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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-28
Name of library or information center:
New Jersey Department of Transportation Research Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Manager, Bureau of Research
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):
by appointment
Provide a description of your information collection:
Transportation materials from the Transportation Research Board, federal and state departments of transportation, and from transportation-related professional associations.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
# Professional Staff:
2.0
# Support Staff :
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Carol Paszamant
Address:
NJDOT Research Library , 1035 Parkway Ave.
City:
Trenton
State:
NJ
Zip:
08618
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
P.O. Box 600
Trenton, NJ 08625-0600
Main phone:
609-530-5289
Fax Number:
609-530-2052
Main email:
carol.paszamant@dot.state.nj.us
Website:
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/library
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:State DOT
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
300.0
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
150.0
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
5000.0
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
1000.0
Microfiche/microfilm items:
2
Photographs or image files:
75
Videotapes and CDs:
200.0
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?:
Yes
Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
Yes
Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:
Through NJ State Library: Ebscohost, Infotrac, OCLC, etc.
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1962
What days and hours are library services provided?:
9:00 - 5:00, 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.:
Selected Recent Acquisitions, Promotional Brochure
OCLC Code (if applicable):
TJQ
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
15%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
TLCAT, LSTR, LVIS
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
New Jersey Library Network; branch of the New Jersey State Library; Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (CJRLC)
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
Lend most materials unless Reference/noncirc
What fees do you charge for lending?:
none
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
None to government and non-profit: otherwise, .75 for pp 1-10, .50 for pp. 11-20, and .25 for pp. 21+
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
N/A
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?:
State Planning and Research (SPR) funds from Federal Highway Administration
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?:
No
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
TRB publications
NJDOT publications
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
NJ State Library catalog
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Horizon
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://www.njstatelib.org/cyberdesk
Staff person name :
Carol Paszamant
Staff person title:
Research Librarian
Staff person phone:
609-530-5289
Staff person email:
carol.paszamant@dot.state.nj.us
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Collection Development
Administration/Management
Languages:
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