Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME:Norwegian Public Roads Administration Library

Catalog:
Library

Date of Last Update:

Name of library or information center:
Norwegian Public Roads Administration Library

Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Norwegian Public Roads Administration

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

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):
No on-line database services to the public

Provide a description of your information collection:
Primarily focused on transportation with emphasis on highway engineering, traffic safety and environmental issues.

What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Literature on the design, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and tunnels. Traffic safety

# Professional Staff:
3.0

# Support Staff :

Special notes or comments about your library or information center:


Contact Information

Name of Primary Contact:
Risa Magery

Address:

P.O. Box 8142 DEP ,

City:
Oslo

State:

Zip:
NO-0033

Country:
Norway

Mailing Address (if different):

Main phone:
+47 915 02030 (from Norway: dial only 02030)

Fax Number:
+47 22073768

Main email:
biblvd@vegvesen.no

Website:
http://www.vegvesen.no/en/The+NPRA/Publications/Library


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:Federal or National Agency


Detailed Collection Information:

Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:

Books/monographs:
60000.0

Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
500.0

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?:
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.:
Dialog (TRIS, Iconda, Enviroline ), STN (ITRD), Web of Science

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?:
1964

What days and hours are library services provided?:
9:00 - 15:00, 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.:

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?:
The Norwegian Union Catalogue

Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Nordic-Baltic Transportation Libraries

Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes

Do you lend through OCLC?:

What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:

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?:


Library Resources and Facilities

What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:
$100,000 or above

What is your library’s primary funding source?:

Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:

Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
Yes

Do you have access to digitization and OCR hardware/software?:

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

Norwegian Public Roads Administration Publications.


Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:

Catalog:

Catalog Name:

Catalog Type:

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

Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes

Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://svvgw.vegvesen.no

Staff person name :
Risa Mager?y

Staff person title:
Librarian

Staff person phone:
+47 22073247

Staff person email:
biblvd@vegvesen.no

Full or Part Time:


Expertise:


Languages:




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