Denise Wetzel
Department Address
251 Pollock Road
University Park, PA 16802
Education History
Subject Expertise
- Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Data
- Statistics (Mathematical)
Publications
Hallucinations and hits: Generative AI patent searching performance, pitfalls, and library best practices, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association, 2026
Enhancing Information Literacy through Generative AI in the Library Classroom, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice (PaLRaP), 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
WIP: Micro-Credentialing for the First Year: Creating a Digital Badge for Engineering Information Literacy, First Year Engineering Experience: American Society of Engineering Education, 2024
Board 102: Crafting a Library on Belonging in Engineering: An Initial Review Using Textual Analysis, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2024
Teaching Engineering Information Literacy with INCLUSIVE ADDIE, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2024
You Belong in the STEM Library Outreach Addressing the Unique Needs of Students, College and Research Libraries News, 2024
Finding the technical standards that play an important role in water quality, Keystone Water Quality Manager, 2024
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
Standards in the engineering classroom: Partnering with your engineering librarian, 2023
Accessing Engineering Standards: A Study in ARL Best Practices for Acquiring and Disseminating Standards, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2021
If you build it, they will come: A case-study of how FSU Libraries grew engineering services through targeted rebranding and outreach for a multi-institution college of engineering, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2020
Hitting it out of the park with game-based learning for FYEs and libraries, College and Undergraduate Libraries, 2019
Envisioning the Library-Centric First-Year Experience: A Case Study about Mississippi State University Libraries' Course Proposal Process, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2017
Other Publications
Blogs
Digital Feminism in the Time of AI, 2026
Chapters
Effective Outreach to Science and Engineering Students through a Cognitive Load Lens, From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey, 2026
Math Reviews, Magazines for Libraries, 2024
Math Reviews, Magazines for Libraries, 2022
Magazine/Trade Publications
Standard Bearer: Engineering Student Must Learn How to Use Standards. Librarians Can Help, Prism, 2024
Others
In the PaLRaP Spotlight, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2025