK 2896-2986
Basic
Basic
38 Dynamoelectric machinery
39
Production of electricity by direct
energy conversion – batteries,
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
Initial
Initial
Advanced
Advanced
applied thermoelectricity
Transmission of electric power –
40 wiring, conductors, insulating
material, fuses, connectors.
TK 3001-3521
41
Electronics, special circuits,
apparatus, materials, transistors.
TK 78007881.W44
42
Semiconductors
TK 7871.85-.99
Initial
Advanced
43
Microelectronics. Integrated circuits
TK 7874-7875
Initial
Advanced
44
Microprocessors
Microprocessors in control
engineering
TK 7895M5
TJ 223.M53
Basic
Initial
45
Coding theory and cryptography
TK 5102.9-.98
Basic
Initial
46
Data transmission systems
TK 51055105.45
Initial
Initial
47
Computer networks – LANS and
WANS
TK 5105.5-.875
Advanced
Research
48
Internet browsers, search engines,
web servers, etc.
TK 5105.8785105.9
Advanced
Research
Network security
TK 5105.59
TK 5105.78
TK 5105.8865
Initial
Advanced
49
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
Initial
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
50
Computer engineering hardware
(input output devices etc.)
TK 7885-7895
51
Total: electrical engineering
and electronics
TK 1-9971
52
Motor vehicles. aeronautics
and astronautics
TL
Initial
Advanced
TN 860-879
Basic
Initial
53 Petroleum engineering
54
Chemical plants and chemical
process control
TP 155.5-.75
Initial
Initial
55
Chemical processes; adsorption,
diffusion, drying etc.
TP156.a-z
Initial
Initial
56
Chemicals; manufacture, use,
biochemical engineering
TP 200-248
Initial
Initial
57
Biotechnology
TP 248.13-.65
Initial
Advanced
58
Fuel
TP 315-360
Initial
Initial
59
Gas industry
TP 751-762
Basic
Basic
TP785-873
Basic
Basic
TP 950-993
Basic
Initial
60 Clay industries, ceramics stoneware
61
Misc. organic chemical industries:
oils, fertilizers, gums etc.
Chart 1. Engineering support by Library of Congress class T-TS
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
62
Chemical waste, utilization of
TP 994-997
Basic
Initial
63
Polymers and polymer manufacture
TP 10801185.T5
Basic
Initial
Initial
Initial
Basic
Initial
Initial
Advance
64 Total chemical technology
TP 1-1185
65
TS 155.8
Control of production systems
Total:
66 manufacturing/industrial
engineering
TS 1-2301
Chart 2 identifies support for the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in software
engineering as well as the graduate programs in environmental engineering and
electrical and computer engineering.
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Computer engineering is supported by a subset of the mathematics class (QA) as
shown on chart 2 and the electronics class TK (shown above).
Additional support for environmental engineering is shown in class ranges GE,
and S
Supporting ranges from mathematics, (QA) physics (QC) and chemistry (QD)
have been included in chart 2 as they pertain to undergraduate and graduate
programs; This includes topics such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics,
semiconductors, and polymers etc.
Chart 2: Computer and environmental science support by Library of
Congress class and supplementary resources in physics and chemistry
Current
Level
Target
Level
Advanced
Advanced
Initial
Advanced
QA 76.6-.73z2
Advanced
Advanced
Computer software
QA 76.75-.765
Advanced
Advanced
5
Operating systems. Windows XP,
Linux, Unix
QA76.76O63
Initial
Advanced
6
Software engineering
QA 76.758
Initial
Advanced
7
Computer software development
QA76.76D47
Initial
Advanced
8
Access control – computer security
QA 76.9A25
Advanced
Advanced
9
Computer architecture
QA 76.9 A73
Basic
Advanced
QA 76.9D343
Basic
Initial
#
Subjects
1
Environmental sciences
GE 1-350
2
Soil science, soil conservation
S590-599.9
S622-627
3
Programming and programming
languages
4
10 Data mining
LC Class
11
Database management and design.
Data structure.
QA 76.9D26D32
Initial
Advanced
12
System design
QA 76.9 S88
Basic
Initial
Chart 2: Computer and environmental science support by Library of
Congress class and supplementary resources in physics and chemistry
#
13
Subjects
Total: computer science and
software
LC Class
QA 75.576.95
Current
Level
Target
Level
Advanced
Advanced
14 Supplementary resources
15
Soil science, soil conservation
S590-599.9
S622-627
Initial
Advanced
16
Analytical chemistry
QD 71-142
Initial
Advanced
Polymers and polymer chemistry
QD 196196.999
QD 380-388
Initial
Initial
Inorganic chemistry: metals , non18 metals, special elements, salts,
inorganic polymers etc.
QD 146-197
Initial
Advanced
19
QD 241-411
Advanced
Advanced
Physical and theoretical chemistry:
20 elements, compounds, physical
properties and laws, reactions.
