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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-10-01
Name of library or information center:
National Railway Historical Society Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
National Railway Historical Society
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
Greg Molloy, President
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):
Closed stacks; reference only
Provide a description of your information collection:
Primary focus is the history of North American railways. Maintain a small collection of selected books/publications on non-North American railway history.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Public timetables, employee magazines, annual reports of railways, postcards of rail-related subjects, over 35 various railway-related periodicals, accident investigations reports.
# Professional Staff:
0
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Library is in storage presently due to the loss of the lease for the office. Relocation will be in the future but the location is not available at this time.
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Kristen Olszewski
Address:
100 N. 20th St, STE 400 ,
City:
Philadelphia
State:
PA
Zip:
19103-1462
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
215-557-6606
Fax Number:
Main email:
infor@nrhs.com
Website:
http://www.nrhs.com/
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What types of data sets do you provide?: Historical documents and books
What export formats do you offer?: None at this time
What types of metadata do you provide to help users locate or interpret data sets?:
Organization Type:Other
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
4000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
35.0
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
50
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
Microfiche/microfilm items:
Photographs or image files:
3000
Videotapes and CDs:
2000
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
1000
Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?:
No
Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
No
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?:
1965
What days and hours are library services provided?:
9:00 - 3:30, 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?:
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
No
Do you lend through OCLC?:
No
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
Research only, no lending.
What fees do you charge for lending?:
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
Volunteers do research on time available basis.
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?:
NRHS dues and donations
Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:
No
Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
No
Do you have access to digitization and OCR hardware/software?:
No
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
Complete archival set of National Railway Bulletin
Official Guide of Railways from the late 1800s to present
ICC Valuation Reports prepared in the 1920s
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
self-constructed system
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?:
No
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Kristen Olszewski
Staff person title:
Account Manager
Staff person phone:
215-557-6606
Staff person email:
infor@nrhs.com
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Languages:
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