The collection is maintained by Grainger Engineering Library.
The Engineering collection supports the instructional and research programs of the College of Engineering. The Engineering Library serves the departments of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, General Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the allied Coordinated Science Laboratory, Materials Research Laboratory, Bioengineering Program, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Center for Supercomputing Research and Development, National Center for Composite Materials Research, and numerous other engineering laboratories. The Engineering Library is part of the nationally recognized UIUC physical sciences and applied sciences collection and is comprised of 300,000 volumes.
Version Date: Before 2005
Statements
I. Collection Description
Purpose:
To support the undergraduate through Ph.D. instructional and research programs of the College of Engineering. The Engineering Library serves the departments of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, General Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the allied Coordinated Science Laboratory, Materials Research Laboratory, Bioengineering Program, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Center for Supercomputing Research and Development, National Center for Composite Materials Research, and numerous other engineering laboratories.
History of Collection:
The Engineering Library was established in 1916 with an initial collection of 2,000 books and 50 periodical titles and was housed, along with a small reading room, on the first floor of Engineering Hall. In 1931, a lecture room on the second floor of Engineering Hall was converted into an area for bookstacks and study carrels and an inside stairway was built to connect the two floors. By 1954, the Library had grown to 75,000 volumes (including several thousand stored in the Bookstacks) and 700 periodical titles. The Engineering Library expanded again in 1969 when classrooms on the third floor of Engineering Hall were converted into a reading room and a stairway was built to connect with the second floor. The main entrance of the Library was shifted to the second floor along with circulation, reference, and reserve book services. Additional space for engineering materials was made available in the Altgeld Hall library stacks in the 1970’s.
Estimate of Holdings:
300,000 volumes.
State, Regional and National Importance:
The Engineering Library is part of the nationally recognized UIUC physical sciences and applied sciences collection.
Unit Responsible for Collecting:
Engineering Library.
Location of Materials:
100,000 volumes are located in the Engineering Library, 130,000 in the Bookstacks, and 70,000 volumes are located in the Engineering and Physical Sciences storage area in Altgeld Hall.
Citations of Works Describing the Collection:
Downs, p. 63-64, 248, 425.
Major, p. 9, 26, 38, 44, 49, 52.
II. General Collection Guidelines
Languages:
Predominantly English, with Russian, Japanese, French, Spanish, and German of secondary importance. English translations are preferred to original foreign language works.
Chronological Guidelines:
Emphasis is on current developments. There is minimal interest in the history of engineering and technology.
Geographical Guidelines:
No restrictions.
Treatment of Subject:
Standard statement. Engineering is a field with both theoretical and applied aspects and is highly interdisciplinary, particularly in the physical sciences. The primary focus is on research literature appearing in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and monographs summarizing research on or emphasizing applied mathematical techniques and computer methods. Because of the nature of the field, there are numerous collecting overlaps with other libraries.
Types of Materials:
Standard statement. Technical reports and standards/specifications are acquired, as are important trade publications in areas of university and private sector cooperation.
Date of Publication:
Standard statement. Minimal retrospective purchasing.
Place of Publication:
No restrictions. The United States is the most important area; second are Great Britain, Japan and the USSR; and of tertiary importance are Germany, France, Spain, and Latin America.
III. Collection Responsibility by Subject Subdivisions with Qualifications, Levels of Collecting Intensity, and Assignments
Below is a table that lists specific subject subdivisions within the collection. Each row in the table lists a specific subject subdivision, followed by three columns noting: Collection Strength, Primary Assignments and Secondary Assignments. The Existing Collecting Strength column notes how well the existing collection covers that topic on a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being very strong. The Primary Assignments column lists departmental libraries that have the greatest collection intensity of subject materials, respectively. In the case of 2 or more libraries listed, the collection intensity is comparable. The Secondary Assignments column list departmental libraries where additional materials may be found.
