Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME:New Mexico Department of Transportation Research Bureau Library

Catalog:
Library

Date of Last Update:
2009-09-16

Name of library or information center:
New Mexico Department of Transportation Research Bureau Library

Name of parent organization (if applicable):
New Mexico Department of Transportation

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

Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
WTKN

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):
NMDOT, Local Transportation Agencies, NM Independent Nations may access directly, the public should request ILL through their local library.

Provide a description of your information collection:
Primarily transportation research publications including rail, aviation and transit with some management items.

What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Transportation construction, structures, administration, multi-modal, environment, materials science, safety and design.

# Professional Staff:
1

# Support Staff :
0

Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
We provide 3 ports for laptop connection and an ADA work space.


Contact Information

Name of Primary Contact:
Krystyna Cherry

Address:

7500 Pan American Freeway ,

City:
Albuquerque

State:
NM

Zip:
87109

Country:
USA

Mailing Address (if different):
PO Box 94690 Albuquerque, NM 87199-4690

Main phone:
5058419150

Fax Number:
5058419158

Main email:
research.bureau@state.nm.us

Website:
http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=16486


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:
7,000

Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
1,000

Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
90

Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
30

Microfiche/microfilm items:
0

Photographs or image files:
0

Videotapes and CDs:
100

Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
0

Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?:
No

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.:

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?:
1930

What days and hours are library services provided?:
Monday - Friday 7am - 3:30pm

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):
NMX

What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
1

With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
NM State Library

Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
WTKN

Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes

Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes

What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
ILL to all libraries. Public can access through ILL.

What fees do you charge for lending?:
-0-

What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
-0-

What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
-0-


Library Resources and Facilities

What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:
Under $100,000.00

What is your library’s primary funding source?:
Research Bureau budget

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):
Liberty3 for cataloging ; Acrobat professional CS3 ; Microsoft suite 2003 ;


Special Collections

Please list any special collections that you maintain


Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:

Catalog:

Catalog Name:
NMDOT Research

Catalog Type:
Data Catalog

Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Liberty3

Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes

Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://slk060.liberty3.net/nmdot/gateway/gateway.exe?application=NMDOT&displayform=frame

Staff person name :
Krystyna Cherry

Staff person title:
Librarian

Staff person phone:
5058419150

Staff person email:
krystyna.cherry@state.nm.us

Full or Part Time:
Full Time


Expertise:

Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Administration/Management


Languages:




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