Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-11
Name of library or information center:
Portland Cement Association Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Portland Cement Association
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Staff Vice-President Research and Technical Services
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):
by appointment
Provide a description of your information collection:
Books, technical reports, standards, bibliographies, complete collection of PCA publications (about 5,000)
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Cement chemistry and technology, concrete, transportation, structural engineering, environmental topics related to manufacturing, life-cycle, other.
# Professional Staff:
1.0
# Support Staff :
0.5
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Connie Field
Address:
5420 Old Orchard Rd ,
City:
Skokie
State:
IL
Zip:
60077-1083
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
847-972-9174
Fax Number:
847-972-9175
Main email:
cfield@cement.org
Website:
www.cement.org
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:Professional Association
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
30,000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
300
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
1000
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
15000
Videotapes and CDs:
300
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?:
No
Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1916
What days and hours are library services provided?:
8:00-4:30, 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.:
Various bibliiographies on technical topics
OCLC Code (if applicable):
QK7
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
40%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
North Suburban Library System, ILLINET
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
TKN, MTKN
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
Member companies and libraries only
What fees do you charge for lending?:
$14 for books (IFM)
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
$15 per journal article up to 20 p. (free to ILLINET)
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
$75 per hour for nonmembers plus on-line, photocopy charges
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?:
Member company dues
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):
EndNote, for bibliography compilation
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
PCA Library Online Catalog
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
SydneyPlus
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://www.cement.org/library/
Staff person name :
Connie Field
Staff person title:
Manager, Library Services
Staff person phone:
847-972-9174
Staff person email:
cfield@cement.org
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference Acquisitions Cataloging Administration/Management
Languages:
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