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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-11-21
Name of library or information center:
National Transportation Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
U.S. Department of Transportation
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):
Non-DOT patrons should bring ID to gain access to the library.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Covers air, land and sea transportation, engineering and law.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Comprehensive transportation coverage: highways, railroads, marine safety, automobiles, driver studies, urban and maritime transportation, comparative and statistical transportation, air transportation, air traffic control, engineering, medicine, environment.
# Professional Staff:
10.0
# Support Staff :
5.0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Amanda J. Wilson
Address:
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE , Room W12-300
City:
Washington
State:
DC
Zip:
20590
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
Reference - 202-366-0746 Circulation - 202-267-0745
Fax Number:
202-366-7779
Main email:
library@dot.gov
Website:
http://www.ntl.bts.gov
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:
150,000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
3000
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
10,000
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
60,000
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
1000
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.:
Elsevier ScienceDirect
HeinOnline
WestLaw
LexisNexs
Natinoal Journal Gateway
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1969
What days and hours are library services provided?:
8:00 - 4:00 M-F (closed Federal holidays)
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):
TRL
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
80
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
OCLC, FEDLINK
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
FLICC, ETKN, MTKN, WTKN
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
What fees do you charge for lending?:
No
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
No
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
No
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?:
Department of Transportation
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):
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
Online Digital Special Collections http://specialcollection.dotlibrary.dot.gov
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Headquarters Catalog
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
EOS.Web ILS System (EOSi)
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://onlinecatalog.dotlibrary.dot.gov/D10090Staff/OPAC/index.asp
Staff person name :
Staff person title:
Staff person phone:
Staff person email:
Full or Part Time:
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