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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-11-16
Name of library or information center:
Australian Maritime College Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Australian Maritime College
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):
Reference only unless special permission granted.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Maritime
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Shipping, naval architecture, marine and offshore engineering, maritime law, seamanship, fisheries.
# Professional Staff:
2
# Support Staff :
8
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Branch library at Beauty Point holds fisheries and basic seamanship material (approximately 6,000 volumes).
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
C. Nelson
Address:
PO Box 986 ,
City:
Launceston
State:
Tasmania
Zip:
7250
Country:
Australia
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
+61 3 6335 4773
Fax Number:
+61 3 6335 4821
Main email:
C.Nelson@corp.amc.edu.au
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:Academic/Research Institution
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
42000.0
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:
MTA, ABAFR, MOFR, Marine Lit., Transport
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.:
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1978
What days and hours are library services provided?:
9:00 - 5:00, 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.:
Library guides, accessions list.
OCLC Code (if applicable):
ABN code = TAMC
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Fishlib, TranzInfo, ABN
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Australian standards apply; ALIA vouchers accepted. Free to members of TranzInfo, Fishlib, and libraries within Tasmania.
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?:
$0.09 per page
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
$75 /hour for external queries of over one hour.
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
Branch library at Beauty Point holds fisheries and basic seamanship material (approximately 6,000 volumes).
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Cataloguing entered on ABN.
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:
N/A
Staff person name :
C. Nelson
Staff person title:
Librarian
Staff person phone:
61 3 6335 4771
Staff person email:
C.Nelson@corp.amc.edu.au
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
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