TranLib Digests Archive (1905-2062)
January 25, 2006 - September 22, 2006
From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1905
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) REFQ Highway-related costs
by "Tannenbaum, Sabina"
2) Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by
3) RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by "Everett, Andy"
4) Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
by "Sympson, Penny"
5) RE: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
by "Shofner, Pamela"
6) Recall: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
by "Sympson, Penny"
7) Response received: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
by "Sympson, Penny"
8) Re: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
by "Ruth Letson"
9) Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by "Roberto A. Sarmiento"
10) available
by "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
11) Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by "Jerry Baldwin"
Subject: REFQ Highway-related costs
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:25:09 -0500
From: "Tannenbaum, Sabina"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
My client is looking for an estimate of the costs to maintain a bus lane on a highway or street for the San Diego region. The costs should included cleaning, pavement repair, and lighting. She's specifically looking at costs per mile for FREEWAY HOV/MAGANED LANE, for STATE HIGHWAY LANE-MAIL, and for ARTERIAL STREET LANE-MAIL.
Would appreciate it if you would send some suggestions right away, as the report is supposed to be completed today, and these are the missing elements. I've checked Means CostWorks, but this level of information is too detailed.
Thanks for your help.
Sabina D. Tannenbaum
Librarian
LTK Engineering Services
100 W. Butler Avenue
Ambler, PA 19002
stannenbaum@ltk.com
215-641-8833
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Subject: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:02:27 -0600
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To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Can anyone on the list tell me why TRT uses nuclear gage rather than nuclear gauge?
I see both spellings in TRB documents.
Titles for Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents, upon which policies for using these measuring instruments are based,
use gauge.
I'm leaning toward including the "u" as well, as it seems to be the spelling preferred by engineers here and would be most likely to be typed in a keyword search of
our policy database.
Julie Bolding
Management Analyst
South Dakota Department of Transportation
From: "Everett, Andy"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:04:32 -0800
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Hi Julie
I am a member of the LIST Subcommittee for the Transportation Research Thesaurus. I cannot answer your question as I have only recently been appointed to the subcommittee but can direct your question to other members that have a longer history with the TRT. Unfortunately they are currently in Washington DC at the Annual TRB Conference and may not respond right away to this e-mail. I will forward your e-mail to the subcommittee in case they are not all on this listserv. If the literary warrant suggests guage rather than gage, we can suggest a change in the spelling.
Thanks
Andy Everett
Data Catalog Administrator
Namespace Coordinator
Office of Information Technology
Washington State Department of Transportation
Phone: 360-705-7622
Fax:360-705-6817
PO Box 47430
Olympia, WA 98504-7430
USA
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Subject: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:42:21 -0600
From: "Sympson, Penny"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Hello All,
I have the 2003 (23rd edition) of AASHTO Standard specifications for transportation materials and methods of sampling and testing.
In part 1B, M259 is dated 2002 and M273 is dated 2000.
If you have the 25th edition (2005), would you mind telling me the dates for the above documents? I do not need the documents, I just need to know if they are still current.
Thank you for your help.
Penny S. Sympson, corporate librarian/archivist
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
330 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
tel 847.753.7202 fax 847.498.0358
psympson@wje.com
TEAQASMAIL4.som.w2k.state.me.us>
From: "Shofner, Pamela"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: RE: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:51:42 -0500
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Penny-
M259-98 is dated 2002 in the 2005 ed.
M273-00 is dated 2004.
Pamela D. Shofner, Librarian
MaineDOT Library
16 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0016
Phone: 207/624-3230
Fax: 207/624-3221
Pamela.shofner@maine.gov
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Subject: Recall: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:52:47 -0600
From: "Sympson, Penny"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Sympson, Penny would like to recall the message, "Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273".
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Subject: Response received: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:55:14 -0600
From: "Sympson, Penny"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Transportation librarian's rock!
Jean Trumpy of the WI DOT SE Region answered nearly immediately!
______________________________________________
From: Sympson, Penny
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:42 PM
To: 'tranlib@listserv.it.northwestern.edu'
Subject: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
Hello All,
I have the 2003 (23rd edition) of AASHTO Standard specifications for transportation materials and methods of sampling and testing.
In part 1B, M259 is dated 2002 and M273 is dated 2000.
If you have the 25th edition (2005), would you mind telling me the dates for the above documents? I do not need the documents, I just need to know if they are still current.
Thank you for your help.
Penny S. Sympson, corporate librarian/archivist
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
330 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
tel 847.753.7202 fax 847.498.0358
psympson@wje.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:01:45 -0600
From: "Ruth Letson"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: Need to know current versions of AASHTO M259 and M273
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I actually got her reply before I got your question! How rocking is that!
>>> Psympson@wje.com 01/25/06 2:42 PM >>>
Hello All,
I have the 2003 (23rd edition) of AASHTO Standard specifications for transportation materials and methods of sampling and testing.
In part 1B, M259 is dated 2002 and M273 is dated 2000.
If you have the 25th edition (2005), would you mind telling me the dates for the above documents? I do not need the documents, I just need to know if they are still current.
Thank you for your help.
Penny S. Sympson, corporate librarian/archivist
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
330 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
tel 847.753.7202 fax 847.498.0358
psympson@wje.com
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
From: "Roberto A. Sarmiento"
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:01:00 -0500
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The long awaited TRB policy study on the future strategy for transportation information management was finally presented at the TRB annual meeting this afternoon.
The full text of Special Report 284 can be accessed online at www.TRB.org
Please review it, share it with your management, elected officials and present your comments to the list.
We would like as wide a distribution as possible, so please share it widely.
And please, let this List be the first to start the dialogue.
Roberto
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Subject: available
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:55:50 -0600
From: "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
The following are available. Please respond off-list to: Lori.Fiscus@dot.iowa.gov
Journal of Transportation and Statistics, US DOT, Volume 1 - No. 3 (October 1998)
Geospatial Solutions:
Vol 13 - No. 8 Aug 03
Vol 13 - No. 9 Sept 03
geoworld
Vol 16 - No. 8 Aug 03
Vol 16 - No. 9 Sep 03
Vol 16 - No.10 Oct 03
Vol 16 - No.12 Dec 03
Vol 17 - No. 3 Mar 04
Guide Specifications For Highway Construction (AASHTO) 1968
TCRP Selected Studies in Transportation Law: Transit Law - Volume 5 (CD)
Trails For the Twenty-First Century: Planning, Design, and Management Manual for Multi-Use Trails, edited by Karen-Lee Ryan (1993)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:12:17 -0600
From: "Jerry Baldwin"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
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The full link to the report is www.trb.org/publications/sr/sr284.pdf
____________________________________________________
"I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness
about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the
future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries."
Carl Sagan, in "Cosmos," 1980.
____________________________________________________
Jerry Baldwin, Library Director
Mn/DOT Library, M.S. 155
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55155
651-297-4532, Fax: 651-297-2354
jerry.baldwin@dot.state.mn.us
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/library/
>>> r-sarmiento@northwestern.edu 01/25/06 5:01 PM >>>
The long awaited TRB policy study on the future strategy for transportation information management was finally presented at the TRB annual meeting this afternoon.
The full text of Special Report 284 can be accessed online at www.TRB.org
Please review it, share it with your management, elected officials and present your comments to the list.
We would like as wide a distribution as possible, so please share it widely.
And please, let this List be the first to start the dialogue.
Roberto
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1906
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by
2) RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by bsweet@umich.edu
3) RE: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by
4) RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by
5) RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by "Everett, Andy"
6) more
by
7) Re: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage [from the horse's mouth]
by "Michael C Kleiber"
8) Re: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
by "Michael C Kleiber"
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Subject: RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:48:07 -0500
From:
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
I would have thought guage would be a more accepted spelling also. I am sure Michael Kleiber will have an answer when he can respond. If I search TRIS Online for title word, I find there are 145 titles that include gage and only 3 that use guage. Similarly in Google, gage heavily outweighs guage in usage. What a surprise.
Perhaps there should be a cross reference in the TRT.
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:57:46 -0500
From: bsweet@umich.edu
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
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My Google search shows
guage (incorrect speliing) 3,190,000
gauge (correct spelling) 33,600,000
gage (alternate spelling) 22,800,000
Bob Sweet
UMTRI
bsweet@umich.edu
--On Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:48 AM -0500 Joyce.Koeneman@dot.gov wrote:
I would have thought guage would be a more accepted spelling also. I am
sure Michael Kleiber will have an answer when he can respond. If I
search TRIS Online for title word, I find there are 145 titles that
include gage and only 3 that use guage. Similarly in Google, gage
heavily outweighs guage in usage. What a surprise.
Perhaps there should be a cross reference in the TRT.
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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Subject: RE: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:03:25 -0500
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To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Thank you Jerry.
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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Subject: RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:07:40 -0500
From:
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Since you corrected (rightfully so, my spelling) gauge get more in Tris
title search, 345. I guess we need to hear from Michael or David Batty
on the choice.
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
From: "Everett, Andy"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: RE: Nuclear gauge vs. nuclear gage
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:13:25 -0800
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I noticed my spelling gaff after I sent the message. The term should be
"nuclear gauge". Thanks for the clarification. Since our meeting in
November, the LIST Subcommittee for the Transportation Research Thesaurus
is providing oversight and guidance for changes to the TRT in cooperation
with Michael Kleiber. As far as I know, David Batty is no longer providing
support for the TRT. Once we hear from Michael, we'll have a better idea how
to implement this change.
