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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-11
Name of library or information center:
State Transportation Library of Massachusetts
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Chief Librarian and ARchivist
Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
ETKN
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):
The public may use the library on an in-house basis; Massachusetts residents may circulate secondary materials. Reference and staff assistance is by appointment.
Provide a description of your information collection:
All aspects of transportation including materials related to aviation, mass transit, railroads, civil engineering, environment,(including sustainability and climate change,) planning, design and construction.
Our catalog is accessed at our home page at www.mass.gov/transportation library and we are part of the Metro Boston Library Network (MBLN) and the
Transportation Libraries Catalog (TLCat)
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Highway, mass transit, environment, civil engineering, Urban planning as well as design, and construction.
# Professional Staff:
1.0
# Support Staff :
0.0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Lynn Matis
Address:
10 Park Plaza 2nd floor ,
City:
Boston
State:
MA
Zip:
2116
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
617-973-8000
Fax Number:
617-973-7153
Main email:
library@mbta.com
Website:
http://www.mass.gov/transportationlibary
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:
25000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
50
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
included in book figure
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
included in book figure
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
Nonprint materials 500
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?:
1984
What days and hours are library services provided?:
8:00 - 4:00, 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.:
Selected Acquisitions and Internet Basics
OCLC Code (if applicable):
TLB
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
estimate 95%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Boston Regional Library System
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
We lend circulating materials.
What fees do you charge for lending?:
No charge
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
$0.15 per page.
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?:
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):
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
Federal Transit Administration
Federal Highway Administration
State Transportation Agency reports
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Metro Boston LIbrary Network
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Horizon
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
masss.gov/transportationlibrary
Staff person name :
Lynn Matis
Staff person title:
Chief Librarian and Archivist
Staff person phone:
617-973-8001
Staff person email:
lmatis@mbta.com
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Physical or Digital Preservation
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Cataloging
Archives/Special Collections
Administration/Management
Languages:
French
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