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Transportation Libraries and Information Centers

NAME: Transportation Library, Northwestern University

Address:
1970 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
USA

Phone:
847-491-5273

E-mail:
trans@northwestern.edu

Date Established:
1955

Fax:
847-491-8601

Website:
www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/

Collection Information

Books/Reports:
272,600

Serials:
3,175

Microforms:
177,400		 CD-ROMS:
1,500

Explanation:
On-line access to materials comprehensive 1979+; earlier material accessible through card and book catalogs onsite.

  

Description:
One of the largest transportation libraries in the world, the Northwestern University Transportation Library has collections on transportation law enforcement and police management, and environmental impact assessment.  The transportation collection emphasizes current socioeconomic aspects, particularly management, operations, finance, planning, regulation and safety.  All transportation modes--air, rail, water, highway, and pipeline--are represented; both U.S. and international publications are collected.  Other aspects, such as technology and history, are covered selectively.  The law enforcement collection focuses on police administration and training, and traffic law enforcement. The environmental impact statement collection (ca. 52,000 volumes) includes most of the EIS's prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.  These resources support education and research programs for Northwestern’s Transportation Center, Center for Public Safety, Infrastructure Technology Institute, faculty and students, as well as, the national and worldwide transportation and law enforcement research communities.

Subject Strengths:
Collection depth in transportation topics (all modes), and environmental impact statements.

Special Collections:
Annual reports of carriers, from the 1800's to the present
American Society of Transportation & Logistics depository (2300 papers)
H.H. Copeland maps produced 1930-1950 showing railroad traffic density and financial information

Hours: Staff assistance: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, M-F. Hours of access: 8:30 AM - 11:45PM, Mon-Sat, 12:00-11:45 PM, Sun.

Open to the Public: yes

Any Conditions: The University Library has restricted access hours after 5:00 PM Mon- FRI , and after 12 noon on SAT and SUN. Users need to declare intention to use the Transportation Library to obtain access to the building.

Interlibrary Loan Policies:Please refer to our Web site for current information.  http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/services.html

Requests accepted by phone, web form, fax, e-mail, letter, ALA request or OCLC.  We are participants in the CIC, MTKN, and ILLINET ILL agreements. Materials shipped library rate or UPS ground at no charge, or priority shipping (priority mail/FedEx/UPS next-day/fax) at cost plus $10 surcharge for rush handling.  Books, government reports, theses/dissertations, annual reports, environmental impact statements, audiovisual materials, computer materials, and microforms may be borrowed.  Periodicals, reference/high-use materials, archival or fragile materials may not be borrowed.  Journal articles and conference papers are copied within copyright guidelines.  Large photocopying requests may also be billed for time.

Loan Fees:$15.00 per book for not-for-profit organizations; $20.00 for for-profit organizations.  Loan charges do not apply to national; federal; state and local government transportation agency libraries and employees; and organizations which deposit their reports with the Transportation Library.  Contact the Transportation Library for more information trans@northwestern.edu.

Photocopy Fees:: $15.00 per article up to 50 pages, for not-for-profit organization; $22.00 per article up to 50 pages, for for-profit organization.  Contact the Transportation Library for more information at trans@northwestern.edu.

Cataloging System: Endeavor Information System (Voyager)

OCLC/RLIN Code: JCR (OCLC); ILNX (RLIN)

Online Catalog Internet Address: http://nucat.library.northwestern.edu/

Online Database/CD-ROM services:: The TRAN Article File, http://tran.library.northwestern.edu/ our locally-produced transportation and law enforcement journal article/conference index.  Thousands of other electronic resources available through Northwestern University Library http://er.library.northwestern.edu/

Additional Information:: Major contributor to the TLIB subfile of TRB’s TRIS database.  Depository for US Dept. of Transportation sponsored research.

Staff Overview

Number of Professional Staff: 3    Number of Support Staff: 4
Name: Title: Phone: Email:

Roberto A. Sarmiento

Head Librarian

847-491-2913

r-sarmiento@northwestern.edu

Mary Kathleen Geary

Public Services Librarian

847-467-5325

m-geary@northwestern.edu

Paul R. Burley

Technical Services Librarian

847-491-5274

p-burley@nwu.edu

Library Publications: None

Library Network Affiliations:
ILLINET; MTKN; and the CIC, thru the University Library


Last update: May 23, 2007.