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TLCAT Group Services - US Participation
A Brief History of TLCat:
Members, Their Holdings and “Go Live” Dates
By Ken Winter, updated 12-5-06
January 2004
Initial participants and their holdings presented by Nelda Bravo,
Director of the National Transportation Library, to the Transportation
Research Board’s LIST Committee.
These libraries were the “Charter Members” of TLCat
(previously called Transcat), which was functional for the first time on
March 22, 2004, and announced as being “live” on April 1,
2004. Note: Although Nebraska DOT, National
Transportation Library, and U of Minnesota Center for Transportation
Studies (in red) were initial participants, they did not enter the TLCat
database in January 2004.
Libraries added to TLCat in January 2004
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Iowa DOT |
UIG |
12,780 |
| Los Angeles
Metro Transportation Authority |
CRD |
25,986 |
| Illinois DOT |
IZA |
7,268 |
| Michigan DOT |
EEV |
17,978 |
| Minnesota DOT |
MDT |
17,178 |
| Northwestern
Transportation Library |
JCR |
52,174 |
| South Dakota DOT |
SDDOT |
9,992 |
| U of Michigan
Transportation Research Inst. (UMTRI) |
U2T |
3,661 |
| Wisconsin DOT |
WOY |
16,442 |
| ITS Berkeley |
CBT |
210,366 |
| Kansas DOT |
KSDOT |
897 |
| Missouri DOT |
MODOT |
2,322 |
| Nebraska
DOT |
- |
145 |
| Ohio DOT |
OHDOT |
23,000 |
| Transportation
Research Board (TRB) |
TPO |
7,182 |
| VA
Transportation Research Council (VDOT) |
TDG |
14,041 |
| National
Transportation Library |
NATTR |
- |
| U of
Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies |
- |
- |
July 1, 2004
The following libraries were added:
Libraries added to TLCat in July 1, 2004
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Connecticut DOT |
RHT |
13,512 |
| Montana DOT |
DMY |
9,193 |
| Washington DOT |
WDT |
15,841 |
| Massachusetts
DOT |
TLB |
20,560 |
March 1, 2005
The following libraries were added:
Libraries added to TLCat in March 1, 2005
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| California DOT |
CDT |
12,899 |
May 1, 2005
The following libraries were added:
Libraries added to TLCat in May 1, 2005
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| John A. Volpe
National Transportation Systems Center |
TRS |
32,222 |
June 1, 2005
Holdings for some Canadian libraries began to appear in
TLCat. A group of 5 Canadian transportation libraries started a
new shared catalog comparable to TLCat. Shaun Moran, Director for
the Transport Canada Library, organized this group services project
called TransCat Plus. Member libraries are:
Libraries added to TLCat in June 1, 2005
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Transport Canada
|
T8N |
100,000+ |
| Transportation
Safety Board of Canada |
T8B |
22,000 |
| Transportation
Association of Canada |
T$C |
20,000 |
| Transportation
Development Centre of Canada |
CNTDC |
10,000 |
| Canadian
Transportation Agency |
CNCTA |
9,000 |
TransCat Plus asked OCLC to add the combined holdings of TLCat to
their group services catalog, which OCLC did for free. TLCat
decided to reciprocate, using a new “scope” called
“Transportation Libraries (Canada)”.
July 1, 2005
The following libraries appeared in TLCat for the first time:
Libraries added to TLCat in July 1, 2005
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| FHWA Technical
Reference Center |
FHATR |
1,445 |
March 31, 2006
The following libraries appeared in TLCat for the first time:
Libraries added to TLCat in March 31, 2006
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Oregon DOT |
OTT |
3,660 |
Oregon DOT, which was already a member of OCLC, joined TLCat as a
result of its participation in a pooled fund study drafted by Wisconsin
DOT. Eleven libraries participated in the initial phases of the
pooled fund study. Of those, KS, MN, MT, OH, WA, and WI were also
already members of both OCLC and TLCat.
LA and MRUTC were not yet members of either OCLC or TLCat.
OR, PA and TN were members of OCLC but not TLCat (note, PA and TN had
OCLC symbols, but TN had no holdings and PA had only 1 item record,
effectively they were inactive members).
Finally, OR was a member of OCLC but not TLCat. The
first time their holdings began showing up in TLCat was March 31,
2006.
March 31, 2006
The following libraries also appeared in TLCat for the first
time:
Libraries added to TLCat in March 31, 2006
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Civil Aerospace
Medical Inst. Library |
OUT |
5,385 |
| U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy |
VYM |
127,867 |
| U of Wisconsin
Midwest Regional UTC |
WIRUT |
- |
| Tennessee DOT |
TNTDT |
- |
| Pennsylvania DOT |
P3T |
- |
Note: U of Wisconsin Midwest Regional UTC, Tennessee DOT, and
Pennsylvania DOT (in red) have no holdings in TLCat.
May 1, 2006
The following libraries appeared in TLCat for the first time:
Libraries added to TLCat in May 1, 2006
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| New York DOT |
NY2 |
10,452 |
May/June 2006
The following libraries appeared in TLCat for the first time:
Libraries added to TLCat in May/June 2006
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| US FAA Tech
Center Library |
FAA |
3,766 |
| US FAA
Aeronautical Center |
OUR |
10,355 |
Note: a batch loading process was in effect when data was
gathered.
August 1, 2006
The following libraries appeared in TLCat for the first time:
Libraries added to TLCat in August 1, 2006
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Alaska
Geophysical Institute |
ES0 |
55,003 |
Note: a batch loading process was in effect when data was
gathered.
September 1, 2006
The following libraries appeared in TLCat for the first time:
Libraries added to TLCat in September 1, 2006
| Library |
Symbol |
Total
OCLC Holdings |
| Alaska DOT |
AKDOT |
17,376 |
Note: the holdings of AKDOT represent a scoped version of the
holdings of ESO, both collections reside at the Geophysical Institute in
Fairbanks. AKDOT will supercede the participation of ESO as its
DOT holdings are distinguished.
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