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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2015-08-31
Name of library or information center:
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Research Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Federal Highway Administration
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Dawn Vanlandingham, Information Management Specialist/Transportation Specialist
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):
Non-U.S. DOT employees need to make an appointment. Library materials circulate directly to FHWA employees only or to libraries through interlibrary loan.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Collection covers all aspects of surface transportation and is geared towards the information needs of all FHWA RD&T employees, regardless of location. Particular emphasis is on research that supports the work of the FHWA Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center laboratories. The collection is largely technical reports of research performed or sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
asphalt; concrete; materials; pavements; bridges/structures; geotechnical engineering; hydraulics; nondestructive evaluation; highway safety; human factors; intelligent transportation systems; traffic operations; vehicle-to-infrastructure
# Professional Staff:
3
# Support Staff :
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Library materials circulate directly to FHWA employees only or to libraries through interlibrary loan. Will answer reference questions from the general public as time permits.
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Deena Adelman (contractor)
Address:
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center,
Federal Highway Administration Research Library,
6300 Georgetown Pike
City:
McLean
State:
VA
Zip:
22101-2296
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
202-493-3172
Fax Number:
202-493-3495
Main email:
fhwalibrary@dot.gov
Website:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/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:
3500
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
200
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
26,000
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
900
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
500
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
200
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.:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Library, CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE (CRCnetBASE), Compendex, IEEE Xplore, PsycINFO/PsycARTICLES, SPIE Digital Library
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
2005
What days and hours are library services provided?:
07:30-4:00 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.:
New Titles List
OCLC Code (if applicable):
FHATR
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
70%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
FEDLIB, LSTR, LVIS
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
IUG
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
See OCLC Policies Directory or our website http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/library/interlibloan.cfm
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?:
$100,000 or above
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
U.S. Dept. of Transportation. Funding from FHWA Office of Corporate Research, Technology, & Innovation Management.
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):
OCLC Connexion, EndNote
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
FHWA Office of Research, Development, and Technology Reports
Bureau of Public Roads/Federal Highway Administration Historical Collection
Public Roads magazine from vol. 1, no. 2, June 1918 issue.
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
FHWA Research Library Online Catalog
Catalog Type:
General Integrated Library System (ILS)
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
EOSi
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://207.67.203.76/F94007Staff/OPAC/index.asp
Staff person name :
Deena Adelman (contractor)
Staff person title:
Library Manager / Reference Librarian
Staff person phone:
202-493-3058
Staff person email:
deena.adelman.ctr@dot.gov
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Administration/Management
Languages:
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