Carol Tenopir & Donald W. King 
Communication Patterns of Engineers 

Communication Patterns of Engineers brings together,
summarizes, and analyzes the research on how engineers communicate,
presenting benchmark data and identifying gaps in the existing
research. Written by two renowned experts in this area, the text:

* Compares engineering communication patterns with those of
science and medicine

* Offers information on improving engineering communication
skills, including the use of communication tools to address
engineering departments’ concerns about the inadequacies of
communication by engineers

* Provides strong conclusions to address what lessons engineering
educators, librarians, and communication professionals can learn
from the research presented

Cuprins

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Communication Models.

An Engineers’ Communication Framework.

The Engineering Profession and Communication.

Information Seeking and Use.

Information Output by Engineers.

Engineering Education and Communication Skills.

The Engineering Scholarly Journal Channel.

Engineering Communication Patterns Compared with Science and
Medicine.

The NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project.

Bibliography.

Despre autor

CAROL TENOPIR, Ph D, is a Professor in the School of Information
Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In addition to
four books, Dr. Tenopir has published over 200 journal articles.
Since 1983 she has been writing the ‘Online Databases’ column for
Library Journal. Dr. Tenopir is a frequent speaker at professional
conferences and has earned numerous teaching and research awards.

DONALD W. KING, a statistician, has researched science,
engineering, and medical communication for over forty years. He has
authored or edited sixteen books, two of them award winners, and in
the late 1970s he was named as one of the ten most-cited authors in
the information field. Among numerous awards, he was named Pioneer
in Science Information (Chemical Heritage Foundation).