Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME:Oregon Department of Transportation Library and Information Resource Center

Catalog:
Library

Date of Last Update:
2009-09-11

Name of library or information center:
Oregon Department of Transportation Library and Information Resource Center

Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Oregon Department of Transportation

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

Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
MTKN

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):
Requests can be made in person, phone, e-mail, or via the library catalog: http://69.63.217.28/O10019Staff/OPAC/index.asp

Provide a description of your information collection:
Approx. 20,000 books, periodicals, government documents, VHS tapes, and CD ROMs on multi-modal transportation and transportation safety.

What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
AASHTO, TRB, USDOT/FHWA, and ODOT publications.

# Professional Staff:
1

# Support Staff :
0

Special notes or comments about your library or information center:


Contact Information

Name of Primary Contact:
Laura Wilt

Address:

355 Capitol Street NE Rm22 ,

City:
Salem

State:
OR

Zip:
97301-3871

Country:
USA

Mailing Address (if different):

Main phone:
503-986-3280

Fax Number:
503-986-4025

Main email:
laura.e.wilt@odot.state.or.us

Website:


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:

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:

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?:
No

Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
No

Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?:
1937

What days and hours are library services provided?:
7:00 AM - 3:30 PM 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.:

OCLC Code (if applicable):
OTT

What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:

With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
OCLC Western

Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Transportation Library Connectivity Pooled Fund Study

Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes

Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes

What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
Loan to agency employees, other state agencies, and general public

What fees do you charge for lending?:
No charge

What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
No charge up to 25 copies.

What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
Depends on request and degree of research. Subject to conditions of Oregon Public Records Request Form


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?:
No

Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
No

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

http://69.63.217.28/O10019Staff/OPAC/index.asp


Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:

Catalog:

Catalog Name:
EOS-Web

Catalog Type:

Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
EOSi

Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes

Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://69.63.217.28/O10019Staff/OPAC/

Staff person name :
Laura Wilt

Staff person title:
Librarian

Staff person phone:
503-986-3280

Staff person email:
laura.e.wilt@odot.state.or.us

Full or Part Time:


Expertise:

Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development


Languages:




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