Transportation Libraries and Information Centers

Address:
1 Gateway Plaza, 15th floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
USA

Collection Information

Descripton
Largest transportation operator library collection open to the public. Los Angeles transportation, mass transit, urban planning, public art and demographic resources. Collection contains reports, books, studies, maps, drawings, plans, photographs, schedules, performance measurements and environmental impact reports, including many rare and one of a kind items. National Technical Information Service transportation reports 1976-present.

Subject Strengths: Urban Transportation, Mass Transit, Urban Planning, Los Angeles as a subject.

Special Collections: Archives of Los Angeles Transportation History 1873-present, MTA and its predecessor agencies, Pacific Electric, Los Angeles Railways, Los Angeles Motor Coach Lines, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Metro Transit Authority, Southern California Rapid Transit District, Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and others. 20,000 historic photographs, films, 700 video, various ephemera.

Hours: Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:30pm PST

Open to Public: Yes

Any Conditions: Non-circulating to public.

Interlibrary Loan Policies:

Loan Fees: $25 unless prior reciprocal agreement. Free to transportation libraries.

Photocopy Fees: $.10 per page, free to transportation libraries.

OCLC/RLIN Code: CRD

Cataloging System: Cybertools for Libaries

Online Catalog Internet Address:

Online Database/CD-ROM services: Available in house.

Additional Information: Online dictionary of 3200 transportation terms and acronyms, Online Archives catalog, in-house digital repository of Board of Directors meeting minutes and reports from 1958 to the present, TLCat participant.

Library Publications:

Library Network Affiliations: OCLC, Special Library Association - Transportation Division, American Library Association, American Association of Museums