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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-10
Name of library or information center:
ARRB Group Ltd (M G Lay Library )
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
ARRB Group Ltd
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):
by appointment
Provide a description of your information collection:
The MG lay Library is recognised as the leading transport library in Australia. Strong Australian and New Zealand holdings with large holdings from other OECD countries, chiefly the UK, USA and Canada. Comprehensive collection of items published by the ARRB Group ( formerly ARRB Transport Research & the Australian Road Research Board), National Association of Australian State Road Authorities (NAASRA), and Austroads.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Land transport; road pavements; pavement materials; transport economics; transport and the environment; transport safety; geotechnical engineering; planning and land use; transport management; vehicle design and safety; traffic engineering.
# Professional Staff:
7
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
The MG Lay library produces the Australian Transport Index (ATRI) database. ATRI contains over 155,000 records and is available for subscription from Informit (http://www.informit.com.au). The library is also the Australian contributor to OECD's ITRD data
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Andrew Meier
Address:
500 Burwood Highway ,
City:
Vermont South
State:
VIC
Zip:
3133
Country:
Australia
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
+61(3)9881-1600
Fax Number:
+61(3)9802-5502
Main email:
andrew.meier@arrb.com.au
Website:
http://www.arrb.com.au/index.php
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:Professional Association
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
20,000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
250
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
20,000
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.:
TRANSPORT
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1962
What days and hours are library services provided?:
08:30-17:00 Mon-Fri
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):
Australian library code: VARR
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
No overseas loans. Loans within Australia to other libraries and to subscribers
Do you lend through OCLC?:
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
What fees do you charge for lending?:
AUD$22.00 (incl.GST) per item
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
AUD$22.00 (incl.GST) per item
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
Literature searches from AUD$100
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?:
Australian Federal, State and Territory Government Road Authorities under the National Interest Services (NIS) program.
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?:
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:
Road Research Register - online searchable database of Australian and New Zealand road-related research projects
Catalog Type:
Data Catalog
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
home grown
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
www.roadresearch.com.au
Staff person name :
Andrew Meier
Staff person title:
Library Manager
Staff person phone:
+61(3)9881-1603
Staff person email:
andrew.meier@arrb.com.au
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Information Architecture
Taxonomy/Thesaurus/Ontology
Administration/Management
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