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Library as Tree: Growing Together with Science

Welcome to this interactive lesson by Tom Schmiedel for new students exploring the interdisciplinary nature of science and the library ecosystem. Discover how ethanol impacts our daily lives and search for valuable resources to enhance your knowledge. Let's grow together!

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Library as Tree: Growing Together with Science

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  1. Welcome Glad you are here! Word document http://www.tomschmiedel.com/Academics/Ethanol.doc PowerPoint http://www.tomschmiedel.com/Academics/Welcome.ppt Tom Schmiedel

  2. Lesson Goals • Introduction to self • Introduction to library as an institution • Science as interdisciplinary • Introduction to free electronic resources • Discover new knowledge about an important, everyday topic • Discussion related to new knowledge • Evaluation of best resources for the topic/goal Tom Schmiedel

  3. Audience • New first-year students, non-science or science majors • Enrolled on introductory composition or writing classes Tom Schmiedel

  4. The Library is a Tree • Did you notice trees today? • What did you think about them? • Conscientious thought or taken for granted? Tom Schmiedel

  5. Library as Tree • A tree is a living organism in itself as well as a major player in an ecosystem. • Think about a favorite tree or favorite activity/memory involving trees. • Think about tree structure and function. • Roots • Trunk and branches • Leaves Tom Schmiedel

  6. Library as Tree • Libraries, like trees and forests, have structure and function. • Libraries provide environment for living, for growth, interaction and realizing potential academically, mentally, emotionally. Tom Schmiedel

  7. Library as Tree • Trees support life. • Birds, mammal, reptiles, insects, microscopic organisms and other plants. • Trees are individual entities, but survive in a community environment. Tom Schmiedel

  8. Library as Tree • Each person or department in a library is a separate entity, but survives in a community. • Important to envision self and library as a member of overall community, and communicate this to library users. Tom Schmiedel

  9. Library as Tree • Think of library as a strong tree, rooted deeply, serving as a resource for a multitude of users in a manner to help them grow. • By contributing to the growth of the community, the library will grow as well. Tom Schmiedel

  10. Gasoline • Every time I fill my tank with gas I watch the pump rise up to about $40.00. • Ethanol is a component added to gasoline. There are signs on many pumps saying things like “10% ethanol added”. What is ethanol? Tom Schmiedel

  11. Ethanol • Ethanol is a chemical, so chemistry must surely play a role. • It can be generated by means of several processes, many of which involve plants, so biology plays a role. • It can be generated from waste products, so environmental science plays a role as well. • It produces energy, so physics plays a role too. Tom Schmiedel

  12. Ethanol • Who can tell me how these “science areas” are involved, anything at all about their relationship to ethanol? • And how does this science affect your life and our society? • Basically, is ethanol in gasoline a good thing? Do some searching and tell me something about the what, where, how and why of ethanol. Tom Schmiedel

  13. Ethanol Search • Quick search. Normally a search would require construction of succinct question and full search strategy. • Below are six selected resources. I used very simple search terms, ethanol as a single term and +ethanol +energy in a two word search. Use the specific articles or search for any other information related to ethanol. Tom Schmiedel

  14. Quick Search • Newspaper - New York Times • News Magazine – Time • News Media – CNN Online • Web Directory – Yahoo Science • Scholarly Articles – Eureka! and Google Scholar Tom Schmiedel

  15. New York Times Carbon Gas Is Explored as a Source of Ethanol • By LAWRENCE M. FISHER • Published: April 24, 2007 • http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/business/worldbusiness/24ethanol.html?ex=1180929600&en=94ca47f173c63801&ei=5070 • Could Ethanol be the Next Internet? • By DANIEL GROSS • Published: May 27, 2007 • http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/business/yourmoney/27view.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fE%2fEthanol • Redesigning Crops to Harvest Fuel • By ANDREW POLLACK • Published: September 8, 2006 • http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/business/08crop.html?ex=1180929600&en=054741433fa025be&ei=5070 Tom Schmiedel

  16. Time Magazine • What Now For Our Feverish Planet? • By JEFFREY KLUGER Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 • http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1604908,00.html • Brazil, the Ethanol Superpower • By ANDREW DOWNIE/SAO PAULO Wednesday, Mar. 07, 2007 • http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1596848,00.html Tom Schmiedel

  17. CNN.com • Biorefinery turns trash into electricity for troops • POSTED: 2:03 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2007 • By Michael Behar • http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/05/02/mobile.bioreactor/index.html Tom Schmiedel

  18. Yahoo Science Directory • American Coalition for Ethanol • http://www.ethanol.org/ • Ethanol Promotion and Information Center (EPIC) • http://www.drivingethanol.org/ • National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition • http://www.e85fuel.com/ Tom Schmiedel

  19. Eureka! • An old discovery could boost ethanol production from plant fiber • Contact: John Verkade • jverkade@iastate.edu, 515-294-5023, Iowa State University • http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/isu-aod110706.php • Producing bio-ethanol from agricultural waste a step closer • Contact: Frank Nuijensf.w.nuijens@tudelft.nl, 31-15-278-4259, Delft University of Technology • http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/duot-pbf060706.php Tom Schmiedel

  20. Google Scholar • Ethanol Can Contribute to Energy and Environmental Goals • Science 27 January 2006:Vol. 311. no. 5760, pp. 506 - 508DOI: 10.1126/science.1121416 • Alexander E. Farrell,1* Richard J. Plevin,1 Brian T. Turner,1,2 Andrew D. Jones,1 Michael O'Hare,2 Daniel M. Kammen1,2,3 • http://www.scienceonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5760/506 • Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts of Fuel Ethanol • M Wang - NGCA Renewable Fuels Forum, August, 2005 - ppvir.org • http://www.ppvir.org/pdf/Energy%20and%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions%20Impacts%20of%20Fuel%20Ethanol.pdf Tom Schmiedel

  21. Ethanol • 1. Things I learned about ethanol: Tom Schmiedel

  22. Resources • 2. What resources were best in learning about ethanol? Why? Tom Schmiedel

  23. Ethanol Resources • Locating appropriate information is a time consuming affair. We need to understand this to be the case and exercise patience as we learn how to search and identify most effective resources for our needs. • Was this a useful activity? Why or why not? Tom Schmiedel

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