| Engineering Collection | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBJECT SUBDIVISIONS | EXISTING STRENGTH | PRIMARY ASSIGNMENTS | SECONDARY ASSIGNMENTS |
| Acoustics, applied | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Aeronautical engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Aeronomy | 2 | Engineering/Map | Geology / Chemistry |
| Agricultural engineering | 3 | Agriculture | Engineering |
| Artificial intelligence | 2 | Engineering | Mathematics / Education / Law |
| Astronautics | 3 | Engineering | Mathematics |
| Atmospheric physics | 3 | Engineering/Map | Physics / Chemistry |
| Audio engineering | 3 | Engineering | Communications |
| Automotive engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Bioacoustics | 3 | Engineering | Physics / Biology |
| Bioengineering | 3 | Engineering | Biology |
| Broadcast engineering | 3 | Engineering | Communications |
| CAD/CAM (computer-aided design / computer-aided manufacturing | 3 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Ceramic engineering | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Circuit theory | 3 | Engineering | |
| Civil engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Coal research | 3 | Chemistry | Engineering |
| Combustion | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Communication systems (networks, theory, satellites, transmission systems, signal theory and processing) | 3 | Engineering | Communications |
| Composite materials | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Computer engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Computer science | 2 | Engineering | Library Science / Commerce |
| Concrete and cement | 4 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Construction engineering | 3 | Engineering | Architecture |
| Control and instrumentation systems | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Corrosion | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Cryogenics | 3 | Physics | Engineering |
| Crystallography | 3 | Physics | Engineering |
| Cybernetics, see Systems engineering Data processing |
3 | Commerce | Engineering |
| Earthquake engineering | 3 | Engineering | Geology |
| Electrical engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Electrochemistry | 3 | Chemistry | Engineering |
| Electrohydrodynamics | 3 | Physics | Engineering |
| Electromagnetics | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Electronics | 3 | Engineering | |
| Energy systems | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry City Planning / Commerce |
| Engineering design | 3 | Engineering | |
| Engineering economics | 3 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Engineering education | 2 | Engineering | Education |
| Engineering geology | 3 | Engineering | Geology |
| Environmental engineering | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry / City Planning |
| Ergonomics | 2 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Fire science | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Flow systems | 3 | Engineering | Physics / Chemistry |
| Fluid mechanics | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Foundation engineering | 3 | Engineering | Geology / Architecture |
| Fuel science | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Gaseous electronics | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Geophysics | 3 | Engineering | Geology / Map |
| Geotechnical engineering | 3 | Engineering | Geology |
| Glass science | 3 | Chemistry | Engineering |
| Heat transfer | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| History of engineering | 2 | Engineering | History Of Science |
| Human factors engineering | 2 | Engineering | Commerce / Education |
| Hydrology | 3 | Engineering | Geology |
| Illumination engineering | 2 | Engineering | Architecture |
| Image processing | 2 | Engineering | Education / Map / Physics |
| Industrial engineering | 3 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Information theory | 3 | Library Science | Engineering / Mathematics |
| Lasers | 3 | Physics | Engineering / Chemistry |
| Lubrication engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Magnetohydrodynamics | 3 | Physics | Engineering |
| Manufacturing engineering | 3 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Marine engineering | 2 | Engineering | Biology |
| Mass transfer | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Materials science | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry / Physics |
| Mathematics, applied | 3 | Engineering | Physics / Mathematics |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Mechanics (theoretical and applied) | 3 | Engineering | Physics / Mathematics |
| Metallurgical engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Microcomputers | 2 | Engineering | Commerce / Library Science |
| Microscopy, electron | 3 | Biology | Engineering / Physics |
| Mining engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Nuclear fission and fusion | 3 | Physics | Engineering |
| Ocean engineering | 3 | Engineering | Biology |
| Operations research | 3 | Engineering | Commerce / Mathematics |
| Optics, applied | 3 | Physics | Engineering / Chemistry |
| Pattern recognition | 3 | Engineering | Map / Education |
| Petroleum engineering | 2 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Photogrammetry | 3 | Engineering | Map |
| Photo-optical engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Physics of solids | 3 | Physics | Engineering |
| Plastics engineering | 2 | Chemistry | Engineering |
| Polymer engineering | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Power engineering | 3 | Engineering | |
| Production engineering | 2 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Quantum electronics | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Railway engineering | 3 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Robotics | 2 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Rock mechanics | 3 | Engineering | Geology |
| Safety engineering | 3 | Engineering | Law |
| Sanitary engineering | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Semiconductors | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Signal processing | 3 | Engineering | Map / Education |
| Software engineering | 2 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Soil mechanics | 3 | Engineering | Architecture / Geology |
| Solar energy | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Solid state devices | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Spectroscopy | 3 | Chemistry | Engineering / Physics |
| Standards / specification | 2 | Engineering | |
| Structural dynamics and mechanics | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry / Architecture |
| Surface science | 3 | Physics | Engineering / Chemistry |
| Systems engineering | 2 | Engineering | Commerce |
| Thermal systems | 3 | Chemistry | Engineering / Physics |
| Thin film physics | 3 | Engineering | Physics |
| Transportation engineering | 3 | Engineering | Architecture / City Planning / Commerce |
| Tribology | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry |
| Water resources | 3 | Engineering | Chemistry / Geology |
| Welding | 3 | Engineering | |
Version Date: July 2006