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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-08-06
Name of library or information center:
Puget Sound Regional Council Information Center
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Puget Sound Regional Council
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Director of Government Relations and Communications
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):
None, although books do not check out to the public.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Contains about 6,000 items, including the agency's reports and plans. The collection also includes regional Census resources, many local jurisdictions' comprehensive plans, and EIS's for larger projects in the area.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Specializes in resources about planning in transportation, growth management and economic development in the central Puget Sound region.
# Professional Staff:
2.5
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
The Information Center distributes publications produced by the Puget Sound Regional Council.
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Andi Markley
Address:
1011 Western Ave. , Suite 500
City:
Seattle
State:
WA
Zip:
98104
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
2064647532
Fax Number:
2065874825
Main email:
amarkley@psrc.org
Website:
www.psrc.org
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:MPO/Planning Agency
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
3000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
120
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
2000
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
800
Microfiche/microfilm items:
230
Photographs or image files:
0
Videotapes and CDs:
200
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
100
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.:
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1957
What days and hours are library services provided?:
9-5, Monday-Friday
If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:
None.
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?:
OCLC Western
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
No
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
Provide our agency's documents for free upon request.
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?:
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
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Catalog
Catalog Type:
General Intergrated Library System(ILS)
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Inmagic (DB/TextWorks)
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
No
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Andi Markley
Staff person title:
Research Librarian/Public Records Officer
Staff person phone:
Staff person email:
amarkley@psrc.org
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