The TRT is undergoing changes that were demonstrated at the TRB Annual
Conference this week. The major changes are integration with TRIS, a change
in the database backend to MSSQL, and a more user friendly interface. Some
of the business processes are still being worked out such as submitting new
term requests.
Thanks for your input.
Andy Everett
Data Catalog Administrator
Namespace Coordinator
Office of Information Technology
Washington State Department of Transportation
Phone: 360-705-7622
Fax:360-705-6817
PO Box 47430
Olympia, WA 98504-7430
USA
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Subject: more
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:30:40 -0500
From:
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
The NTL demonstrated to the library committees a totally revamped TRIS
Online that fully integrates the TRT with the search, allows you to go
from search to browse the TRT and collect terms for search from the TRT
or execute the search from any TRT term. This new version will also
provide the same interface for both the NTL and TRIS Online, we
announced this with a full report of improvements to the B0002
Committee. It will be summertime before the new TRIS Online goes
public, but you will be the first to know, TRANLIB. We will do a formal
announcement in the spring.
The current TRT on the NTL site only allows an immediate search in NTL.
More to come.....
Changes to the TRT are truly in the works. My personal opinion is that
it is better to be consistent than quick. The value of metadata is
authority and consistency. But many of us argue over this. Isn't life
fun.
As for David Batty, he is alive and well. David is currently engaged in
a thesaurus on ethnography in conjunction with the Library of Congress.
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1907
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) New TRB Publication Index and TRT on TRB's Web site
by "Post, Barbara"
2) Midwest Rail Report for Donation
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
3) Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by bsweet@umich.edu
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Subject: New TRB Publication Index and TRT on TRB's Web site
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:34:24 -0500
From: "Post, Barbara"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
At the TRB Annual Meeting, TRB's Information Service Department released two new products.
" TRB Publications Index - http://pubsindex.trb.org
The TRB Publications Index contains over 30,000 papers, articles, and reports from TRB, the Highway Research Board, SHRP, and the Marine Board published from 1923 to date.
The new TRB Publications Index uses a "Goggle" like search. The keyword search automatically searches the title, author, abstract, index terms, series, and conference fields. Terms are automatically "anded" together. Phrases can be searched using quotation marks. This allows the user to enter the information they know about the publication easily. For example, if you wanted to find an article by Bob Skinner on research in TR News, you could enter skinner research tr news in the keyword search and retrieve several relevant TR News articles. An advance query screen is available.
The search results can be marked, displayed in a full or brief view, downloaded, or directly e-mailed with comments to users. There are links to the full text or ordering information.
The TRB Publications Index is updated daily. Another feature is by clicking the title of the Transportation Research Record, the conference title, or related monograph information, you can retrieve other papers or articles published in that conference proceedings, Transportation Research Record, or issue of that journal.
" Transportation Research Thesaurus on TRB's Web site http://trt.trb.org
As part of NCHRP Project 20-70 (a LIST initiated project approved by SCOR last March), the Transportation Research Thesaurus is now available on TRB's Web site. The TRT can be searched and terms viewed in the hierarchical, alphabetical, KWIC and KWOC formats. Clicking on a term retrieves the family display. Clicking on the alpha code retrieves the hierarchical display. The TRT can also be browsed by clicking on any of facet terms. The full TRT can be downloaded in XML format and updates will available for download. TRT is being integrated into the data entry system and Web based system for maintaining the TRT is being developed.
Try these new products and send me any comments or suggestions for improvements. If you would like handouts to promote these information resource to your users, please let me know and I will be happy to send some out.
Barbara Post
Manager, Information Services
Transportation Research Board
Phone: (202) 334-2990
E-Mail: bpost@nas.edu
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Midwest Rail Report for Donation
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:39:07 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
I have a few issues of the Midwest Rail Report for donation
v. 12 no. 1 Feb. 2004
v. 11 no. 1 Feb. 2003
v. 11 no. 2 July 2003 (two copies)
v. 10 no. 2 Sept. 2002 (three copies)
v. 8 no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2000)
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:54:55 -0500
From: bsweet@umich.edu
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
Congratulations to the Committee for a Future Strategy for Transportation Information Management for the completion of SR 284, Transportation Knowledge Networks: A Management Strategy for the 21st Century. Many Transportation Division members worked hard on this, either as members of the committee, as researchers or advisors, or as authors of other reports that laid the groundwork for this one: Jerry Baldwin, Nelda Bravo, John Cherney, Arlene Mathison, Bonnie Osif, Roberto Sarmiento, Jeanne Thomas (retired), Sandy Tucker--if I've forgotten anyone just kick me under the table and I'll correct the omission.
Two things in the report struck me as salient points to keep in mind as we strive to make and keep ourselves necessary. On page 20, it's stated that "forward-looking librarians are. . . marketing themselves as sophisticated human search engines." There's not one among us who doesn't qualify as either forward looking or sophisticated human search engines. Question is, are you marketing yourself that way? Do your patrons/customers/clients/constituents who suspect that "it's all on the internet," but have no idea how to get to it and pull together all the disparate resources, know that you are missing link, the golden key?
The second point should make us all stand up and cheer. On page 70, the committee asserts their belief that "the single most important factor in the success of the proposed transportation information management system will be leadership. In looking to the future, the committee hopes that the leadership of the community of librarians and information professionals will step forward, as they have in the past, to see that a long-overdue institutional structure and sustained funding are put in place to serve the information needs of the transportation sector well into the twenty-first century."
But you might say, "Well, I'm not the leadership of the community of librarianship and information professionals." I must take issue with that. Anyone with the courage to market herself or himself as a "sophisticated human search engine" is in a position to lead. We must get beyond thinking of leadership in terms of positions we hold and think, instead, in terms of value we contribute. If you are indeed a "forward-looking librarian" you'll always have people lined up behind you to see where you're going. Step forward.
Bob Sweet
UMTRI
bsweet@umich.edu
734 936 1073
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1908
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Internationa Conf on Formal Ontology in Information Systems
by
2) RE: Oregon Cemetery Survey
by "Cochran, Stephen L. (HQ Library)"
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Subject: Internationa Conf on Formal Ontology in Information Systems
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:54:41 -0500
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To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
CALL FOR PAPERS
FOIS-2006
International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems
http://www.formalontology.org/
November 9-11, 2006
Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
Conference Description
Since ancient times, ontology, the analysis and categorisation of what exists, has been fundamental to philosophical enquiry. But, until recently, ontology has been seen as an abstract, purely theoretical discipline, far removed from the practical applications of science. However, with the increasing use of sophisticated computerised information systems, solving problems of an ontological nature is now key to the effective use of technologies supporting a wide range of human activities. The ship of Theseus and the tail of Tibbles the cat are no longer merely amusing puzzles. We employ databases and software applications to deal with everything from ships and ship building to anatomy and amputations. When we design a computer to take stock of a ship yard or check that all goes well at the veterinary hospital, we need to ensure that our system operates in a consistent and reliable way even when manipulating information that involves subtle issues of semantics and identity. So,
whereas ontologists may once have
shied away from practical problems, now the practicalities of achieving cohesion in an information-based society demand that attention must be paid to ontology.
Researchers in such areas as artificial intelligence, formal and computational linguistics, biomedical informatics, conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering and information retrieval have come to realise that a solid foundation for their research calls for serious work in ontology, understood as a general theory of the types of entities and relations that make up their respective domains of inquiry. In all these areas, attention is now being focused on the content of information rather than on just the formats and languages used to represent information. The clearest example of this development is provided by the many initiatives growing up around the project of the Semantic Web. And, as the need for integrating research in these different fields arises, so does the realisation that strong principles for building well-founded ontologies might provide significant advantages over ad hoc, case-based solutions. The tools of formal ontology address precisely these needs, but a r
eal effort is required in order t
o apply such philosophical tools to the domain of information systems. Reciprocally, research in the information sciences raises specific ontological questions which call for further philosophical investigations.
The purpose of FOIS is to provide a forum for genuine interdisciplinary exchange in the spirit of a unified effort towards solving the problems of ontology, with an eye to both theoretical issues and concrete applications.
Program Chairs
Brandon Bennett (University of Leeds, UK) brandon@comp.leeds.ac.uk
Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany) fellbaum@clarity.princeton.edu
Conference Chair
Nicola Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) nicola.guarino@isib.cnr.it
Local Chair
Bill Andersen (OntologyWorks, USA) andersen@ontologyworks.com
Publicity Chair
Leo Obrst (MITRE, USA) lobrst@mitre.org
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Topics
We seek high-quality papers on a wide range of topics. While authors may focus on fairly narrow and specific issues, all papers should emphasize the relevance of the work described to formal ontology and to information systems. Papers that completely ignore one or the other of these aspects will be considered as lying outside the scope of the meeting. Topic areas of particular interest to the conference are:
Foundational Issues
* Kinds of entity: particulars vs. universals, continuants vs. occurrents, abstracta vs. concreta, dependent vs. independent, natural vs. artificial
* Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, subsumption, instantiation
* Vagueness and granularity
* Identity and change
* Formal comparison among ontologies
* Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, ...)
