{"id":11,"date":"2017-04-11T19:53:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-07-03T01:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:23:43","slug":"about-bis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/about-bis\/","title":{"rendered":"About STEM-E Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"s-lib-box-title\" style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>What We Do<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">STEM Entrepreneurship &amp; Business (STEM-E Business) at Grainger Engineering Library&#8217;s main focus is to enhance the knowledge of business research by providing trusted advice on which resources are the best and most appropriate. Access is through the University Library, Gies College of Business, Technology Entrepreneurship Center, the University of Illinois, other institutions, or through a paywall site.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>What We Offer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">STEM-E Business provides research strategy consultations for Gies College of Business, Grainger College of Engineering researchers, and other business-related educators with services such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistance with getting started for business practicums or experiential learning classes<\/li>\n<li>Assistance with locating indicators\/events of corporate and nonprofit innovation over time via secondary sources such as historical newspapers, SEC Filings, annual reports, and industry reports<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in locating appropriate and existing datasets for organizational structure, location and firm performance over time<\/li>\n<li>Referrals to experts within the University Library, the Gies College of Business, the Grainger College of Engineering,\u00a0 University of Illinois and other institutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, STEM-E Business collaborates with Gies and other Library faculty to provide instruction on the fundamentals of business information.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"s-lg-box-wrapper-8416368\" style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>LibGuides<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n<h3><strong>LibGuides are curated guides to help with your research. Find LibGuides by:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Subject (business, engineering, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Class<\/li>\n<li>Topic<\/li>\n<li>Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-887 size-large\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/10\/high-quality-libguide-1024x228.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic encouraging patrons to use the University LibGuides. Can be clicked on for a direct link to the Guides.\" width=\"640\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/10\/high-quality-libguide-1024x228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/10\/high-quality-libguide-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/10\/high-quality-libguide-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/10\/high-quality-libguide-1536x341.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2024\/10\/high-quality-libguide-2048x455.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n<h2><strong>Librarian<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Becky Smith, STEM Entrepreneurship &amp; Business Librarian<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<div class=\"image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-742 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Becky in front of a bookshelf.\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-1543x2048.jpg 1543w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/bis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/11\/Becky-Professional-Headshot-11-2021-scaled.jpg 1929w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n<p>Becky belongs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abld.org\">Academic Business Library Directors (ABLD)<\/a> consortia, which influences the development of new products and services for the academic business library market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">About Becky:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Business collections strategist<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Business time-series dataset discovery expert<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Instructor for fundamentals of business instruction<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Teaching\/learning collaborator with Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, Gies College of Business, &amp; Grainger College of Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Subjects Covered: Accountancy, tax, management, organization behavior &amp; design, supply chain &amp; operations, strategy &amp; business policy, international business, finance, business history, and academic business education.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"s-lg-box-wrapper-8416368\" style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Contact Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:bis@library.illinois.edu\">General Email: bis@library.illinois.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:becky@illinois.edu\">Librarian Email: becky@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hours: By appointment only.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"s-lg-box-wrapper-8416368\" style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/\"><strong>Grainger Engineering Library Information Center <\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>1301 West Springfield Ave<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Urbana, IL 61801<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <button type='button' class='shortcode sh-text-center sh-inline-block sh-align-middle sh-p-2 sh-bg-[#F8F7F7] sh-rounded-md !sh-no-underline hover:sh-bg-slate-200 !sh-border !sh-border-black focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700  !sh-text-black' style='font-size: 11pt;' onclick=\"window.location.href='http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/friends\/make-a-gift\/'\" >Donate to BIS<\/button><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Think \u25e6\u00a0 \u00a0 Learn \u25e6\u00a0 \u00a0Innovate<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What We Do Mission STEM Entrepreneurship &amp; 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