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NAME: ARRB Group Ltd (M G
Lay Library )
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Address:
500 Burwood Highway
Vermont South, VIC 3133
Australia
Collection Information
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Books:
Over 45,000
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Serials:
500
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Description:
The MG lay Library is recognised as the leading transport library in
Australia. Strong Australian and New Zealand holdings with large
holdings from other OECD countries, chiefly the UK, USA and Canada.
Comprehensive collection of items published by the ARRB Group (
formerly ARRB Transport Research & the Australian Road Research
Board), National Association of Australian State Road Authorities
(NAASRA), and Austroads.
Subject Strengths:
Land transport; road pavements; pavement materials; transport
economics; transport and the environment; transport safety;
geotechnical engineering; planning and land use; transport management;
vehicle design and safety; traffic engineering.
Hours: 08:30-17:00 Mon-Fri
Open to the Public: yes
Any Conditions: by appointment
Interlibrary Loan Policies: No overseas loans. Loans
within Australia to other libraries and to subscribers
Loan Fees: AUD$22.00 (incl.GST) per item
Photocopy Fees: AUD$22.00 (incl.GST) per item
Service Fees: Literature searches from AUD$100
Cataloging System: In-house database using Inmagic
DB/TextWorks software (in-house thesaurus and in-house classification
system based on UDC)
OCLC/RLIN Code: Australian library code: VARR
Online Catalog Internet Address: n/a
Online Database/CD-ROM services:The
MG Lay library produces the Australian Transport Index (ATRI)
database. ATRI contains over 155,000 records and is available for
subscription from Informit (http://www.informit.com.au). The library is also the Australian contributor
to OECD's ITRD database.
Library Publications:
Transport and Road Update (monthly current awareness bulletin)
Library Network Affiliations:
Tranzinfo (transport libraries in Australia &
NZ); ACCESS, Inmagic Users Group, ALIA organizational member, ITRD,
World Interchange Network (WIN) – Australian Relay
Last update: January 23, 2007.
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