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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-09-16
Name of library or information center:
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
PennState
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):
Non Penn State users may have borrowing privileges, limited.
Provide a description of your information collection:
All modes of transportation. Collection focus on PTI publications, intelligent transportation systems. Please note that most of the collection is now indexed in and available from the University Libraries, not the PTI Library.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
ITS, TRB publications, PTI publications
# Professional Staff:
0
# Support Staff :
0
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
The majority of the collection has been added to the collecion of the University Libraries at Penn State. Requests for PTI reports should be directed to PTI. The collection is now indexed the the CAT, the catalog of the Penn State University Libraries.
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Bonnie Osif
Address:
325 Hammond ,
City:
University Park
State:
PA
Zip:
16802
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
814-865 3697
Fax Number:
814-865-5989
Main email:
bao2@psu.edu
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:
5000 (at PTI) rest of the collection 40K+ in University Libraries
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
1000
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.:
Compendex, Web of Science, NTIS, ProQuest, etc. are available through PSU logins
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1967
What days and hours are library services provided?:
contact PTI for hours
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?:
all that has been merged with the University Libraries (UPM)
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
PALCI, CIC
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
for PTI collection, contact PTI. For collections in the University Libraries see http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/ill/interlibrary_loan.html
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?:
Library Resources and Facilities
What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:
Under $100,000
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
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
Yale Bureau of Highway Traffic
PennDOT publications
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
The CAT
Catalog Type:
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
SIRSI
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
www.libraries.psu.edu
Staff person name :
Bonnie Osif
Staff person title:
Librarian
Staff person phone:
814 865 3697
Staff person email:
baos@psu.edu
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Languages:
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