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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2008-01-18
Name of library or information center:
Technical Resources Center, Panama Canal Authority
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Panama Canal Authority
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):
Provide a description of your information collection:
General business, maritime, engineering, science, safety books. Plus a specialized historical collection specifically related to the Panama Canal, including: books, photographs, maps and over 2,200 museum items.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Panama Canal history, maritime, business.
# Professional Staff:
5
# Support Staff :
16
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Amelia Barakat
Address:
Panama Canal Authority , Unit 2300
City:
APO AA
State:
Zip:
34011
Country:
Panama
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
011-507-272-8938
Fax Number:
011-507-272-8110
Main email:
imct-ts@pancanal.com
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:Federal or National Agency
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
90000.0
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:
Dialog, OCLC
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?:
Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
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?:
1914
What days and hours are library services provided?:
7:15 am - 4:15 p.m., 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.:
General and specialized bibliographies, new books list, etc.... for internal Commission distribution. Quarterly
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?:
Local libraries only
Do you lend through OCLC?:
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
What fees do you charge for lending?:
N/A
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
$0.10 cents each, coin operated photocopier.
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?:
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:
Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
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
Panama Canal Collection
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
Columbia Library 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?:
Please provide a link to your catalog:
Staff person name :
Amelia Barakat
Staff person title:
Technical Services Librarian
Staff person phone:
011-507-272-4926
Staff person email:
imct-ts@pancanal.com
Full or Part Time:
Expertise:
Languages:
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