Transportation Libraries and Information Centers


NAME:Transport Canada - Civil Aviation Technical Reference Centre - Atlantic Region (Moncton, New Brunswick)

Catalog:
Library

Date of Last Update:
2007-01-23

Name of library or information center:
Transport Canada - Civil Aviation Technical Reference Centre - Atlantic Region (Moncton, New Brunswick)

Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Transport Canada

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)?:
no

Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required):
The technical documents that make up the majority of the collection are proprietary documents provided to Transport Canada Civil Aviation by manufacturers in support of certified aeronautical products. They may not be made available to the public without

Provide a description of your information collection:
The Technical Reference Centre is a source of information for clients involved in the certification and approval of aircraft, manufacturers and maintenance organizations. It houses a specialized collection consisting of manufacturer technical manuals, regulatory documents and magazines in a variety of formats including paper, microfilm, microfiche, and CD-ROM.

What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Aircraft Technical Manuals and regulatory documents.

# Professional Staff:
2

# Support Staff :
0

Special notes or comments about your library or information center:


Contact Information

Name of Primary Contact:
Darla M. Davidson

Address:

95 Foundry Street , P. O. Box 42

City:
Moncton

State:
NB

Zip:
0

Country:
Canada

Mailing Address (if different):

Main phone:
506-851-7398

Fax Number:
506-851-2563

Main email:
TRC-ATL@tc.gc.ca; davidsd@tc.gc.ca

Website:


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:

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:
Provided via Intranet to Transport Canada employees.

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?:

Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:

Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?:
0

What days and hours are library services provided?:
0800 - 1600 hours 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.:

OCLC Code (if applicable):

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

With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Networked with five other Transport Canada Civil Aviation Technical Reference Centres

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

Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Not provided

Do you lend through OCLC?:

What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:

What fees do you charge for lending?:
N/A

What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
N/A

What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
N/A


Library Resources and Facilities

What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:

What is your library’s primary funding source?:

Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:

Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:

Do you have access to digitization and OCR hardware/software?:

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

Historic aviation regulations


Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:

Catalog:

Catalog Name:
Specialized scheme developed in-house

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 :
Darla M. Davidson

Staff person title:
Librarian

Staff person phone:
506-851-7398

Staff person email:
davidsd@tc.gc.ca

Full or Part Time:


Expertise:


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