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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-08-28
Name of library or information center:
Center for Transportation Research Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
The University of Texas at Austin
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Executive Assistant
Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
WTKN
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):
Anyone may access our collection in person or on-line at http://library.ctr.utexas.edu/index.html Circulation is restricted to University of Texas and TxDOT affiliates. Loans may be made to other transportation affiliates by special request.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Our library contains all of the reports generated by TxDOT's research program. We act as the TxDOT research archive. We hold a full set of TRB materials. We hold a selected group of FHWA, U.S. DOT, State DOT, and international materials.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Our particular strengths are our comprehensive collection of TxDOT materials and a collection of NAFTA/Texas/Mexico border materials.
# Professional Staff:
2
# Support Staff :
3
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Louise Rosenzweig
Address:
3208 Red River, Room 115 ,
City:
Austin
State:
TX
Zip:
78705
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
512-232-3138
Fax Number:
Main email:
louise.rosenzweig@mail.utexas.edu
Website:
http://library.ctr.utexas.edu/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:Academic/Research Institution
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
15,000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
20
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
4500
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
5600
Microfiche/microfilm items:
0
Photographs or image files:
0
Videotapes and CDs:
200
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.:
As a center affiliated with the University of Texas, we can access all databases that the UT Libraries subscribes to for research. Most commonly used: Transport, Ei Compendex/Engineering Village, Web of Science/Knowledge, PAIS, and OCLC/WorldCat.
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1963
What days and hours are library services provided?:
Monday-Friday, 8:00-5:00, closed daily 12:00-1:00
If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:
Research Digest http://library.ctr.utexas.edu/research_digest.html
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:
SLA (Texas and Transportation Divisions) and WTKN
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
No
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
The University of Texas affiliates as well as Texas Department of Transportation staff may borrow materials. Other patrons may borrow materials by special arrangement.
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?:
Under $100,000.00
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
Contract funding by the Texas Department of Transportation
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):
web publishing, desktop publishing, Inmagic software, multimedia though our graphics department, additional software available through the university
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
TxDOT sponsored research
TxDOT research archive
NAFTA - Texas/Mexico border issues
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
CTR catalog
Catalog Type:
Data Catalog
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Inmagic: DB Textworks and Web Publisher Pro
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://library.ctr.utexas.edu/dbtw-wpd/textbase/websearchcat.htm
Staff person name :
Louise Rosenzweig
Staff person title:
Manager, Library Services
Staff person phone:
512-232-3138
Staff person email:
louise.rosenzweig@mail.utexas.edu
Full or Part Time:
Full Time
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Archives/Special Collections
Administration/Management
Languages:
French
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