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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-11
Name of library or information center:
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
John A. Volpe Nationial Transportation Systems Center
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
ETKN
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):
No photocopying or borrowing privileges
Provide a description of your information collection:
Collection covers all modes of transportation. Particular emphasis on technology applications, aviation, automotive safety, human factors, and statistics
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
# Professional Staff:
3
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Susan Dresley
Address:
55 Broadway , RTV-9L
City:
Cambridge
State:
MA
Zip:
02142
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
617-494-2306; 617-494-2117
Fax Number:
617-494-3125
Main email:
susan.dresley@dot.gov
Website:
www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/index.html
Do you provide online training courses?:
Do you provide onsite training courses?:
Do you maintain a knowledge base of lessons learned or best practices?:
Do you maintain a directory of experts or provide referrals to experts as part of your services?:
Are any of your training materials catalogued into OCLC?:
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:Federal or National Agency
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
32000.0
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
250.0
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
25000.0
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
TRANSPORT, SAE Publications, EBSCOHOST, Aviation Daily and Congressional Quarterly
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?:
Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:
Ebscohost
SAE Publications Index
Transport
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1970
What days and hours are library services provided?:
9:00 - 4:30, 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.:
Conference News. TRC Bulletin (selected acquisitions) and Bibliography of Final Technical Reports Published and Presented.
OCLC Code (if applicable):
TRS
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
85%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Fedlink, OCLC
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)?:
Lend for three weeks
What fees do you charge for lending?:
None
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
None
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
None
Library Resources and Facilities
What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:
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?:
What specialized software do you have access to? (e.g. web publishing, desktop publishing, multimedia):
Endnote
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
AAMA specifications 1975 +
Volpe Center Technical Reports
FAA documents
SAE papers and publications
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Sydney Plus
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
No
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Susan Dresley
Staff person title:
Director
Staff person phone:
617-494-2117
Staff person email:
susan.dresley@dot.gov
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Systems/Network Management
Administration/Management
Languages:
Spanish
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