* Ontology of biological reality (genes, proteins, cells, organisms, ...)
* Ontology of mental reality (mental attitudes, emotions, ...)
* Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, ...)
* Ontology of the information society (information, communication, meaning negotiation, ...)
* Ontology and natural language semantics, ontology and cognition, ontology and epistemology, semiotics
Methodologies and Applications
* Top-level vs. application ontologies
* Role of reference ontologies; Ontology integration and alignment
* Ontology-driven information systems design
* Requirements engineering
* Knowledge engineering
* Knowledge management and organization
* Knowledge representation; Qualitative modeling
* Computational lexica; Terminology
* Information retrieval; Question-answering
* Semantic web; Web services; Grid computing
* Domain-specific ontologies, especially for: Linguistics, Geography, Law, Library science, Biomedical science, E-business, Enterprise integration, ...
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Deadlines and Further Information
Electronic abstracts: May 1, 2006
Final submissions: May 5, 2006
Acceptance Notification: June 26, 2006
Submission of camera-ready paper: July 28, 2006
Submitted papers must not exceed 5000 words (including bibliography). Abstracts should be less than 300 words. Papers should be submitted electronically; information will be provided on the conference web page: http://www.formalontology.org/ .
Proceedings will be published and available at the conference.
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Programme Committee
* Bill Andersen (OntologyWorks, USA)
* Nicholas Asher (Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
* Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles (Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France)
* John Bateman (Department of Applied English Linguistics, University of Bremen, Germany)
* Brandon Bennett (School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK)
* Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Italy)
* Joost Breuker (Leibniz Center for Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
* Roberto Casati (Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS, Paris, France)
* Werner Ceusters (European Centre for Ontological Research, Saarbrcken)
* Tony Cohn (School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK)
* Matteo Cristani (University of Verona, Italy)
* Ernest Davis (Department of Computer Science, New York University, USA)
* Martin Drr (Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Heraklion, Greece)
* Carola Eschenbach (Department for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany)
* Christiane Fellbaum (Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany)
* Antony Galton (School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Exeter, UK)
* Aldo Gangemi (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Roma, Italy)
* Pierdaniele Giaretta (Department of Philosophy, University of Verona, Italy)
* Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, Canada)
* Nicola Guarino (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy)
* Udo Hahn (Jena University, Germany)
* Jerry Hobbs (University of Southern California, USA)
* Eduard Hovy (University of Southern California, USA)
* Ingvar Johansson (Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Saarbrcken, Germany)
* Werner Kuhn (IFGI, Muenster)
* Fritz Lehmann (USA)
* Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, Italy)
* Leonardo Lesmo (Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy)
* David Mark (Department of Geography, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA)
* Claudio Masolo (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy)
* Chris Menzel (Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA)
* Simon Milton (Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia)
* Philippe Muller (Research Institute for Computer Science, University of Toulouse III, France)
* John Mylopoulos (Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada)
* Leo Obrst (The MITRE Corporation, USA)
* Barbara Partee (University of Massachusetts, USA)
* Massimo Poesio (Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK)
* Ian Pratt-Hartmann (Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK)
* James Pustejovsky (Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University, USA)
* David Randell (Imperial College London, UK)
* Robert Rynasiewicz (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
* Barry Smith (National Center for Ontological Research and Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, USA; Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Saarbrcken, Germany)
* John Sowa (Vivomind Intelligence Inc., USA)
* Veda Storey (Department of Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, USA)
* Richmond Thomason (University of Michigan, USA)
* Mike Uschold (The Boeing Company, USA)
* Achille Varzi (Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA)
* Laure Vieu (Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France)
* Chris Welty (IBM Watson Research Center, USA)
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Dr. Leo Obrst The MITRE Corporation, Information Semantics
lobrst@mitre.org Center for Innovative Computing & Informatics
Voice: 703-983-6770 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S H305
Fax: 703-983-1379 McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian
National Transportation Library
400 7th St. SW
Washington, DC
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
From: "Cochran, Stephen L. (HQ Library)"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: RE: Oregon Cemetery Survey
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:44:01 -0800
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Laura:
If you haven't gotten a request from the Washington State Library for one of these books, please send one to me at the address below, and I'll add it to our collection, or give it to the state library's genealogical collections. This book would be an important resource for them.
Thanks!
Steve
Stephen L. Cochran
Senior Library Information Specialist
Phone: 360-705-7751
Fax: 360-705-6831
CochraSt@wsdot.wa.gov
WSDOT Library
Research Office
310 Maple Park Ave. SE
P.O. Box 47425
Olympia WA 98504-7425
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
--Robert Louis Stevenson
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From: owner-TRANLIB@listserv.it.northwestern.edu [mailto:owner-TRANLIB@listserv.it.northwestern.edu] On Behalf Of WILT Laura E
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:05 AM
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Oregon Cemetery Survey
In 1978, the Oregon Legislature mandated the Dept. of Transportation to do a survey of cemeteries within the state. The result was a fairly comprehensive, but no-frills, listing by county. Entries included, when available, the geographic location by township, range and section, as well as size (in acres), number of internments, condition of grounds, year of establishment, and misc. notes. I couldn't find a count of total cemeteries included --I believe I have heard an estimate of around 2,000. Although we have in the past charged $6.00 to cover the cost of printing, we would like to distribute our last box of them free of charge to interested libraries. I realize that these have been offered to Oregon libraries in the past -- but if you missed the boat, or lost your original copy, here's your chance to add it to your collection! I would also be happy to send a copy to non-Oregon libraries that might have an interest.
Don't be put off by the publication date -- they still contain a wealth of information! And as a side point, one of the people involved in the original survey used it as the basis for a much more exhaustive work: Oregon Burial Site Guide, published commercially in 2001.
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Topics covered in this issue include:
1) ITE Conference paper needed
by "Laila Zvejnieks"
2) FW: ITE Conference paper needed
by "Fomalont, Jessica"
3) Re: FW: ITE Conference paper needed
by "Laila Zvejnieks"
4) Donation - Materials Related to Transportation Safety
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
5) Donation - Materials Related to Transportation Safety Cont.
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
6) Donation -ITS Materials
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
7) Donation - Misc. Transportation Materials
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
8) ASTM Standards Available
by "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
9) TRT Transitions
by "Michael C Kleiber"
10) Locating a report
by "Whitney, Lyn (DTEI)"
From: "Laila Zvejnieks"
Subject: ITE Conference paper needed
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:01:52 -0500
Hi,
Does anyone have the 2003 ITE Annual Meeting proceedings (Seattle)? We
have it but it's missing from the shelf and I need the following paper:
"Design speed, operating speed and posted speed limit practices" by K.
Fitzpatrick.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,
Laila
Laila Zvejnieks
MTO Reference Librarian
H.G. Thode Library
McMaster University
1280 Main St. West
Hamilton, ON L8S 4P5
905-525-9140, ex. 24143
Fax 905-777-1110
zvejniek@mcmaster.ca
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From: "Fomalont, Jessica"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Laila, we have it and will send it to you.
Jessica Fomalont
Associate Librarian
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-334-2989
202-334-2527 (fax)
jfomalont@nas.edu
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - Materials Related to Transportation Safety
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:38:23 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
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Policy Paper 93-1 An Evalutation of Wisconsin's Absolute Sobriety Law"
University of Wisconsin Madision, Spring 1993.
NCHRP Synthesis 348 Improving the Safety of Older Road Users
TRB, 2005.
Regional Conference on Impaired Driving
Dec. 6-8, 1999 The Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sponsored by WisDOT, NHTSA Region V, Resource Center on
Impaired Driving - UW Law School.
Traffic Safety Facts Alcohol
DOT HS 809 761
NTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Children
DOT HS 809 762
NTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Large Trucks
DOT HS 809 763
NTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Motorcycles
DOT HS 809 764
NTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Occupant Protection
DOT HS 809 765
NTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Older Population
DOT HS 809 766
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Overview
DOT HS 809 767
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Pedalcyclists
DOT HS 809 768
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Pedestrians
DOT HS 809 769
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts School Transportation-Related Crashes
DOT HS 809 770
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Speeding
DOT HS 809 771
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts State Alcohol Estimates
DOT HS 809 772
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Young Drivers
DOT HS 809 774
NHTSA, 2003 Data
Traffic Safety Facts Rural/Urban Comparison
DOT HS 809 791
NHTSA, 2003 Data
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - Materials Related to Transportation Safety Cont.
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:46:56 -0600
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Drugs of Abuse
U.S. Dept. of Justice DEA, Feb. 2003
Highway Safety Review: Report of the Safety Review Task Force to the Federal Highway Administrator
U.s. Dept. of Transportation FHA, Dec. 1978
A Florida Validation Study of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test (S.F.S.T.) Battery
Burns, Marcelline, Ph.D. & Teresa Dioquino, Sergeant
Contains materials dated 10/08/97 and forms for the evaluation dated 1997.
