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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-11-03
Name of library or information center:
Chicago Transit Authority Law Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Chicago Transit Authority
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Chair, Library Committee
Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
Not an 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):
Collection is open and circulating to CTA staff; open but non-circulating to general public by appointment.
Provide a description of your information collection:
The focus of our small collection is primarily on CTA's legal practice areas (Torts, Subrogation & Workers' Compensation; Corporate Law; Labor, Policy & Appeals), with a very small and random collection of materials highlighting CTA and rail history.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
The collection caters primarily to tort and labor/employment law.
# Professional Staff:
1
# Support Staff :
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Currently downsizing print collection to accommodate both budget constrainst and possible move.
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Bart Lind Smith
Address:
Chicago Transit Authority--Law Library , 567 W. Lake St., 5th Floor
City:
Chicago
State:
IL
Zip:
60661
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
312-681-2778
Fax Number:
Main email:
bsmith@transitchicago.com
Website:
http://www.transitchicago.com
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:Public Transit Agency
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
150 titles
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
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.:
Westlaw, BNA, LexisNexis, IICLE SmartBooks
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
What days and hours are library services provided?:
M-F, 9:00-5:30
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?:
0
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
No
Do you lend through OCLC?:
No
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
Open but non-circulating to general public
What fees do you charge for lending?:
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
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?:
Under $100,000.00
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
Law Department budget, which is part of general agency budget
Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:
No
Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
No
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
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):
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Bart Lind Smith
Staff person title:
Library Services Coordinator
Staff person phone:
312-681-2778
Staff person email:
bsmith@transitchicago.com
Full or Part Time:
Full Time
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Archives/Special Collections
Administration/Management
Languages:
Spanish
French
German
Italian
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