National Transportation Library
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Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME: Washington State DOT Library

Address:
P.O. Box 47425
310 Maple Park Ave. SE
Olympia, WA 98504-7425
USA

Phone:
360-705-7750

E-mail:
library@wsdot.wa.gov

Date Established:
1958

Fax:
360-705-6831

Website:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Library

Collection Information

Books:
5,500

Manuals:
1,100

Other:
11000 technical reports
 

Description:
Transportation administration, highway transportation, public transit including the world's largest ferry system, rail and air transportation in the areas of planning, design, construction, maintenance, operations and safety.

Subject Strengths:
In depth TRB and AASHTO publications; state reports; broad transportation coverage.

Hours: 8:00 - 5:00, M-F

Open to the Public: yes

Any Conditions: Most materials circulate to Washington State Library card holders.

Interlibrary Loan Policies: No charge to reciprocal lenders. Member of LVIS, LSTR. See http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Library/Borrowing.htm.

Loan Fees: None for reciprocal lenders. For non-reciprocal lenders, charge $10.00 for photocopy, $15.00 for loan.

Photocopy Fees: Up to 30 pages free; larger jobs taken to Printing Services and charged.

Cataloging System: OCLC

OCLC/RLIN Code: WDT

Online Catalog Internet Address: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/library

Online Database/CD-ROM services: Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Transport. Note: Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw are for library staff only.

Staff Overview

Number of Professional Staff: 3

Name: Title: Phone: Email:

Kathy Szolomayer

WSDOT Librarian

360-705-7751

szolomk@wsdot.wa.gov

Michel Wendt

Reference Librarian

360-705-7710

wendtm@wsdot.wa.gov

Andrew Poultridge

Resource Sharing / Collection Management Specialist

360-705-7718

poultridgea@wsdot.wa.gov

Library Publications:
Quarterly New Acquisitions List on Library Home Page

Library Network Affiliations:
CLIO (Consortium of Libraries in Olympia).



Last update: May 29, 2007.