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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-11-13
Name of library or information center:
Iowa Department of Transportation Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Iowa 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?:
MTKN
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):
Provide a description of your information collection:
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
# Professional Staff:
1
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Hank Zaletel
Address:
800 Lincoln Way ,
City:
Ames
State:
IA
Zip:
50010
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
515-239-1200
Fax Number:
515-233-7840
Main email:
hank.zaletel@dot.iowa.gov
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:State DOT
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
15000.0
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:
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.:
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1970
What days and hours are library services provided?:
7:00 - 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.:
Recent Acquisitions Bulletin
OCLC Code (if applicable):
UIG
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
BRC, Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network (MTKN)
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?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
The Library will attempt to borrow material from other libraries for Iowa DOT staff and InTrans personnel through the interlibrary loan service. Fees for services above $10 will be discussed with the patron. Clients requesting an interlibrary loan must provide complete and accurate bibliographic information about the items they want to borrow. The Library does not charge for its interlibrary loan service to borrowing libraries. Arrangements will be made with foreign libraries on shipping charges.
What fees do you charge for lending?:
We only charge for shipping with some foreign borrowers.
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
No
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?:
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
Iowa Dept. 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
Digitized Photographs(10,000) 1913-1930
Rock Island RR Clipping File 5,000 clippings 1958+
Historic Road Files 1913-1928
Digitized 1916 Iowa Lakes and Wetland maps
Digitized 1912 Huebinger atlas
Digitized 1914 Iowa County maps
Digitized photos of the construction of the Julien Dubuque bridge in Dubuque, Iowa.
Digitzed photos of the construction of the I-480 bridge between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska
Digitized photos of the Grand Avenue Overpass construction on U.S. 69 in Ames, Iowa 1936-1938.
Digitized photos of Iowa airports from the 1960s to the present.
Digitized photos of historic bridges in Iowa
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
Commercial
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://iowa.ipac.dynixasp.com/?session=KU21277753116.89422&profile=statelib&logout=true&startover=true#focus
Staff person name :
Hank Zaletel
Staff person title:
Librarian
Staff person phone:
515-239-1200
Staff person email:
hank.zaletel@dot.iowa.gov
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Acquisitions
Collection Development
Cataloging
Archives/Special Collections
Administration/Management
Languages:
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