QD 450-801
Advanced
Research
21 Total: chemistry materials
QD 1-999
Advanced
Advanced
22 Control theory
QA 402.3
Initial
Initial
23 Analytic mechanics, statics,
kinematics and dynamics and fluid
QA801-871QA901-930
Initial
Initial
17
Organic chemistry
Chart 2: Computer and environmental science support by Library of
Congress class and supplementary resources in physics and chemistry
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
QC 310-338.5
Initial
Initial
QC133-168.86
Initial
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Initial
Advance
mechanics
24 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
25
Dynamics, kinematics, fluid
mechanics, pneumatics
26 Electricity (physics)
QC 501-721
27 Semiconductors (physics)
QC 610.9611.W53
8. Interdisciplinary Activities
Interdisciplinary courses include the MSc in Environmental Engineering and the MSc in
Control Engineering. The MSc in Environmental Engineering provides a common
curriculum to graduates from engineering and related natural sciences with support
from faculty members from the disciplines of chemical, civil and mechanical
engineering, biology, chemistry, natural resources management and geology. The MSc
in Control Engineering is offered jointly to graduates from chemical, electrical and
mechanical engineering.
9. Strengths/Weaknesses
The monograph collection is strongest in electrical engineering and electronics and civil
engineering. Resources in computer science are also strong through the monograph
collection and an extensive collection of electronic conference proceedings. Chemical
engineering is well supported by materials in both chemical technology (TP) and the
broader coverage of chemistry in class QD. Mechanical engineering and related
disciplines of manufacturing and industrial engineering are the weakest areas of the
collection and could use additional monograph support.
Analysis of the monograph collection in consideration of the undergraduate curriculum
has identified the following areas for improvement. Support for mechanical engineering
could be improved through the acquisition of materials in machine design and
mechatronics. Additional resources could be acquired on data mining, packet switching,
computer/software testing and debugging for the undergraduate program in software
engineering. Electrical engineering collections could improve topical coverage of
transistors, radio frequency integrated circuits, and fuel cells and chemical engineering
could benefit from the acquisition of more recent materials in polymers/polymer
manufacturing and resources on the topics of chemical plant design and reactor design.
A few titles in gas and fuel technology would also be recommended as the collection is
largely focused on biomass materials as fuel.
Analysis of the monograph collection in consideration of the graduate curriculum has
identified the following areas for improvement. Control engineering resources could be
improved with selective acquisition in the following areas; actuators and control boards
for electrical engineering, delay lines, feed-forward control systems, robust control,
hydraulic control, intelligent control systems and PID controllers. Environmental
engineering curriculum could benefit from updating the materials on soil science, soil
pollution and air pollution as well as acquiring additional materials on hazardous
substance disposal. The electrical and computer engineering program could use
additional materials on photovoltaics, evaluation of computer performance, Internet
and network engineering as well as application specific integrated circuits. Mechanical
engineering could use additional sources in elasticity, emission systems for combustion
engines, the application of signal processing in control as well as the use of geothermal,
solar, and wind technologies for heating and electrical power.
Journal collections
Journal support of engineering programs is very strong largely due to the impact of
electronic journal subscriptions. The library holds an extensive collection of electronic
journals in support of mechanical engineering-manufacturing and control systems, as
well as software and electrical engineering. Electronic journal coverage is solid in
chemical technology and civil engineering. Within the collection there is substantial
topical coverage of biotechnology, industrial processes, polymers, materials science, fuel
technology, structural engineering and environmental engineering. In some areas the
journal collection is not only substantial, but the quality of resources are very high. For
example, the library’s electronic journal holdings reflect 66 percent of the top ranked
journals listed in the SCImago Journal Rankings (SJR) for Networking, 61 percent of the
top ranked journals on software and over 90 percent of the SJR top 100 titles for
computer science. The library also maintains memberships in the American Society for
Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Civil
Engineers.
10.
Thunder Bay and Regional Resources
The Paterson Library Commons at Confederation College contains a selection of
monographs of relevance to engineering.
11.
Internet Resources
The library maintains links to engineering resources on the Internet via the electronic
subject guide which provides content on chemical, civil, electronic, mechanical and
software engineering. The subject guide helps direct researchers to library resources to
support their research including reference sources, electronic journal indexes and
citation manuals. Subject guides are also maintained for the related disciplines of
chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, geology and mathematical
sciences.
12.
Liaison
The Faculty of Engineering is responsible for selecting appropriate library resources. A
library representative from the faculty liaises with a designated Collections
Development Librarian with respect to the library budget, the acquisitions process and
cancellation projects. It is the responsibility of the Collection Development Librarian to
ensure that relevant information regarding new publications is forwarded to the faculty
library representative for consideration. The library welcomes donations of library
resources which fall within the scope of its collection.
13.
Weeding
Weeding will be done on an ongoing basis to preserve the quality, currency and strength
of the collection.
January 2014
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Library Representative
Collection Development Librarian
Faculty of Engineering
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