There are about 630 ENGR101 students this year, and the assignment will be about “life cycle analysis of a vehicle” (“a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product’s life from-cradle-to-grave”). They can choose the vehicle but most will probably choose cars. They’ll be using Multisearch (so expect questions about accessing e-resources and other stuff) and will need to cite in APA style. Their assignment will be handed out on Monday 20th February and will be due on Monday 5th March.

I’ll give a 15-minute tutorial in their class on Thursday 23rd; this is woefully inadequate but was the best I can get. Other forms of support I’ll provide are:

• ENGR101 subject guide – will include a Topic > Life Cycle Analysis link in due course;
• being available by AskLive and in the Learn forums;
• drop-in sessions in EPS Library from the 24th, which will be bookable from the library homepage;
• roping in some friendly Education librarians to provide backup at EPS on the 1st and 2nd, and I may provide backup on Sunday 4th.

If you get questions at the information desk (particularly likely at both EPS Library and Central Library, also possible at others) then:

• in the first instance make sure they’ve checked the subject guide
• if they have and need more help, treat it like any other reference inquiry (ie don’t get scared by the topic – they’re straight from high school so don’t need anything fancy)
• if it gets too long or you’re getting too many then show them where to book into a drop-in session
• if they don’t look excited by that, don’t force them to book in (I don’t want no-shows) but point them to the forum in their Learn page instead

Any other questions, let me know. My phone number is probably subject to change, so try AskLive or email or comment here.

Deborah