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation -ITS Materials
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:01:09 -0600
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Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Bridges of West Virginia
2001
ITS Quarterly Winter 1997 - Spring 1998 Issue, Vol. VI no.1
ITS Quarterly 1997 Summer Issue, Vol. V no. 2
ITS Quarterly 1997 Spring Issue, Vol. V no.1
ITS Quarterly 1996 Fall/Winter Issue, Vol. IV no.4
ITS Quarterly 1996 Winter Issue, Vol. IV no.1
FHWA Study Tour for Speed Management and Enforcement Technology
Feb. 1996
FHWA Contract administration Techniques for Quality Enhancement Study Tour (CATQEST)
June 1994
Innovative Contracting Practices for ITS: Task E - Final Report
April, 1997
Building Professional Capacity in ITS: Guidelines for developing the future professional
April 1999
Building Professional Capacity in ITS: Guidelines for staffing, hiring, and designing ideal project teams
April 1999
Building Professional Capacity in ITS: Guidelines for designing an individualized training and education plan
April 1999
Building Professional Capacity in ITS: Documentation and analysis of training and education needs in support of ITS deployment
April 1999
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - Misc. Transportation Materials
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:07:19 -0600
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UMTA/TSC Project Evaluation Series
Findings of Preliminary Analyses of the Trenton Off-Peak Fare-Free Transit Demonstration
Report No. UMTA-NJ-52-0001-79-1
Service and Methods Demonstration Program
Interim report Jan. 1979
Hydrologic Determination of Waterway Areas for the Design of Drainage Structures in Small Drainage Basins
by Ven Te Chow
University of Illinois Bulletin no. 462
1962
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
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Subject: ASTM Standards Available
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:13:53 -0600
From: "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
We have 2000 and 2001 ASTM Standards available. The box weighs approximately 25 pounds and assistance with postage would be appreciated. Please respond off-list to: Lori.Fiscus@dot.iowa.gov
2000: Volumes 01.01 to 01.05
2001: Volumes 00.01 to 01.06 and 01.08
(missing 01.07)
From: "Michael C Kleiber"
Subject: TRT Transitions
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:57:42 -0800
January 31, 2006 marks the final day of the formal thirteen-year association of CDB Enterprises in the preparation and maintenance of the TRT (Transportation Research Thesaurus) for NCHRP and TRB/TRIS. February 1 also marks the first day of a long-planned assumption of TRT maintenance responsibilities by TRB/TRIS.
Most of you know that I ve been the senior subject consultant (term selector) for the TRT since its development stage in 1993, and continue to serve in that capacity with TRB/TRIS. It s fitting that I give credit to David and Gayle Batty (who make up CDB Enterprises) for their role in guiding the TRT into the powerful tool it is today. Some highlights of their role include:
* Initial design of the TRT architecture: organization and structure of facets and hierarchies.
* Research plans for initially organizing 16,500 unstructured TRIS indexing terms into a meaningful arrangement and then the conversion of 91,000 TRIS indexing terms (found on all TRIS records in 2000) into TRT equivalents.
* The writing of a multitude of computer programs and routines to manage the compilation, maintenance and distribution of the TRT database.
* The development (with Paul Rosenberg), in the mid 1990s, of The Viewer a world class program for navigating the TRT and for copying and pasting indexing terms into a user s database.
* Developing or assisting with the development of three TRT-based microthesauri (intelligent transportation systems, traffic calming, work zone safety).
* Working with TRB/TRIS for five years to see that the TRT was maintained properly.
* Imparting a wealth of much needed lexicographic knowledge to those associated with the TRT.
Even though the Battys have moved on and are leading the development of a thesaurus in the ethnography discipline, I m sure that they will continue to remember their transportation information colleagues and occasionally serve up one of their gourmet meals.
From: "Whitney, Lyn (DTEI)"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Locating a report
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:19:18 +1030
Hello All,
> Does anyone hold the following report:
> Polymers in Asphalt, Rapra Review Report, Volume 15, Number 11, Report
> 179, 2005 By H. Robinson, Tarmac Limited
> ISBN: 1-85957-507-2
> If so, would it be available for interlibrary loan?
>
Thanks and regards,
Lyn Whitney
Librarian
DTEI Library
Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure,
Government of South Australia
Ph: +61 8 8343 2522
Fax: +61 8 8343 2611
Email: lyn.whitney@saugov.sa.gov.au
Address: 33-37 Warwick Street, PO Box 1, Walkerville, South Australia 5081,
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1910
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Donation - Clean Air Report years 93-98
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
2) available
by "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
3) RE: TRT Transitions
by
4) TEST
by "Roberto A. Sarmiento"
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - Clean Air Report years 93-98
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:03:48 -0600
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"Inside EPA's Clean Air Report" years 1993-1998
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
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To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
The following are available. Please respond off-list to: Lori.Fiscus@dot.iowa.gov
TRB Special Report
(277) Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement: A Review of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Surveys
(282) Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence (2 copies)
(283) Cooperative Research For Hazardous Materials Transportation: Defining the Need, Converging on Solutions
Going Private: The International Experience with Transport Privatization, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez and John R. Meyer (1993)
Zapp! How to Improve Quality, Productivity, and Employee Satisfaction: The Lightning of Empowerment, William C. Byham with Jeff Cox (1988)
Community Impact Assessment: A Quick Reference for Transportation, US DOT, FHWA-PD-96-036
Accident Facts: 1976 Edition, National Safety Council
Highway Research Board, Special Report (97): Urban Development Models (1968)
TR Record:
(1698) Concrete 2000
(1708) Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade Crossings 2000
(1711) High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems and Demand Management 2000
Journal of Transportation and Statistics (Volume 3 - No. 2): Special Issue on the Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Automotive Emissions, (September, 2000)
ACCESS - Fall 2000, Number 17
Public Roads:
March/April 2001, Vol. 64, No.5
March/April 2005, Vol. 68, No.5
NCHRP Synthesis:
(280) Seven Keys to Building a Robust Research Program
TR News:
Mar-Apr 2000 (No. 207) 2 copies
May-Jun 2000 (No. 208)
Nov-Dec 2000 (No. 211)
NCHRP Project 25-22 (CD) - Technologies to Improve Consideration of Environmental Concerns in Transportation Decisions
Manual of Subsurface Investigations, 1988 (AASHTO)
AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Customary U.S. Units - First Edition, 1994
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Here here. Thank you Michael.
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1911
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Fw: TRB Special Report 284 - Step 2 - What can WE do?
by Janet Bix
2) Donation - ENO Foundation for Transportation Materials
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
3) Donation - Misc. CD's
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
4) Re: Donation - Misc. CD's
by "Sandra Tucker"
5) Sandy's job
by Paul Hernandez
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
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Those of us at DOT's can have a direct impact right away.
The Research & Development offices within the DOT's are currently reviewing NCHRP project proposals. I've been asked by my R&D office to provide input on SP-17 Implementing the National Research Council policy study "Transportation Information Management: a Strategy for the Future". If approved, this project would provide some immediate funding for the project. You can view the project @
http://www.trb.org/nchrpballoting/DocThread.asp?CandidateId=389&clsbtn=on
Please network with your R&D office, and let them know about the impact this project could have.
Thanks,
Janet Bix
Janet Bix, Library Administrator
Ohio Department of Transportation
Library 2nd Floor
1980 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43223
Phone (614) 752-4818 FAX (614) 728-6694
ODOT Library Web Site
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"Roberto A. Sarmiento"
01/31/2006 12:29 PM To "Sandra Tucker"
cc bsweet@umich.edu, BarrettM@metro.net, "Nelda Bravo" , Janet Bix ,
Subject TRB Special Report 284 - Step 2 - What can WE do?
Speaking as a private individual and as a librarian, I would recommend we start a letter writing campaign like the one SLA-TD, LIST/B-0002 and the MTKN did in favor of the NTL a few years ago..... we need to let elected officials know that the report provides an elegant solution to a problem and that immediate action is required.
We need to have some kind of boiler plate text for the membership to use and information as to whom they should send the letter/fax. I know we did pretty good last time and we made a difference, so why not do it again.
Either Bob, Matt (and/or I) could approach the SLA staffer (Doug Newcomb, Director, Public Policy, +1-703-647-4923
dnewcomb@sla.org ) that follows legislative issues and make him aware of the report and that we (the TD) want to make sure people in Washington is aware of it. My past mistake was to contact the SLA President, who did not come through for us.... live and learn.... If you guys do not mind, I would rather play second fiddle on this one, I do not want any appearances of conflict of interest, but will step in if things are not moving.
I met the ALA staffer in charge of the legislative office in DC, so I could give her a call and provide the background information, letter and ask her to see if she/they can move it and generate some noise. I am an ALA member, I can do that as a regular member.
Another tack, would be to use the same letter (with some modifications) and have it send to all DOT CEO's urging the to support the initiative. I would also send it to all TRB committee chairs and the Board of Directors.
If someone wrote a short piece for publication, we could attempt to get into the SLA and ALA magazines - I would be more than happy to make the calls and try to get into the publishers... who could write it? We could use the same piece for other (government) publications - which ones?
That's all I got.... any other ideas?
Roberto
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - ENO Foundation for Transportation Materials
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:59:55 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
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All publications listed below are put out by the ENO Foundaton for
Transportation.
