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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-14
Name of library or information center:
New York State Department of Transportation, Transportation Research and Development Bureau Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
New York State Department of Transportation
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Director, Research and Development Bureau
Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
ETKN
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):
Materials only loaned to Department employees and TKN members.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Library serves the entire Department of Transportation including 12 regional offices around the state.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Research reports, Large TRB and AASHTO Collection.
# Professional Staff:
1
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Jane Minotti
Address:
50 Wolf Road, POD 34 ,
City:
Albany
State:
NY
Zip:
12232
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
518-485-2077
Fax Number:
518-457-7535
Main email:
jminotti@dot.state.ny.us
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:
12000.0
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
50.0
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
50
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
Videotapes and CDs:
50
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.:
Dialog
NYS Library NovelNY
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1989
What days and hours are library services provided?:
8:00 - 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.:
"Connections"
OCLC Code (if applicable):
NY2
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
65%
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
NYLINK
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)?:
28 days
What fees do you charge for lending?:
none
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
No Photocopying service available.
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?:
Research & Development Bureau
Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:
Yes
Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
No
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):
web publishing
desktop publishing
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
TRB materials back to 1920's.
NYS DOT Research Reports
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):
InMagic DBTextworks
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
No
Please provide a link to your catalog:
none
Staff person name :
Jane Minotti
Staff person title:
Librarian
Staff person phone:
518-485-2077
Staff person email:
jminotti@dot.state.ny.us
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Reference
Circulation/ILL
Languages:
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