In 2017 the Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) will celebrate its 50^th anniversary as a division and the 75^th anniversary of the first organized engineering librarians group in the American Society for Engineering Education. In celebration of the ELD’s double anniversary year, the Anniversary Planning Task Force* is publishing a monthly e-mail digest called, "Milestones in Engineering Information" to highlight important topics in the history of engineering libraries and information.

By Marilynn Larkin

The Hollywood movie, “The Martian,” opens with a dust storm. How long do such dust storms usually last?

As an R&D engineer with Autodesk, you are developing a CAD system to algorithmically optimize mechanical performance of a 3D-printed metal-lattice structure? Which machine learning technique best avoids the problem of deception?

These are just two examples of the real-world questions thousands of engineering students from hundreds of institutions around the world will face in the upcoming Knovel/Engineering Village

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that protects against discrimination based on disability and Engineering Village is committed to ensuring our platform is made accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. Our Engineering Village team consists of developers and user experience specialist who actively work to increase the accessibility and usability of our website, and in doing so, adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.

This week, we made Engineering Village Beta search and retrieval available to our customers. As our product, user experience and development teams continue to improve Engineering Village we'd like to share their progress along the way. This month, Engineering Village Beta is featuring our new Results page preview, which plan to launch in August with your input incorporated. We believe the refreshed Results page will make your research more effective, but don't take our word for it - access the new Results page in Beta then tell us what you think. 

How to use Engineering Village Beta:

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