NAME: Transport Research
Institute (TRI), Resource Centre
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Address:
Napier University
Redwood House, 66 Spylaw Road
Edinburgh, EH10 5LR.
United Kingdom
Phone:
0131-455-5140
Date Established:
1998
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Fax:
0131-455-5141
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Collection Information
Description:
TRI Resource Centre provides current issues of key journals for
perusal by academic research staff, but past issues are stored and
loaned by Napier University Library. The serial titles at TRI Resource
Centre supplement the transport titles held in the university library.
TRI can call on more than 150 current transport serials through the
networked NUL OPAC in the TRI Resource Centre. Documents housed in TRI
Resource Centre are intended to supply both ephemeral information on
grants or calls to tender, and also to house reference materials
together with grey literature required for research purposes.
Subject Strengths:
Transport Infrastructure, Transport Economics and Policy, Transport
and the Environment, Transport Informatics, Transport Modelling.
Special Collections:
Transport Infrastructure, Transport Economics and housed in Napier
University Library on behalf of members of TRI.
Hours: TRI Resource Centre is accessible between 9.00
and 17.00; M-F
Open to the Public: yes
Any Conditions: Stock may not be borrowed from the TRI
Resource Centre.
Interlibrary Loan Policies: All ILL requests are
directed through Napier University Library. Napier University staff
and PG students working on TRI projects receive free ILLs, but all
visitors would be required to pay full costs plus an administrative
charge to Napier University Library.
Loan Fees: All TRI Resource Centre stock is reference
material therefore not for loan, but external users of Napier
University Library could pay a fee to obtain loans of journals.
Photocopy Fees: Journal articles from back issues may be
copied at Napier University Library where copy cards can be puchased
for one pound, or five pounds.
Service Fees: On-line searches of Transport related
databases will be performed at cost plus 40% overhead.
Cataloging System: Dynix system of Napier University
Library.
Online Catalog Internet Address: Telnet 146.176.1.6
login repac, option 1, option n.
Online Database/CD-ROM services: STN, Dialog, and BIDS,
Transport CD
Additional Information: TRI Resource Centre is being
developed using funding from SHEFC for TRI infrastructure development.
Staff Overview
Number of Professional
Staff: 1
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David A. Cumming
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Academic Librarian
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0131-455-2367
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d.cumming@napier.ac.uk
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Library Publications:
TRICAB ( TRI Current Awareness Bulletin)
Library Network Affiliations:
Napier University Library and receives access to NUL services.
Last update: Friday, November 26, 2004.
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