Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-14
Name of library or information center:
Biblioteca del Departamento de Ingenieria de Transporte y Logistica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Engineer
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)?:
yes
Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required):
Affilation to Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.
Provide a description of your information collection:
100 digital journals, 350 books, 800 technical reports, 140 thesis, 370 student's works.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Transportation engineering, logistics, traffic engineering, public transport, transport policy, transport economy
# Professional Staff:
1
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Ms. Alejandra Bravo B.
Address:
Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Macul ,
City:
Santiago
State:
Zip:
6904411
Country:
Chile
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
(56-2)3545957
Fax Number:
(56-2)5530281
Main email:
alebravo@ing.puc.cl
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:Academic/Research Institution
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
353 books
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
149
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
818 reports
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
9 CDs
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
138 thesis, 373 student's works
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?:
No
Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:
Science Direct, JStore, ProQuest, Engineering Village
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1974
What days and hours are library services provided?:
16 hours weekly
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:
Alerta al Conocimiento S.A.
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
No
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
We accept interlibrary loan with all libraries.
What fees do you charge for lending?:
none
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
US$8.00 for up to 10 pages per article; US$0.15 each additional page
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
US $13.20
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?:
University funds.
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):
Mac OS X
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Base de Datos
Catalog Type:
Bibliographic Index
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
FileMaker Pro
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
No
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Ms. Alejandra Bravo B.
Staff person title:
Librarian
Staff person phone:
(56-2)3545957
Staff person email:
alebravo@ing.puc.cl
Full or Part Time:
Part Time
Expertise:
Reference Circulation/ILL Acquisitions Cataloging Database Management
Languages:
Spanish
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