► Overview
Fundamental services of a transportation library.
Systems for circulating books, online materials and other resources.
Standards and classifications in cataloging.
► Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
Expanding the reach of a library and its collection.
Supplemental resources for more information.
Definitions of terms, abbreviations and acronyms used in the Quick Guide.
The Quick Guides in this collection address the following issues of interest to transportation information professionals:
► Introduction to the Quick Guides
► Accessibility and Section 508
► Collection Development and Management
The Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science defines information management as the “skillful exercise of control over the acquisition, organization, storage, security, retrieval and dissemination of the information resources essential to the successful operation of a business, agency, organization or institution.”
Managing information is at the core of the day-to-day operations of a transportation library or information center. This Quick Guide focuses on four elements of a full-service transportation library’s daily operations:
The guidance in this Quick Guide is appropriate for DOTs with or without library spaces that manage print or digital resources.
The Transportation Research and Connectivity pooled fund study, TPF-5(442), is a consortium of state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other partners that supports the coordinated development of transportation libraries as well as research organizations without dedicated libraries. Study focus areas include communication and networking, digitization, research report accessibility, and developing online resource guides and a toolkit for non-librarians.
"Catalog Locally, Share Globally: RDA’s Cataloging Evolution Continues With the 3R Project," James Hennelly, American Libraries, July 2021.
This online journal article describes the Resource Description and Access (RDA) Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project, a new cataloging standard. Also called the 3R Project, RDA moves away from creating records to creating useful metadata.
This Quick Guide was prepared by CTC & Associates LLC for the Transportation Research and Connectivity pooled fund study, TPF-5(442), under the guidance of the following members of the study's technical advisory committee:
This guide is a living document that is intended to be revised and updated to incorporate new resources. To suggest a resource for inclusion, please contact one of the committee members listed above.
Publication date:December 2022.