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Osorio, Nestor L. What Every Engineer Should Know about Engineering Education. In: Engineering Education: People, Ideas and Technology, Proceedings of the 2005 Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, American Society for Engineering Education. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Section D-T1-4, p.1-13, 2005 (Available online: http://www.ceet.niu.edu/ASEE_ILIN/P155.pdf , also in CD-ROM.  

 

Osorio, Nestor L. and Hurych, Jitka. Literature of Disasters from the Human Factors Point of View: A Descriptive Analysis, Collection Building, vol. 23, No 2, p. 64-72, 2004.  

 

Osorio, Nestor L. and Osorio, Gabriel. E. Disasters in the Literature of Human Factors: An Analysis of Subject and Application Terms. In: Engineering Engineering Education. Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Illinois/Indiana Section, American Society for Engineering Education. East Peoria, IL: Illinois Central College and Bradley University. p. 85-91. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003807/

 

Osorio, Nestor L. and Mary A. Osorio.  Engineering Education in Europe and the USA. An Analysis of Two Journals.  Science & Technology Libraries, vol.23, no.1, 2002, pp.49-70.  

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Information, Competencies and Collaborative Teaching/Learning, Proceedings, Illinois/Indiana Sectional Conference, Engineering in a Changing Economy. Chicago, IL: Illinois Institute of Technology and the American Society for Engineering Education, p. 157-162, 2002. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003822/

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Digital Libraries and Technical Distance Education, VII International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education INTERTECH 2002, Engineering Education and Technology in the New Paradigm of Global Society. Santos, SP, Brazil, p. 1-5. Also available in CD-ROM and at: http://www.asee.org/international/intertech.cfm         http://www.asee.org/international/INTERTECH2002/214.pdf .

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Consortia and the Big Deals: a New Way of Doing Business or the End of the Technical Library? International Association of Technological University Libraries, IATUL Proceedings (New Series), vol. 12, 2002. Published for IATUL by The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology, Kansas City, MO, 2002. The proceedings are available in CD-ROM and at: http://www.iatul.org/conference/proceedings/vol12  , copy of the article at: http://www.iatul.org/conference/proceedings/vol12/papers/osorio.pdf  

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Web Sites of Science-Engineering Libraries: An Analysis of Content and Design. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. 14 p., Winter 2001. [Online]. Available HTTP:  http://www.istl.org/01-winter/refereed.html .

 

Osorio, Nestor L. An Analysis of Science-Engineering Academic Library Positions in the Last Three Decades.  Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 8 p., Fall 1999. [Online]. Available HTTP:  http://www.istl.org/99-fall/article2.html .

 

Osorio, Nestor L. (1998) Content Analysis of Web Pages for Distance Learning Engineering Programs. In Maurer, Hermann and Olson, Richard G., Eds. Proceedings WebNet 98: World Conference of the WWW, Internet, & Intranet, Orlando, Fl, 1998, p. 1-8. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004009/

 

Osorio, Nestor L.  In Distance Learning, Is there a Role? Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 3 p., Spring 1997 [Online]. Available HTTP: http://www.istl.org/97-spring/article3.html .

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Utilización de productos y sistemas de información científica y técnica en la educación universitaria y para el desarollo industrial. In Chacon-Alvarado, Lucia, Eds. Proceedings Congreso Internacional Sobre Informacion Electronica y Bibliotecas Digitales, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1997, p. 1-14. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003997/ Also, in: Bibliotecas, Enero-Junio, 1998, vol XVI, No. 1. Site of the Journal:  http://www.una.ac.cr/bibliotecologia/boletin98.htm paper: http://www.una.ac.cr/bibliotecologia/boletinbiblioteca/1998/Utilizacion.pdf

 

Osorio, Nestor  L.  An Assessment Model for Engineering and Technology Collections in The Nineties. In: Re‑engineering engineering education, Proceedings of the American Society for  Engineering Education, 1996 Illinois‑Indiana Section Conference,  ASEE, IL/IN Section, Peoria, Ill, 1996, p. 131‑135. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003987/

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Perceptions About Information/Library Skills as a Tool for Lifelong Learning. In: Towards Better Education.  American Society for Engineering Education Illinois/Indiana  Conference Proceedings. Washington, DC: ASEE, 1992, p. 3A: 1-6. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003999/

 

Osorio, Nestor L. The Management of Science and Engineering Collections at Medium- Sized Research Universities in the Midst of New Technology.  Acquisitions '90 Conference on  Acquisitions, Budgets and Collections.  Proceedings.  Canfield, OH: Genaway & Associates,  Inc., 1990, p. 367-376.

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Conference Proceedings: A Tutorial Module. In: The Role of Conference  Literature in Sci-Tech Libraries, ed. by Ellis Mount. New York: Haworth Press, 1989, p. 77-94.  Also published in: Science & Technology Libraries, Vol. 9, No. 2, Winter 1988, p. 77-94.

 

Osorio, Nestor L. The Literature of Semiconductors, The Bradford Distribution and Library Collection Verification.  In:  1988 American Society for Engineering Education Zone II Meeting Proceedings. Louisville, Kentucky: University of Louisville, 1988, p. 226-233.  http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003970/

 

Osorio, Nestor L. Approval Plan materials and Direct Orders: Differences and Similarities. In: Beginning  a New Era in Engineering Education, 1988 Annual Conference American Society for Engineering  Education, Proceedings. Washington, DC: ASEE, 1988, p. 1729-1735. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003972/

 

Books. (Literature Guides, Book chapters, and Audiovisual programs published)

 

Osorio, Nestor L.  A Selected Guide to Literature on Industrial Ergonomics, Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education, 2002. OCLC: 51236648. Also Available online:   

http://www.asee.org/publications/eld/ergonomics_final.pdf or http://eld.lib.ucdavis.edu/fulltext/Ergonomics.pdf

 

Osorio, Nestor L. A Selected Guide to Literature on Integrated Circuits, Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education, 1994. ISBN 0-87823-122-6. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003863/

 

Osorio, Nestor L. A Guide to Searching the Engineering Literature. Audiovisual program, 96  slides, 2 audiocassettes, and 75 minutes duration. Boca Raton, FL: Science Media, 1979.  OCLC 5858095.