Statistics with applications to Highway Traffic Analyses
2nd ed. 1978
Transportation Quarterly
V.57, No.1 Winter 2003
Transportation in America: a statistical analysis of transportation
in the United States
9th ed. 1991
Airport Administration and Management
by John R. Wiley
1986
Intermodal freight transportation
by John H. Mahoney
1985
Where's Main Street, U.S.A.?
by Gail Garfield Schwartz, Ph.D.
1984
Airport Administration
by John. R. Wiley
1981
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - Misc. CD's
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:24:39 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
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NTAD 2005 : a collection of spatial data for use in GIS-based Applications
2 Disk set.
National Transportation Atlas Databases 2005 Shapefile, Format
US DOT
Census Transportation Planning Package
Bureau of Transportation Statistics US DOT
1990
Best Practices for Road Weather Management
US DOT
August 2002 Version 1.0
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:18:34 -0600
From: "Sandra Tucker"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Cc: "Kathy Weimer"
Subject: Re: Donation - Misc. CD's
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Joanne,
If still available, will you please send NTAD 2005 to
Kathy Weimer
Associate Professor
TAMU Libraries - Maps
5000 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Thank you.
Regards,
Sandy Tucker
Sandy Tucker
Associate Professor
Engineering and Applied Sciences Librarian
Texas A&M University Libraries
979-862-1043
s-tucker@tamu.edu
>>> jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us 02/02 2:24 PM >>>
The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
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NTAD 2005 : a collection of spatial data for use in GIS-based
Applications
2 Disk set.
National Transportation Atlas Databases 2005 Shapefile, Format
US DOT
Census Transportation Planning Package
Bureau of Transportation Statistics US DOT
1990
Best Practices for Road Weather Management
US DOT
August 2002 Version 1.0
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:25:50 -0800
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
From: Paul Hernandez
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On behalf of Sandy Tucker:
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Dear Colleagues
My former position has been posted at https://tamujobs.tamu.edu/.
Search for Research Librarian.
Regards,
Sandy Tucker
Sandy Tucker
Associate Professor
Engineering and Applied Sciences Librarian
Texas A&M University Libraries
979-862-1043
s-tucker@tamu.edu
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1912
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Fw: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by Janet Bix
2) Friday Item- Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
by "Roberto A. Sarmiento"
3) RE: Friday Item- Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
by "Cherry, Krystyna L., NMDOT"
4) Document verification/ILL
by "Schueller, Janette H"
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Please disregard my email posted to Tranlib 2/2/06. The message should have been connected to the email attached below.
Those of us at DOT's can have a direct impact right away toward advancing the TRB policy study recommendations.
The Research & Development offices within the DOT's are currently reviewing NCHRP project proposals. I've been asked by my R&D office to provide input on SP-17 Implementing the National Research Council policy study "Transportation Information Management: a Strategy for the Future". If approved, this project would provide some immediate funding for the project. You can view the project @
http://www.trb.org/nchrpballoting/DocThread.asp?CandidateId=389&clsbtn=on
Please network with your R&D office, and let them know about the impact this project could have.
Thanks,
Janet Bix
Janet Bix, Library Administrator
Ohio Department of Transportation
Library 2nd Floor
1980 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43223
Phone (614) 752-4818 FAX (614) 728-6694
ODOT Library Web Site
http://www.state.oh.us/library
ODOT Library Online Catalog http://slonet.state.oh.us
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Subject Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
The long awaited TRB policy study on the future strategy for transportation information management was finally presented at the TRB annual meeting this afternoon.
The full text of Special Report 284 can be accessed online at www.TRB.org
Please review it, share it with your management, elected officials and present your comments to the list.
We would like as wide a distribution as possible, so please share it widely.
And please, let this List be the first to start the dialogue.
Roberto
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:17:17 -0600
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
From: "Roberto A. Sarmiento"
Subject: Friday Item- Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
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http://www.livescience.com/technology/060131_western_union.html
Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
By Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Managing Editor
posted: 31 January 2006
10:17 pm ET
After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped
sending telegrams.
On the company's web site, if you click on "Telegrams"
in the left-side navigation bar, you're taken to a
page that ends a technological era with about as
little fanfare as possible:
"Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will
discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging
services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause
you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage. If you
have any questions or concerns, please contact a
customer service representative."
The decline of telegram use goes back at least to the
1980s, when long-distance telephone service became
cheap enough to offer a viable alternative in many if
not most cases. Faxes didn't help. Email could be
counted as the final nail in the coffin.
Western Union has not failed. It long ago refocused
its main business to make money transfers for
consumers and businesses. Revenues are now $3 billion
annually. It's now called Western Union Financial
Services, Inc. and is a subsidiary of First Data Corp.
The world's first telegram was sent on May 24, 1844 by
inventor Samuel Morse. The message, "What hath God
wrought," was transmitted from Washington to
Baltimore. In a crude way, the telegraph was a
precursor to the Internet in that it allowed rapid
communication, for the first time, across great
distances.
Western Union goes back to 1851 as the Mississippi
Valley Printing Telegraph Company. In 1856 it became
the Western Union Telegraph Company after acquisition
of competing telegraph systems. By 1861, during the
Civil War, it had created a coast-to-coast network of
lines.
Other company highlights:
1866: Introduced the first stock ticker.
1871: Introduced money transfers.
1884: Became one of the original 11 stocks tracked by
the Dow Jones Average.
1914: Introduced the first consumer charge card.
1964: Began using a transcontinental microwave beam to
replace land lines.
1974: Launched Westar I, the first U.S. dedicated
communications satellite.
On Jan. 26, the last day you could send a telegram,
First Data announced it would spin Western Union off
as an independent, publicly traded company.
Roberto A. Sarmiento
Head, Transportation Library
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
Voice 847-491-2913
Fax 847-491-8601
Visit the Transportation Library at:
< http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation>
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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 08:53:35 -0700
From: "Cherry, Krystyna L., NMDOT"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
I heard about this on TV, but didn't know they were first in other things.
If I had known sooner I would have sent several telegrams for historical keepsakes.
Krystyna Cherry
NMDOT Research Bureau
Albuquerque, NM
505-841-9150
________________________________________
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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 8:17 AM
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Friday Item- Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
http://www.livescience.com/technology/060131_western_union.html
Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
By Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Managing Editor
posted: 31 January 2006
10:17 pm ET
After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped
sending telegrams.
On the company's web site, if you click on "Telegrams"
in the left-side navigation bar, you're taken to a
page that ends a technological era with about as
little fanfare as possible:
"Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will
discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging
services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause
you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage. If you
have any questions or concerns, please contact a
customer service representative."
The decline of telegram use goes back at least to the
1980s, when long-distance telephone service became
cheap enough to offer a viable alternative in many if
not most cases. Faxes didn't help. Email could be
counted as the final nail in the coffin.
Western Union has not failed. It long ago refocused
its main business to make money transfers for
consumers and businesses. Revenues are now $3 billion
annually. It's now called Western Union Financial
Services, Inc. and is a subsidiary of First Data Corp.
The world's first telegram was sent on May 24, 1844 by
inventor Samuel Morse. The message, "What hath God
wrought," was transmitted from Washington to
Baltimore. In a crude way, the telegraph was a
precursor to the Internet in that it allowed rapid
communication, for the first time, across great
distances.
Western Union goes back to 1851 as the Mississippi
Valley Printing Telegraph Company. In 1856 it became
the Western Union Telegraph Company after acquisition
of competing telegraph systems. By 1861, during the
Civil War, it had created a coast-to-coast network of
lines.
Other company highlights:
1866: Introduced the first stock ticker.
1871: Introduced money transfers.
1884: Became one of the original 11 stocks tracked by
the Dow Jones Average.
1914: Introduced the first consumer charge card.
1964: Began using a transcontinental microwave beam to
replace land lines.
1974: Launched Westar I, the first U.S. dedicated
communications satellite.
On Jan. 26, the last day you could send a telegram,
First Data announced it would spin Western Union off
as an independent, publicly traded company.
Roberto A. Sarmiento
Head, Transportation Library
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
Voice 847-491-2913
Fax 847-491-8601
Visit the Transportation Library at:
< http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation>
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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:12:52 -0800
From: "Schueller, Janette H"
Subject: Document verification/ILL
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
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TRANLIB members:
One of our researchers needs to prove that this cited document actually existed to include in a report:
Tijerina, L., Garrott, R, W., Glecker, M., Stoltzfus, D., & Parmer, E. (1997, November 3). Van and passenger car driver eye glance behavior during lane change decision phase (Revised Draft: Interim Report). Transportation Research Center, Inc. and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, Vehicle Research and Test Center.
I have been to all the usual suspects: OCLC/ TLCat, NTIS, NTL,TRIS, etc. with no luck. There are citations on the web but nothing else. If you have and could provide a fax of the title page or loan, we would be very grateful.
I do believe Louis Tijerina is currently at the Ford Motor Company and that would be my next stop.
Thank you!
