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Regulatory Library: Ground Transportation and Airports

Regulatory Library: Ground Transportation and Airports. Ray A. Mundy, Ph.D. Overview. Introduction Objective Methodology Conclusion. Introduction. Convergence of computing and communication Ever-increasing demand for information Higher expectations from users

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Regulatory Library: Ground Transportation and Airports

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  1. Regulatory Library:Ground Transportation and Airports Ray A. Mundy, Ph.D.

  2. Overview • Introduction • Objective • Methodology • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • Convergence of computing and communication • Ever-increasing demand for information • Higher expectations from users • Over-abundance of information

  4. Objective • Information resource • Create • Maintain • Use • Concise library source related to ground transportation in city ordinances and at airports • Collect • Analyze • Report • Disperse • User accessibility • Soft copy: Online Sharing • Hard copy: Physical Storage

  5. Methodology Phase One • Research availability of online as well as documented resources • Sample included 98 major cities in US and Canada • Sort according to enplanements at cities’ airport(s): • Large - • Medium – • Small -

  6. Methodology Phase One (cont’d…) • Search at City Libraries: • Thomas Jefferson Library at UMSL • Saint Louis University Law Library at SLU

  7. Methodology Phase One (cont’d…) • Online resources: • Municipality Codes Corporation (http://www.municode.com) • Coded Systems and Services (http://www.codedsystems.com/newservices.htm) • Lexis Nexis (http://www.lexisnexis.com/municipalcodes/) • American Legal (http://www.amlegal.com) • Municipality Websites (http://www.munisource.org) • Other independent website hosts

  8. Methodology Phase Two • Municipal Codes of Ordinances were: • Collected • Sorted as per ground transportation & airports • Compiled • Create electronic format of documents • Create paper format of documents

  9. Methodology Phase Two (cont’d…) • Storage of material • Online/electronic database (E-database) • E-database stored on weblink http://www.cts-umsl.org/regulatory/ • Printed materials filing • Tri-level alphabetical sorting according to i)City → ii)State → iii)International airport code • Example: Phoenix, AZ PHX

  10. Methodology • Online/electronic database (E-database) http://www.cts-umsl.org/regulatory/

  11. Filing located at Center for Transportation Studies Graduate Assistant working on project Methodology

  12. Methodology • Limitations: • Code of Ordinances are updated/amended periodically, therefore, documents may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the municipality • Other Limitations: • Resources not available online • Lack of search engine capability • Inactive web-links • Reserved documents not displayed

  13. Conclusion • The AGTA/CTS-UMSL library offers an accessible, comprehensive source of regulatory information related to ground transportation and airports.

  14. Thank You! Ray Mundy, Ph.D. Email: mundyr@umsl.edu Website: http://cts-umsl.org/regulatory

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