Paul J McMonigle

Engineering Librarian
Assistant Librarian
Engineering Library
203D ECoRE
814-865-7005
814-865-3451 (department)
pjm201@psu.edu
Head shot of Paul McMonigle with green, sunlit foliage and the Old Main administrative building in the outdoor background

Research Interests

My research interests include studying how to optimize information literacy instruction through the use of technology, the best ways for academic libraries to engage with military, veteran, and ROTC cadets, and the early history of libraries and collections (pre-1500 CE).

Teaching Interests

Information Literacy topics to Engineering and other STEM students, at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Subject Expertise

  • Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Library Guides

See All Library Guides

Publications

Going Bookless: A Case Study from an Engineering Library, 2025

Student veterans and academic libraries: A survey of outreach events, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2024

WORK IN PROGRESS – Micro-Credentialing for the First Year: Creating a Digital Badge for Engineering Information Literacy, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2024

Teaching Engineering Information Literacy with INCLUSIVE ADDIE, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2024

Makerspace for a Relocated STEM Library, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice, 2024

Student Veteran Engineers and Academic Libraries: A Review of Recent Literature, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2023

Why IF I APPLY isn't CRAAP: The evolution of source evaluation with PSU STEM Libraries in the Engineering Classroom, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2023

Engaging Engineering Students with Mobile Learning Technologies, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2022

Engineering Libraries and Student Organizations: Working Together to Enhance Outreach to Underrepresented Groups, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2021

Using citation analysis as a collections management tool, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2020

Other Publications

Blogs

Collaborating with ROTC Cadets on Your Campus, College and Research Division, Pennsylvania Library Association, 2023

Chapters

Privacy Literacy in Engineering, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2023

Introduction, Rowman and Littlefield, 2020

Magazine/Trade Publications

What We Learned: Shadowing Units as a PALS Academy Group, PaLA Bulletin, 2022

Publications Other Publications