Jan Schueller
Janette H. Schueller, MLS
Manager, Library Services
Battelle Seattle Research Center
1100 Dexter Avenue North - Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98109-3598
(206) 528-3372; FAX (206) 528-3556
schuelle@battelle.org
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1913
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) CRS: Freight Rail Transportation: Long-Term Issues
by "Yared, Michael"
2) Donation - Misc. Materials
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
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Subject: CRS: Freight Rail Transportation: Long-Term Issues
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:09:31 -0500
From: "Yared, Michael"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Freight Rail Transportation: Long-Term Issues, January 2006
At http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7021/01-17-Rail.pdf
You can sign up for transportation-related reports at
http://www.cbo.gov/
Also at www.gao.gov
Mike
Mike Yared
Technical Information Services Office (TISO) - Library
Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) FFRDC
4850 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22311-1882
(703) 845-2044 (phone) use email please
(703) 820-7194 (fax)
myared@ida.org
http://www.ida.org
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - Misc. Materials
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:26:31 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
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Facing the Challenge : the intermodal terminal of the future
State of the Art Report 4
Transportation Research Board
1986
Lime Stabilization: reactions, properties, design, and construction
State of the Art Report 5
Transportation Research Board
1987
Implementation Guidelines for Anti-Drug Programs in Mass Transit
USDOT
March 1989
Iterim Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling
and Testing
Part I Interim Test Methods 1991
AASHTO
Iterim Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling
and Testing
Part II Interim Test Methods 1991
AASHTO
Guidelines and Methodologies for the Rehabilitation of Rigid Highway
Pavements Using Asphalt Concrete Overlays
Pavement Consultancy Services
1991
Review of ITC Benefits Emerging Successes
USDOT
1996
Bridge Aesthetics Around the World
Transportation Research Board
1991
Guide for Selecting, Locating, and Designing Traffic Barriers
AASHTO
1977
Transportation Statistics Annual Report
USDOT
Sept. 2004
National Transportation Statistics
USDOT
2004
Single Point Urban Interchange Design and Operatons Analysis
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 345
Transportation Research Board
Dec. 1991
Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities:
Proceedings of a Workshop
Special Report 187
Transportation Research Board
1980
Forecasting
Transportation Research Record 1220
Transportation Research Board
1989
A Manual for Planning Pedestrian Facilities
USDOT
June 1974
Highway Safety Strategic Plan 1991-2000
AASHTO
Feb. 1990
Reinventing Government: How the Enterpreneurial Spirit is Transforming the
Public Sector
by David Osborne & Ted Gaebler
1993
Nationwide Personal Transportation Study : Purposes of Automobile Trips and
Travel
Report no.10
May 1974
Effectiveness of Existing Rehabilitation Techniques for Jointed Concrete
Pavements
by D.Ortiz, E.J. Barenberg, M. l. Darter, and J. Darling
Univ. of Illinois
August 1986
Superpave Construction Guidelines
Special Report 180
USDOT / NAPA
Oct. 17, 1997
Hot Mix Asphalt Research and Technolog: a commitment to the future
Special Report 178
NAPA
1999
The Wisconsin Study: Alchohol & Other Drug Use
a search institute report
Sept. 1991
A Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual
Asphalt Institute
Manual Series No.19
Second Ed.
2006 NHI Training Catalog: Transportation Training Resources Catalog
USDOT/NHI
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JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1914
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Donation - ASHTO Materials
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
2) Donation - 27 Volumes of Highway Research Board Proceedings
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - ASHTO Materials
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:08:46 -0600
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ASHTO Materials:
Part I "Specifications" 14th Ed. 1986
Part II "Tests" 13th Ed. 1982
Part I "Specifications" 12th Ed. 1978
Part II "Tests" 12th Ed. 1978
Part I "Specifications" 10th Ed. 1971
Part II "Tests" 10th Ed. 1971
Part I "Specifications" 8th Ed. 1961
Part II "Tests" 8th Ed. 1961
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - 27 Volumes of Highway Research Board Proceedings
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:31:50 -0600
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Highway Research Board Proceedings:
v.15 1935-v.22 1942 (missing v.23)
v.24 1944-v.34 1955 (missing v.35)
v.36 1957-v.41 1962
Index 1969-1972
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1914
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Donation - ASHTO Materials
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
2) Donation - 27 Volumes of Highway Research Board Proceedings
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - ASHTO Materials
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:08:46 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
ASHTO Materials:
Part I "Specifications" 14th Ed. 1986
Part II "Tests" 13th Ed. 1982
Part I "Specifications" 12th Ed. 1978
Part II "Tests" 12th Ed. 1978
Part I "Specifications" 10th Ed. 1971
Part II "Tests" 10th Ed. 1971
Part I "Specifications" 8th Ed. 1961
Part II "Tests" 8th Ed. 1961
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - 27 Volumes of Highway Research Board Proceedings
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:31:50 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
Highway Research Board Proceedings:
v.15 1935-v.22 1942 (missing v.23)
v.24 1944-v.34 1955 (missing v.35)
v.36 1957-v.41 1962
Index 1969-1972
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1915
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Journal Issue Giveaways
by "Christie, Rebecca"
2) Donation - JAPA volumes
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
3) Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g
ravel source (rounded)
by "Christie, Rebecca"
4) Donation - WindowsNT Keystone Learning Vids
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
5) Re: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g ravel
source (rounded)
by Danielle.Pollock@modot.mo.gov
6) Sorry! Please ignore last message
by Danielle.Pollock@modot.mo.gov
7) looking for article
by
8) 2005 pavement proceedings available
by "Field, Connie"
9) Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by "Jerry Baldwin"
From: "Christie, Rebecca"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Journal Issue Giveaways
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:37:46 -0800
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Greetings. The following journals are available for free (no postage reimbursement necessary) to U.S. libraries only. I will fill requests for complete runs first, then requests for individual issues. Please respond off-list to: chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov by Feb. 15, 2006.
Asphalt Contractor: Nov 2003 (17:12) - March 2004 (18:3)
Asphalt Technology News: Spring 2002 (14:1) - Fall 2003 (15:2)
Asphalt Technology News: Spring 2004 (16:1) - Fall 2004 (16:2)
Asphalt Technology News: Spring 2005 (17:1)
Concrete Construction: Jan 2003 (48:1) - Dec 2004 (49:12) - missing June 2004
Concrete International: Jan 2003 (25:1) - Dec 2003 (25:12)
Concrete Producer: Jan 2004 (22:1) - Dec 2004 (22:12)
Erosion Control: Jan/Feb 2002 (9:1) - Jul/Aug 2002 (9:5)
Foundation Drilling: Dec/Jan 2003 (23:1) - Mar/Apr 2005 (26:3)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Jan/Feb 2002 (7:1) - May 2002 (7:3)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Sep/Oct 2004 (9:5)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Jan/Feb 2005 (10:1) - Mar/Apr 2005 (10:2)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Jul/Aug 2005 (10:4) - Nov/Dec 2005 (10:6)
Modern Steel Construction: Jan 2003 (43:1) - Sept 2003 (43:9) - missing June 2003
Modern Steel Construction: March 2004 (44:3) - Dec 2004 (44:12) - missing Sept 2004
Professional Surveyor: Jan 2004 (24:1) - Dec 2004 (24:12)
Public Roads: Jan/Feb 2003 (66:4) - May/June 2005 (68:6)
Roads & Bridges: Feb 2003 (41:2) - March 2004 (42:3)
Roads & Bridges: Jan 2005 (43:1) - Feb 2005 (43:2)
Standardization News: Jan 2003 (31:1) - Nov 2004 (32:11) - missing Feb, May, July, August, Sept, Nov, Dec 2003 & Feb 2004
TR News: Jan/Feb 2003 (no. 224) - Nov/Dec 2005 (no. 241)
Welding Journal: Jan 2003 (82:1) - Dec 2003 (82:12) - missing Oct 2003
Welding Journal: June 2005 (84:6)
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - JAPA volumes
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:05:30 -0600
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Journal of the American Planning Association
v.68 no.2 Spring 2002
v.60 no.4 Autumn 1994
v.60 no.3 Summer 1994
v.59 no.4 Autumn 1993
v.59 no.3 Summer 1993
v.59 no.2 Spring 1993
v.55 no.4 Autumn 1989
v.55 no.3 Summer 1989
v.55 no.2 Spring 1989
v.55 no.1 Winter 1989
v.54 no.4 Autumn 1988
v.54 no.2 Spring 1988
v.53 no.4 Autumn 1987
v.53 no.3 Summer 1987
v.52 no.4 Autumn 1986
v.52 no.3 Summer 1986
v.52 no.2 Spring 1986
v.52 no.1 Winter 1986
v.51 no.4 Autumn 1985
v.51 no.3 Summer 1985
v.51 no.2 Spring 1985
v.51 no.1 Winter 1985
v.50 no.4 Autumn 1984
v.50 no.2 Spring 1984
v.50 no.1 Winter 1984
v.49 no.4 Autumn 1983
v.49 no.3 Summer 1983
v.49 no.2 Spring 1983
v.49 no.1 Winter 1983
v.48 no.4 Autumn 1982
v.48 no.3 Summer 1982
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Christie, Rebecca"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g
ravel source (rounded)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:12:29 -0800
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Hi colleagues.
At present, WSDOT's Standard Specifications (and Special Provisions) don't give contractors sufficient guidance on the rock to use for riprap in habitat restoration work. Our documentation engineer is investigating revising our specifications for restoration projects to be able to differentiate quarry source rock (fractured, no rounded edges) from gravel source rock (streambed cobbles). Other terms used by WSDOT for the "desirable" rock are streambed gravel, grade control river rock, and two-man boulders.
