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FHWA Research Library

FHWA Research Library. Martha Soneira Team Leader, Strategic Communications Federal Highway Administration. On Becoming A World-Class Library. Library Enhancements = Happy Customers. Staffing. Cataloger. The FHWA Library Bunch. Photo Cataloger . Technician. Manager.

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FHWA Research Library

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  1. FHWA Research Library Martha Soneira Team Leader, Strategic Communications Federal Highway Administration

  2. On BecomingA World-Class Library

  3. Library Enhancements = Happy Customers

  4. Staffing Cataloger The FHWA Library Bunch Photo Cataloger Technician Manager

  5. Challenges --Undoing “Bad Habits” • Library seen as a source for copies of FHWA reports to keep or give away to colleagues. • Photocopying of reports in their entirety in violation of copyright law. • Using the library as a dumping ground for unwanted or unneeded publications. • Arrangement of collection by publication type or geographic location of publisher. • Use of Access Database used to create “catalog” records. • TFHRC employees spending a lot of their time trying to find information or publications on their own, instead of coming to the library.

  6. More Challenges • Greater information access • Information overload • Justifying one’s existence • Money If we have more information today, we suffer for this very reason from a dearth of knowledge.” Brookings Institute

  7. Library Goals and Objectives • Collections • Photo Archive • Outreach • Interlibrary Loans • Document Delivery

  8. Collections Goals • FHWA Reports will be fully cataloged, rearranged and shelved more appropriately • Organize and catalog State Research reports Establish a process for disposition of giveaways

  9. Performance • Aug 05-Mar 06 ½-time cataloger cataloged 1600 items. • Batchloading project was partially successful – DBText ran against OCLC • 1751 records matched • 2260 unmatched • (due to incomplete Access database records converted to DBText) • May 06 FHWA Research Library is the only holder of • 1,275 TLCat items • 240 OCLC items

  10. Photo Archive Goal • To catalog and store images for use by FHWA staff CANCELLED

  11. Interlibrary Loans & Document Delivery Goals • Establish onsite access to OCLC WorldCat and Resource Sharing • Use local government, academic & special library collections • Subscribe to electronic resources (online indexes, full-text journals)

  12. Resources Developed • Reference Interview • Targeted Literature Searches • Access to Databases • IRRD through Transport • Private STINET(Defense Technical Information Center) • DoD ASSIST • UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Online Archive

  13. Outreach Goal • Promote library services Intranet Web page Open House Informational Meetings Training sessions • Evaluate

  14. Open House Announcement • Want an update on library services and resources available to you now? • Here’s your opportunity to meet with those who care about your information needs! • Open House • Turner-Fairbank • Technical Reference Center • Meet Technical Reference Center staff and learn about available and planned services. • Stay for demonstrations of new and improved online resources

  15. Question . . . Presentation to Leadership Council Why does TFHRC need a technical reference center or a professional librarian?

  16. Interlibrary Loan Requests

  17. Our Next Steps • Searchable online catalog on a TFHRC server • Create a Web presence for the library with links • Solicit management support for funding for subscription databases & print subscriptions & books • Investigate ways to provide more electronic content to customers • Continually market services to employees

  18. Staying Alive • Maintain the image of “The place to go for FHWA R&D reports” • Preserve institutional memory • Explore options for “going digital”

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