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Hoe divers is het Nederlandse literatuuronderwijs? Uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek blijkt dat er een serieus onevenwicht is tussen mannelijke en vrouwelijke, westerse en niet-westerse, Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs in de boekkeuzes die leerlingen maken.

She is currently the Science and Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and liaison to the departments of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Physics. Having worked as a Professional Engineer in the Power Industry, she understands what industry expects of new engineers and uses her practical experience in both engineering and higher education to improve the research skills of engineering students before they embark on their professional careers.

Pop-Up Library program started at the New Jersey Institute of Technology as an innovative means of outreach and education for our science and engineering students to increase library visibility by promoting and providing library services in other student-centered areas of study. Providing new and unique opportunities tailored for the science and engineering students is of particular interest, especially for undergraduates who may not have the need to interact with library resources or liaison librarians until farther along in their undergraduate or graduate studies due to other course requirements mostly consisting of engineering fundamentals, and focus in laboratory and design assignments. The benefits of taking the library to the students include providing opportunities for the library staff to meet more students and faculty, promote library research resources, and create follow-up appointments for one-on-one research assistance. This paper discusses the implementation details of the program, such as, determining the best locations for the pop-up library, the marketing and publicity of each pop-up, the types of resources and services that were highlighted, and the ways library staff conducted each operation. The effectiveness of the pop-up library program was assessed by evaluating number and type of each interaction at each session. Promoting and providing library reference services through innovative ways allow interaction with science and engineering students who may not primarily seek the library as a means of support and assistance.