So, my question is: does your agency have any written specifications, special provisions, or guidelines that specify/recommend that rounded rock be used for riprap in habitat-sensitive restoration projects?
Thanks in advance. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated. Please send responses off-list to chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov.
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
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Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
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Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
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Rebecca,
Currently, MoDOT has no guidelines that specify or recommend rounded rock.
Thanks,
Danielle Pollock
MoDOT / RDT Library
1617 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 526-4326
"Christie,
Rebecca"
Discussion Group for Transportation
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Hi colleagues.
At present, WSDOT's Standard Specifications (and Special Provisions) don't
give contractors sufficient guidance on the rock to use for riprap in
habitat restoration work. Our documentation engineer is investigating
revising our specifications for restoration projects to be able to
differentiate quarry source rock (fractured, no rounded edges) from gravel
source rock (streambed cobbles). Other terms used by WSDOT for the
"desirable" rock are streambed gravel, grade control river rock, and
two-man boulders.
So, my question is: does your agency have any written specifications,
special provisions, or guidelines that specify/recommend that rounded rock
be used for riprap in habitat-sensitive restoration projects?
Thanks in advance. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated.
Please send responses off-list to chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov.
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
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All,
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(573) 526-4326
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Does anyone have the
Journal of Management and Information Systems 1996?
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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Subject: 2005 pavement proceedings available
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:50:05 -0600
From: "Field, Connie"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Available for postage reimbursement to North American libraries:
Proceedings: International Conference on Concrete Pavements, "Innovations for Concrete Pavement: Technology Transfer for the Next Generation," August 14-18, 2005, Colorado Springs, Col. Volumes 1-3.
Connie Field
Manager, Information Services
Portland Cement Association
5420 Old Orchard Road
Skokie, IL 60077-1083
847.972.9174
Fax 847.972.9175
Library Fax: 847.966.6221
Library web site: www.cement.org/library/
cfield@cement.org
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:34:13 -0600
From: "Jerry Baldwin"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
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Since I'm just getting around to replying to this, you might well guess I'm having a harder time than usual digging out from the work accumulated while at TRB. While I support most of what Bob writes, I'd like to take exception to one item. It's not with what Bob wrote, but with what the report states. "the single most important factor in the success of the proposed transportation information management system will be leadership... of the community of librarians and information professionals... to see that a long-overdue
institutional structure and sustained funding are put in place to serve the information needs of the transportation sector well into the twenty-first century."
Librarians, whether leaders or not, do not control institutional structures in the field of transportation and certainly not funding - sustained or intermittent. In making progress toward success in developing transportation information services, librarians know what needs to be done and how to do it and have been attempting to do what needs to be done for more than three decades. But, "the single most important factor" remains investing a small portion of the immense financial resources of the nation's transportation efforts in the management of its own information resources.
I'll save my standing and cheering until I see that "0.0007 percent of the transportation sector's share of GDP" invested at the national level in transportation information management move to at least 0.007%. Saddling librarians with the responsibility for success or failure in meeting the information needs of the transportation community without providing institutional and financial resources to do so is tantamont to blaming the victim.
>>> bsweet@umich.edu 01/27/06 2:54 PM >>>
Congratulations to the Committee for a Future Strategy for Transportation
Information Management for the completion of SR 284, Transportation
Knowledge Networks: A Management Strategy for the 21st Century. Many
Transportation Division members worked hard on this, either as members of
the committee, as researchers or advisors, or as authors of other reports
that laid the groundwork for this one: Jerry Baldwin, Nelda Bravo, John
Cherney, Arlene Mathison, Bonnie Osif, Roberto Sarmiento, Jeanne Thomas
(retired), Sandy Tucker--if I've forgotten anyone just kick me under the
table and I'll correct the omission.
Two things in the report struck me as salient points to keep in mind as we
strive to make and keep ourselves necessary. On page 20, it's stated that
"forward-looking librarians are. . . marketing themselves as sophisticated
human search engines." There's not one among us who doesn't qualify as
either forward looking or sophisticated human search engines. Question is,
are you marketing yourself that way? Do your
patrons/customers/clients/constituents who suspect that "it's all on the
internet," but have no idea how to get to it and pull together all the
disparate resources, know that you are missing link, the golden key?
The second point should make us all stand up and cheer. On page 70, the
committee asserts their belief that "the single most important factor in
the success of the proposed transportation information management system
will be leadership. In looking to the future, the committee hopes that the
leadership of the community of librarians and information professionals
will step forward, as they have in the past, to see that a long-overdue
institutional structure and sustained funding are put in place to serve the
information needs of the transportation sector well into the twenty-first
century."
But you might say, "Well, I'm not the leadership of the community of
librarianship and information professionals." I must take issue with that.
Anyone with the courage to market herself or himself as a "sophisticated
human search engine" is in a position to lead. We must get beyond thinking
of leadership in terms of positions we hold and think, instead, in terms of
value we contribute. If you are indeed a "forward-looking librarian" you'll
always have people lined up behind you to see where you're going. Step
forward.
Bob Sweet
UMTRI
bsweet@umich.edu
734 936 1073
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Journal Issue Giveaways
by "Christie, Rebecca"
2) Donation - JAPA volumes
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
3) Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g
ravel source (rounded)
by "Christie, Rebecca"
4) Donation - WindowsNT Keystone Learning Vids
by "Hobbs, JonAnne"
5) Re: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g ravel
source (rounded)
by Danielle.Pollock@modot.mo.gov
6) Sorry! Please ignore last message
by Danielle.Pollock@modot.mo.gov
7) looking for article
by
8) 2005 pavement proceedings available
by "Field, Connie"
9) Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by "Jerry Baldwin"
From: "Christie, Rebecca"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
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Greetings. The following journals are available for free (no postage reimbursement necessary) to U.S. libraries only. I will fill requests for complete runs first, then requests for individual issues. Please respond off-list to: chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov by Feb. 15, 2006.
Asphalt Contractor: Nov 2003 (17:12) - March 2004 (18:3)
Asphalt Technology News: Spring 2002 (14:1) - Fall 2003 (15:2)
Asphalt Technology News: Spring 2004 (16:1) - Fall 2004 (16:2)
Asphalt Technology News: Spring 2005 (17:1)
Concrete Construction: Jan 2003 (48:1) - Dec 2004 (49:12) - missing June 2004
Concrete International: Jan 2003 (25:1) - Dec 2003 (25:12)
Concrete Producer: Jan 2004 (22:1) - Dec 2004 (22:12)
Erosion Control: Jan/Feb 2002 (9:1) - Jul/Aug 2002 (9:5)
Foundation Drilling: Dec/Jan 2003 (23:1) - Mar/Apr 2005 (26:3)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Jan/Feb 2002 (7:1) - May 2002 (7:3)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Sep/Oct 2004 (9:5)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Jan/Feb 2005 (10:1) - Mar/Apr 2005 (10:2)
HMAT Hot Mix Asphalt Technology: Jul/Aug 2005 (10:4) - Nov/Dec 2005 (10:6)
Modern Steel Construction: Jan 2003 (43:1) - Sept 2003 (43:9) - missing June 2003
Modern Steel Construction: March 2004 (44:3) - Dec 2004 (44:12) - missing Sept 2004
Professional Surveyor: Jan 2004 (24:1) - Dec 2004 (24:12)
Public Roads: Jan/Feb 2003 (66:4) - May/June 2005 (68:6)
Roads & Bridges: Feb 2003 (41:2) - March 2004 (42:3)
Roads & Bridges: Jan 2005 (43:1) - Feb 2005 (43:2)
Standardization News: Jan 2003 (31:1) - Nov 2004 (32:11) - missing Feb, May, July, August, Sept, Nov, Dec 2003 & Feb 2004
TR News: Jan/Feb 2003 (no. 224) - Nov/Dec 2005 (no. 241)
Welding Journal: Jan 2003 (82:1) - Dec 2003 (82:12) - missing Oct 2003
Welding Journal: June 2005 (84:6)
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - JAPA volumes
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Journal of the American Planning Association
v.68 no.2 Spring 2002
v.60 no.4 Autumn 1994
v.60 no.3 Summer 1994
v.59 no.4 Autumn 1993
v.59 no.3 Summer 1993
v.59 no.2 Spring 1993
v.55 no.4 Autumn 1989
v.55 no.3 Summer 1989
v.55 no.2 Spring 1989
v.55 no.1 Winter 1989
v.54 no.4 Autumn 1988
v.54 no.2 Spring 1988
v.53 no.4 Autumn 1987
v.53 no.3 Summer 1987
v.52 no.4 Autumn 1986
v.52 no.3 Summer 1986
v.52 no.2 Spring 1986
v.52 no.1 Winter 1986
v.51 no.4 Autumn 1985
v.51 no.3 Summer 1985
v.51 no.2 Spring 1985
v.51 no.1 Winter 1985
v.50 no.4 Autumn 1984
v.50 no.2 Spring 1984
v.50 no.1 Winter 1984
v.49 no.4 Autumn 1983
v.49 no.3 Summer 1983
v.49 no.2 Spring 1983
v.49 no.1 Winter 1983
v.48 no.4 Autumn 1982
v.48 no.3 Summer 1982
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
From: "Christie, Rebecca"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g
ravel source (rounded)
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Hi colleagues.
