?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+successful+collaborative+partnership+among+the+faculty+and+librarians+at+Drexel+University+with+the+IEEE&rft.creator=Bhatt%2C+Jay&rft.creator=Wheeler%2C+Andrew&rft.creator=Wolfish%2C+Ruth&rft.subject=DD.+Academic+libraries.&rft.subject=FA.+Co-operation.&rft.subject=CD.+User+training%2C+promotion%2C+activities%2C+education.&rft.description=This+paper+details+a+successful+collaborative+partnership+among+the+faculty+and+librarians+at+Drexel+University+with+the+IEEE.+The+primary+groups+involved+in+the+partnership+were+the+IEEE+liaisons+and+leaders%2C+the+Electrical+and+Computer+Engineering+(ECE)+Department+of+the+Drexel+University+College+of+Engineering%2C+the+Drexel+University+Libraries%2C+the+Drexel+Student+Branch+of+IEEE%2C+and+IEEE+personnel.+This+innovative+collaborative+relationship+was+based+on+the+IEEE+University+Partnership+Program+(UPP).+From+2000+to+2004%2C+unique+activities+and+events+were+held+to+attract+new+students+to+the+IEEE+and+encourage+students+to+use+IEEE+Xplore%2C+a+premier+electronic+resource+providing+full-text+access+to+IEEE+transactions%2C+journals%2C+magazines+and+conference+proceedings.+Additional+benefits+of+these+events+and+activities+included%3A+improved+information+awareness+and+information+literacy+among+the+event+participants%2C+improved+teamwork+and+communication+skills+in+the+members+of+the+Drexel+IEEE+Student+Branch+who+had+to+plan%2C+promote%2C+coordinate%2C+and+moderate+events+for+students+from+Drexel+and+surrounding+institutions%2C+and+partial+rebates+to+the+library+for+their+subscription+to+the+IEEE+information+product+(contingent+on+predetermined+IEEE+Student+Branch+membership+goals).&rft.publisher=American+Society+for+Engineering+Education&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F4421%2F1%2F2005-740_Final.pdf&rft.identifier=Bhatt%2C+Jay+and+Wheeler%2C+Andrew+and+Wolfish%2C+Ruth+A+successful+collaborative+partnership+among+the+faculty+and+librarians+at+Drexel+University+with+the+IEEE.+%2C+2005+.+In+American+Society+for+Engineering+Education+Annual+Conference+%26+Exposition+(2005+%3A+Portland)%2C+Portland%2C+Oregon+(US)%2C+12-15+June+2005.+(Unpublished)+[cited+var+currentTime+%3D+new+Date()%3Bvar+month+%3D+currentTime.getMonth()+%2B+1%3Bvar+day+%3D+currentTime.getDate()%3Bvar+year+%3D+currentTime.getFullYear()%3Bdocument.write(month+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+day+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+year)].+[Conference+Paper]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F4421%2F