Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME:UITP Documentation Center and Library

Catalog:
Library

Date of Last Update:
2006-10-19

Name of library or information center:
UITP Documentation Center and Library

Name of parent organization (if applicable):
International Association of Public Transport

Title of person to which library or information center director reports:

Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
Not a TKN Member

Do you provide access to your information collection to the general public (either on-site or on-line, with or without a fee)?:
Yes

Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required):

Provide a description of your information collection:
urban and regional public transport

What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:

# Professional Staff:
2

# Support Staff :

Special notes or comments about your library or information center:


Contact Information

Name of Primary Contact:
Thierry MARECHAL (Mr)

Address:

Rue Sainte Marie 6 ,

City:
BRUSSELS

State:

Zip:
1080

Country:
Beligum

Mailing Address (if different):

Main phone:
32 2 663 66 45

Fax Number:
32 2 660 10 72

Main email:

Website:
www.uitp.com


Do you provide online training courses?: No

Do you provide onsite training courses?:

Do you maintain a knowledge base of lessons learned or best practices?: No

Do you maintain a directory of experts or provide referrals to experts as part of your services?:No

Are any of your training materials catalogued into OCLC?: No

If you are affiliated with a library, please provide its name:

What types of data sets do you provide?:

What export formats do you offer?:

What types of metadata do you provide to help users locate or interpret data sets?:

Organization Type:Professional Association


Detailed Collection Information:

Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:

Books/monographs:
25000

Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):

Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:

Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
230

Microfiche/microfilm items:

Photographs or image files:

Videotapes and CDs:
700

Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
200 CD ROMS; 500 video tapes, 5,000 Maps

Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?:
No

Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
No

Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:
Members of UITP, free for students (including limited access to the e-library).

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?:
1962

What days and hours are library services provided?:
8:30 - 17:00 M-F

If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:
E-library of UITP (MOBI+) with about 17 000 documents (90% with full-text, including all UITP publications, non UITP documents, a picture library, a thesis library…). Manage also archives of the Association (since 1885) as well as a traditional library.

OCLC Code (if applicable):

What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:

With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:

Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:

Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes

Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes

What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:

What fees do you charge for lending?:

What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:

What fees do you charge for research or other services?:


Library Resources and Facilities

What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:
Under $100,000

What is your library’s primary funding source?:

Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:
Yes

Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
Yes

Do you have access to digitization and OCR hardware/software?:
Yes

What specialized software do you have access to? (e.g. web publishing, desktop publishing, multimedia):


Special Collections

Please list any special collections that you maintain


Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:

Catalog:

Catalog Name:

Catalog Type:
General Integrated Library System (ILS)

Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):

Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes

Please provide a link to your catalog:

Staff person name :
Thierry MARECHAL (Mr)

Staff person title:
Information Centre Officer

Staff person phone:
+32 2 663 66 43

Staff person email:

Full or Part Time:
Full Time


Expertise:


Languages:




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