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UPDATE ON TRIS and Information Services Activities GTRIC June 11, 2006

UPDATE ON TRIS and Information Services Activities GTRIC June 11, 2006. Barbara Post Manager, Information Services Bpost@nas.edu. TRB Update. TRIS – new data entry system TRB Publication Index Research in Progress Database Transportation Research Thesaurus. TRIS. Over 633,000 records

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UPDATE ON TRIS and Information Services Activities GTRIC June 11, 2006

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  1. UPDATE ON TRIS and Information Services ActivitiesGTRIC June 11, 2006 Barbara Post Manager, Information Services Bpost@nas.edu

  2. TRB Update • TRIS – new data entry system • TRB Publication Index • Research in Progress Database • Transportation Research Thesaurus

  3. TRIS • Over 633,000 records • Completed implementation of the new system • Data entry – May 2005 • Export functions – (NTL June 2005) • Import functions • Reload of TRIS sent to NTL • Refinements

  4. TRIS Data Entry System • SQL Database (relational database) • Two types of record – monographs and components • Additional fields • OCLC number • Author e-mail addresses and contact information • Summary report links as well full text links • Links for direct ordering

  5. Benefits of New System • Database Clean-up • Over 3100 duplicate records eliminated (continuing to revise duplicate checking) • Added dates for thousands of records that lacked that field • Clean up of serials, agencies – providing more information • Maintenance of TRT and indexing terms TRIS is still not perfect

  6. Benefits of New System (continued) • Flexibility of importing and exporting material • Possibility of adding additional “TLIB” files or databases of unique collections • VTRC – historical material • Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation – regional planning and transit material • Loaded records for all the papers from the TRB 2006 Annual Meeting into TRIS • New TRANSPORT product on Dialog and other vendors

  7. What is indexed in TRIS? • Want TRIS to comprehensive as possible – limits • Definitely want all Federal and State DOT research reports • Other types State reports – what is its shelf life, broad interest (don’t index driver license manuals) • Proactive in obtaining material but realize gaps • Notify us of material you think should be in TRIS

  8. TRB Publications Index • January 2006 new TRB Publications Index • First product from new TRIS system • All TRB reports, papers and articles from 1923-date • About 32,000 records • In May – over 87,000 visits to Publications Index and almost 58,000 unique ip address • Indexed on Google

  9. TRB Publications Index • Google type search • Simple and advance search • Allows to mark and view search results in brief or full formats • Search results can be downloaded or e-mailed directly to user

  10. RESEARCH in PROGRESS http://rip.trb.org • RiP Web site – Over 8600 RiP records • Includes international transportation research from the TRIP Database of ITRD • FHWA Turner Fairbank Research Projects • University research

  11. RiP Usage • Over 117,000 visits in May – Over 29,000 unique IP address • Indexed by Google • Since January 2006, 370 projects added and over 1600 updated.

  12. Transportation Research Thesaurus NCHRP Project 20-70 – Transportation Research Thesaurus Improvements • Develop a database to allow TRB to maintain the authoritative version of the TRT • Integrate the TRT into TRIS • Publish the TRT on the Web

  13. Improving the TRT • Panel – Subcommittee of LIST • Sandy Tucker Chair Nelda Bravo, Susan Dresley, Andy Everett, Seyem Petrites, Ken Winter • Reviewed Web design • Decided on maintenance policy • Michael Kleiber consultant • Review by Thesaurus committee

  14. TRT Project • January 2006 released TRT on TRB’s Web site • March 2006 maintenance feature operational – clean up of terms and TRT is now maintained on TRIS system • April 2006 TRT integrated into TRIS data entry system (big improvement for indexers)

  15. Features of TRT on Web • Allows both searching and browsing for terms • Allows view in hierarchical, alphabetical, KWIC, and KWOC displays • Links from term for direct searching in RiP, TRB Publications, TRB’s E-Newsletter • Thesaurus is can be downloaded in XML (Can also download updates)

  16. Any questions?

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