Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2004-11-26
Name of library or information center:
Shannon & Wilson, Inc. Library and Information Resources
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
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)?:
by appointment
Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required):
Provide a description of your information collection:
Books, journals, government documents, standards, videos to supplement work as Consulting Engineers in the fields of: geotechnical engineering (buildings and bridges); transportation engineering (railroads, highways, & airports); geotechnical engineering (hydrology, material testing & geology); electrical and mechanical engineering; waste management; and environmental studies: including Phase 1 Site Assessments; and biological studies.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Washington and Oregon geology and map collection.
# Professional Staff:
1
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Conrad Kartanas
Address:
400 North 34th Street - Suite 100 ,
City:
Seattle
State:
WA
Zip:
98103
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
206-695-6718
Fax Number:
206-633-6777
Main email:
csk@shanwil.com
Website:
http://www.shanwil.com/
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:Engineering/Planning/Consulting Firm
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
32500.0
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):
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
DIALOG; FirstSearch; Cuadra/STAR for internal collections
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.:
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1971
What days and hours are library services provided?:
7 to 4 P.M. Pacific Time
If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:
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?:
Will loan to any established library for 3 weeks
Do you lend through OCLC?:
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
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?:
Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
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):
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
Topographic, geologic, historical and National Wetland Inventory maps for Washington, Oregon, Alaska.
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
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?:
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Conrad Kartanas
Staff person title:
Library & Information Resources Manager
Staff person phone:
206-695-6718
Staff person email:
csk@shanwil.com
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
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