Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME:Keith B. Mather Library

Catalog:
Library

Date of Last Update:
2008-04-07

Name of library or information center:
Keith B. Mather Library

Name of parent organization (if applicable):
International Arctic Research Center

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

Name of Primary Contact:
Julia H. Triplehorn

Address:

International Arctic Research Center , 930 Koyukuk

City:
Fairbanks

State:
AK

Zip:
0

Country:
USA

Mailing Address (if different):
P.O. Box 757355

Main phone:
907-474-7512

Fax Number:
907-474-7290 or 907-474-2640

Main email:
gilibrary@gi.alaska.edu

Website:
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/services/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:Academic/Research Institution


Detailed Collection Information:

Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:

Books/monographs:

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:
Yes

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.:

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?:
1946

What days and hours are library services provided?:
8:00 - 5:00, M-F After-hours access is permitted by magnetic card for Geophysical Institute and IARC faculty, staff and students.

If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:
New boook list

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?:
Goldmine and WorldCat

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

Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
This service is available only to GI and IARC faculty, staff and students.

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?:
Non-circulating materials can be photocopied at 10 cents per page. Photocopying services are available for faculty and staff upon request with same day delivery to their office. Special accounts can be arranged for library users outside GI and IARC.

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?:

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

U.S. Army Cold Regions Publications

Conoco Alaska Collection

Sydney Chapman Collection

Auroral Archival Collection


Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:

Catalog:

Catalog Name:
Sirsi

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:
http://goldmine.uaf.edu/mather/

Staff person name :

Staff person title:
Librarian

Staff person phone:
907-474-7512

Staff person email:
gilibrary@gi.alaska.edu

Full or Part Time:


Expertise:


Languages:




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