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Revision as of 01:19, 21 January 2014
The Collection
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/pumpingstationone
Purpose
Books in our collection should be:
- Technical – The books must be nonfiction and provide in-depth information on a particular subject
- Good: Transformers and Motors
- Bad: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Useful – The books must pertain to something people in the space are doing or are interested in, and the information must not be readily available online.
- Good: Hand-Manipulated Stitches for Machine Knitters
- Bad: German to French dictionary
- Current – The books must provide information that is still at least mostly true.
- In Good Condition
Resources
- For K-12 textbooks: http://www.ck12.org/student/
- Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/
Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials, Second Edition ISBN 0-07-837340-9
- Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction ISBN 0-471-58128-3
- Basic Optical Engineering for Electrical Engineers: Short Course Notes NO ISBN
TV & Film
- Doctor Who: The Eighties ISBN 0-7535-0128-7
