NAME: Los Angeles
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Library and Research Center
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Address:
1 Gateway Plaza, 15th floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
USA
Collection Information
Books:
60,000
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Serials:
120
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Microform:
12,000
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Descripton
Largest transportation operator library collection open to the public.
Los Angeles transportation, mass transit, urban planning, public art
and demographic resources. Collection contains reports, books,
studies, maps, drawings, plans, photographs, schedules, performance
measurements and environmental impact reports, including many rare and
one of a kind items. National Technical Information Service
transportation reports 1976-present.
Subject Strengths: Urban Transportation, Mass Transit,
Urban Planning, Los Angeles as a subject.
Special Collections: Archives of Los Angeles
Transportation History 1873-present, MTA and its predecessor agencies,
Pacific Electric, Los Angeles Railways, Los Angeles Motor Coach Lines,
Metropolitan Coach Lines, Metro Transit Authority, Southern California
Rapid Transit District, Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
and others. 20,000 historic photographs, films, 700 video, various
ephemera.
Hours: Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:30pm PST
Open to Public: Yes
Any Conditions: Non-circulating to public.
Interlibrary Loan Policies:
Loan Fees: $25 unless prior reciprocal agreement. Free
to transportation libraries.
Photocopy Fees: $.10 per page, free to transportation
libraries.
OCLC/RLIN Code: CRD
Cataloging System: Cybertools for Libaries
Online Catalog Internet Address:
Online Database/CD-ROM services: Available in house.
Additional Information: Online dictionary of 3200
transportation terms and acronyms, Online Archives catalog, in-house
digital repository of Board of Directors meeting minutes and reports
from 1958 to the present, TLCat participant.
Library Publications:
Library Network Affiliations: OCLC, Special Library
Association - Transportation Division, American Library Association,
American Association of Museums
Last update: January 23, 2007.
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