return to library home
return to buffalo.edu
  • Find Library Materials
  • My Accounts
  • Get Help
  • Libraries & Collections
  • About Us
  • Ask A Librarian
Articles+ (Multi-Search) BISON Catalog Electronic Journals Course Reserves Databases Forms A-Z Resources by Subject
My Library Card ILLiad Requests
Help A - Z Research Tips Instructional Services Faculty Support Student Support Alumni & Visitor Support Endnote Software
Arts & Sciences Libraries Health Sciences Library Law Library Music Library Special Collections Digital Library Center Libraries Annex
Contact Us Hours/Floor Plans Policies & Services Staff Directory Library Administration Events & Workshops Library Exhibits Employment Support Our Libraries
chatInstant Message emailEmail phonePhone inpersonIn Person
About Us
 
  star icon Contact Us
divider
  star icon Hours / Floor Plans
divider
  star icon Policies & Services
divider
  star icon Staff Directory
divider
  star icon Library Administration
divider
  star icon Events & Workshops
divider
  star icon Library Exhibits
divider
  star icon Employment
divider
  star icon Support Our Libraries
 
 
 




Nancy Schiller Nancy Schiller
Engineering Librarian

Nancy's Office Hours:
Science & Engineering Library
228 Capen Hall, North Campus

schiller@buffalo.edu
(716) 645-1338
Hours vary day to day.
Please email me to set up an appointment.
Home > About Us > Staff Directory > Faculty and Staff Profiles

Degrees

M.S., School of Library Service, Columbia University, 1988
B.A., English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1980
Liaison

  • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Responsibilities

Librarian and Engineering Subject Specialist, Arts & Sciences Libraries, University at Buffalo

Provide specialized research assistance and library instruction in the areas of engineering and applied science as well as act as subject bibliographer and faculty liaison to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), serving the chemical and biological, civil, structural, and environmental, electrical, computer, industrial, and mechanical and aerospace engineering departments.

Co-Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo

Oversee the activities of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science including grant-writing, faculty training workshops, an annual fall conference, and case collection and website development. The aim of the Center is to promote the nationwide application of active learning techniques to the teaching of undergraduate science and is a joint venture between the University Libraries and the College of Arts & Sciences. The Center's website is at http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html.

Resources By Subject

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Subject / Course Guides

  • Patents
  • Standards
  • Technical Reports

Blogs

  • Engineering at the UB Libraries

Research / Service Area

Journal Articles

Case Method Teaching

  • "Teaching Science with Case Studies: A National Survey of Faculty Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Using Cases," Journal of College Science Teaching Education, vol. 36, no. 1 (Sept./Oct. 2006) (with Aman Yadav, Mary Lundeberg, Michael DeSchryver, Kathryn Dirkin, Clyde Freeman Herreid, and Kimberly Maier).

Case Studies

  • "Of Mammoths and Men: A Case Study in Extinction," Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 31, no. 1 (Sept. 2001), pp. 52-56 (co-author with Clyde F. Herreid).
  • "Frankenfoods? The Debate Over Genetically Modified Crops," National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, http://www.sciencecases.org/gmfoods/gmfoods.asp and (Feb. 2001) (co-author with Bill Rhodes and Maha Alkhazindar).
  • "The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Evolution," Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 30, no. 1 (Sept. 2000), pp. 56-63 (co-author Clyde F. Herreid).

Information Technology

  • "Delivering Course Materials to Distance Learners over the World Wide Web: Statistical Data Summary," Journal of Library Services for Distance Education, http://www.westga.edu/ library/jlsde, vol. 1, no. 2 (July 1998) (co-author with Nancy A. Cunningham).
  • "World Wide Web Support for Distance Learning at the State University of New York at Buffalo," MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/, vol. 4, no. 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 25-37.
  • "Internet Rx Office Visits," College & Research Libraries News, vol. 57, no. 11 (Dec. 1996), pp. 723-725 (co-author with Nancy F. Stimson).
  • "Internet Training and Support: Academic Libraries and Computer Centers, Who’s Doing What?" Internet Research, vol. 4, no. 2 (Summer 1994), pp. 35-47.
  • "Administrative Issues in Creating the Virtual Library," MeckJournal, vol. 2, no. 2 (Feb. 1992) (co-author with Barbara von Wahlde).

Book Chapters

  • "Creating the Virtual Library: Strategic Issues," Chapter 4 in The Virtual Library: Visions & Realities, Westport, CT: Meckler, 1993, pp. 15-46 (co-author Barbara von Wahlde).

ARL Spec Kit

  • The Emerging Virtual Library, July/Aug.1992, ARL SPEC Kit 186, Systems & Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC), Office of Management Services, Association of Research Libraries.


Grants Awarded:

  • 2006-2007: Principal Investigator, University at Buffalo, Educational Technology Center, Ed-Tech Grants Program–Round Eight Award: Case Studies in Science Digital Library (with Clyde F. Herreid, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University at Buffalo) - $9,900

  • 2004–2007: Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program-National Dissemination Grant: Case Study Teaching in Science: A Nationwide Program of Faculty Development and Dissemination (with Clyde F. Herreid, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University at Buffalo, and Mary A. Lundeberg, Professor and Chair, Teacher Education Department, College of Education, Michigan State University) - $1,199,998

  • 2000-2003: Co-Principal Investigator, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Higher Education Reform Grant: Proposal for Establishing a National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (with Clyde F. Herreid, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University at Buffalo) - $800,000

  • 1998-2000: Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Grant: Case Studies in Science: A Novel Method of Science Education (with Clyde F. Herreid, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University at Buffalo) - $119,970

  • 1996-1997: Principal Investigator, State University of New York, Office of Educational Technology, Educational Technology Initiative Grant: Collaborative WWW Support of Distance Learning: Library Delivery of Electronic Course-Related Materials and Resources (with Carla Hendrix, Feinberg Library, SUNY Plattsburgh, and Nancy Cannon, Science Library, SUNY Binghamton) - $84,750

  • 1994: Program Director, The State University of New York, Office of the Provost, Conversations in the Disciplines Program Grant: The Convergence of Science and the Humanities: Internet Technologies and Scholarly Resources (with Loss Glazier, Associate Professor, Department of Media Study/Poetics Program, College of Arts & Sciences, University at Buffalo) - $2,500 (with a matching grant of $2,500 from the Office of the Vice President for University Libraries



help edit your profile 


divider
return to buffalo.edu Site Search  |  Terms of Use  |   UB Privacy Policy  |  Accessibility