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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-11
Name of library or information center:
Illinois Department of Transportation, Policy and Research Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Illinois Department of Transportation
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Quality and Document Management Services Section Chief
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)?:
No
Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required):
Do not loan to general public unless requested via Interlibrary Loan
Provide a description of your information collection:
Books, journals, research reports, gov. docs., standards, legal research material to supplement information needs of IDOT staff and local transportation officials in Illinois.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Highway/Transportation Engineering
# Professional Staff:
1
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Member of RPLS: Rolling Prairie Library System
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Karen Perrin
Address:
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway , Rm. 320
City:
Springfield
State:
IL
Zip:
62764-0001
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
217-782-6680
Fax Number:
217-524-3834
Main email:
DOT.PolicyResearchCenter@illinois.gov
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:
15000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
300
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
4000
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
Microfiche/microfilm items:
2000
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
200
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.:
OCLC, Westlaw, ACI Manual of Concrete Practice, AISC Steel Solutions Center, ASTM Standards, TRB Transportation Research Record Online
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1965
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.:
OCLC Code (if applicable):
IZA
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
85%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
RPLS (Rolling Prairie Library System); LVIS (Libraries Very Interested in Sharing); MTKN (Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network); various OCLC subgroups
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Rolling Prairie Library System; Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
One month loan of all non-reference materials with first priority to IDOT employees, as determined by library director.
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?:
None
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?:
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
IL Dept. of Transportation research reports and publications
Illinois legal materials
Transportation-oriented microfiche from NTIS
AASHTO and TRB reports
Standard specifications of all state DOTs
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
HIP: Horizon Interface Portal
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
SirsiDynix Horizon
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://hip.rpls.ws/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=spisidt#focus
Staff person name :
Karen Perrin
Staff person title:
Technical Reference Librarian
Staff person phone:
217-782-6680
Staff person email:
Karen.Perrin@illinois.gov
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Cataloging
Archives/Special Collections
Administration/Management
Languages:
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