At present, WSDOT's Standard Specifications (and Special Provisions) don't give contractors sufficient guidance on the rock to use for riprap in habitat restoration work. Our documentation engineer is investigating revising our specifications for restoration projects to be able to differentiate quarry source rock (fractured, no rounded edges) from gravel source rock (streambed cobbles). Other terms used by WSDOT for the "desirable" rock are streambed gravel, grade control river rock, and two-man boulders.
So, my question is: does your agency have any written specifications, special provisions, or guidelines that specify/recommend that rounded rock be used for riprap in habitat-sensitive restoration projects?
Thanks in advance. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated. Please send responses off-list to chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov.
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
From: "Hobbs, JonAnne"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Donation - WindowsNT Keystone Learning Vids
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:28:15 -0600
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The following are available. Please respond off-list to:
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WindowsNT 4.x Workstation User Level2
JonAnne Hobbs
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library
Room 803
P.O. Box 7957
4802 Sheboygan Ave.
Madison, WI 53707
voice: (608) 266-0724
fax: (608) 261-6306
email: jonanne.hobbs@dot.state.wi.us
Subject: Re: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. g ravel
source (rounded)
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
From: Danielle.Pollock@modot.mo.gov
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:34:43 -0600
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Rebecca,
Currently, MoDOT has no guidelines that specify or recommend rounded rock.
Thanks,
Danielle Pollock
MoDOT / RDT Library
1617 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 526-4326
"Christie,
Rebecca"
Discussion Group for Transportation
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ravel source (rounded)
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it.northwestern.e
du
Hi colleagues.
At present, WSDOT's Standard Specifications (and Special Provisions) don't
give contractors sufficient guidance on the rock to use for riprap in
habitat restoration work. Our documentation engineer is investigating
revising our specifications for restoration projects to be able to
differentiate quarry source rock (fractured, no rounded edges) from gravel
source rock (streambed cobbles). Other terms used by WSDOT for the
"desirable" rock are streambed gravel, grade control river rock, and
two-man boulders.
So, my question is: does your agency have any written specifications,
special provisions, or guidelines that specify/recommend that rounded rock
be used for riprap in habitat-sensitive restoration projects?
Thanks in advance. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated.
Please send responses off-list to chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov.
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
Subject: Sorry! Please ignore last message
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
From: Danielle.Pollock@modot.mo.gov
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:39:21 -0600
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All,
Please ignore the previous message. It was meant to be sent off-list.
Danielle Pollock
MoDOT / RDT Library
1617 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 526-4326
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From:
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Does anyone have the
Journal of Management and Information Systems 1996?
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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Subject: 2005 pavement proceedings available
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:50:05 -0600
From: "Field, Connie"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Available for postage reimbursement to North American libraries:
Proceedings: International Conference on Concrete Pavements, "Innovations for Concrete Pavement: Technology Transfer for the Next Generation," August 14-18, 2005, Colorado Springs, Col. Volumes 1-3.
Connie Field
Manager, Information Services
Portland Cement Association
5420 Old Orchard Road
Skokie, IL 60077-1083
847.972.9174
Fax 847.972.9175
Library Fax: 847.966.6221
Library web site: www.cement.org/library/
cfield@cement.org
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:34:13 -0600
From: "Jerry Baldwin"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
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Since I'm just getting around to replying to this, you might well guess I'm having a harder time than usual digging out from the work accumulated while at TRB. While I support most of what Bob writes, I'd like to take exception to one item. It's not with what Bob wrote, but with what the report states. "the single most important factor in the success of the proposed transportation information management system will be leadership... of the community of librarians and information professionals... to see that a long-overdue
institutional structure and sustained funding are put in place to serve the information needs of the transportation sector well into the twenty-first century."
Librarians, whether leaders or not, do not control institutional structures in the field of transportation and certainly not funding - sustained or intermittent. In making progress toward success in developing transportation information services, librarians know what needs to be done and how to do it and have been attempting to do what needs to be done for more than three decades. But, "the single most important factor" remains investing a small portion of the immense financial resources of the nation's transportation efforts in the management of its own information resources.
I'll save my standing and cheering until I see that "0.0007 percent of the transportation sector's share of GDP" invested at the national level in transportation information management move to at least 0.007%. Saddling librarians with the responsibility for success or failure in meeting the information needs of the transportation community without providing institutional and financial resources to do so is tantamont to blaming the victim.
>>> bsweet@umich.edu 01/27/06 2:54 PM >>>
Congratulations to the Committee for a Future Strategy for Transportation
Information Management for the completion of SR 284, Transportation
Knowledge Networks: A Management Strategy for the 21st Century. Many
Transportation Division members worked hard on this, either as members of
the committee, as researchers or advisors, or as authors of other reports
that laid the groundwork for this one: Jerry Baldwin, Nelda Bravo, John
Cherney, Arlene Mathison, Bonnie Osif, Roberto Sarmiento, Jeanne Thomas
(retired), Sandy Tucker--if I've forgotten anyone just kick me under the
table and I'll correct the omission.
Two things in the report struck me as salient points to keep in mind as we
strive to make and keep ourselves necessary. On page 20, it's stated that
"forward-looking librarians are. . . marketing themselves as sophisticated
human search engines." There's not one among us who doesn't qualify as
either forward looking or sophisticated human search engines. Question is,
are you marketing yourself that way? Do your
patrons/customers/clients/constituents who suspect that "it's all on the
internet," but have no idea how to get to it and pull together all the
disparate resources, know that you are missing link, the golden key?
The second point should make us all stand up and cheer. On page 70, the
committee asserts their belief that "the single most important factor in
the success of the proposed transportation information management system
will be leadership. In looking to the future, the committee hopes that the
leadership of the community of librarians and information professionals
will step forward, as they have in the past, to see that a long-overdue
institutional structure and sustained funding are put in place to serve the
information needs of the transportation sector well into the twenty-first
century."
But you might say, "Well, I'm not the leadership of the community of
librarianship and information professionals." I must take issue with that.
Anyone with the courage to market herself or himself as a "sophisticated
human search engine" is in a position to lead. We must get beyond thinking
of leadership in terms of positions we hold and think, instead, in terms of
value we contribute. If you are indeed a "forward-looking librarian" you'll
always have people lined up behind you to see where you're going. Step
forward.
Bob Sweet
UMTRI
bsweet@umich.edu
734 936 1073
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1916
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by bsweet@umich.edu
2) available
by "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
3) RE: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. gravel source (rounded)
by "Cherry, Krystyna L., NMDOT"
4) Re: looking for article
by "Sandra Tucker"
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:49:29 -0500
From: bsweet@umich.edu
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
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Ah, Jerry, I was wondering where you were on this. Your response is, as always, wise and informed by a much greater breadth of vision and experience than my own.
Your view came to mind as I read the words of Bode Miller in his reaction to the U.S. ski and snowboard teams's motto, "Best in the World." Bode said that no matter how committed the skiers are to being the best in the world, the coaches and team administrators need to make the same commitment. "We're not the ones making policy," Bode said.
And, as Jerry points out, we are not the ones who have the power to provide the institutional and financial resources necessary to meet the information needs of the transportation community, regardless of how committed we are to being the best at what we do as leaders and librarians.
It might be premature to stand and cheer, but it is, nontheless, encouraging to know that policy makers and legislators who read this report will have to confront the notion that librarians are capable of and necessary in leading this movement. Whether or not we are truly the "single most important factor" remains up for argument. Can our (librarians') leadership be influential enough to shake loose that tiny percentage of the GDP and put it to work in service of the goals of this report?
What do y'all think?
Bob Sweet
UMTRI
bsweet@umich.edu
734 936 1073
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To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
The following are available. Please respond off-list to: Lori.Fiscus@dot.iowa.gov
Rollover Caused By Concrete Safety Shaped Barrier: Volume I, Technical Report (FHWA-RD-88-219), December 1989
Guardrail-Bridge Rail Transition Designs: Volume I, Research Report (FHWA/RD-86/178), April 1988
NCHRP Report #279 - Intersection Channelization Design Guide
NCHRP Report #289 - Performance of Longitudinal Traffic Barriers (2 copies)
NCHRP Synthesis #138 - Pavement Markings: Materials and Application For Extended Service Life
TR Record #1230 - Work-Zone Traffic Control and Tests of Delineation Material
State Highway Administration Research Report: Evaluation of the Truck Restraining Wall on the Moose Curve (FHWA/MD-91/04), 1992
Performance Limits of Longitudinal Barrier Systems: Volume I, Summary Report (FHWA/RD-86/153), May 1986
Test and Evaluation of W-Beam and Thrie-Beam Guard Rails (FHWA/RD-82/071)
Characteristics of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials for Use in Roadside Safety Barriers (FHWA-RD-94-048), July 1994
An Analysis of Guardrail and Median Barrier Accidents Using the Longitudinal Barrier Special Studies (LBSS) File: Volume I, Final Report.
FHWA-RD-92-098)
Self-Restoring Median Barriers and Bridge Railings - Research Report (FHWA/RD-87/002), January 1987
Hydraulic Performance of Curb and Gutter Inlets (K-TRAN: KU-99-1), September 1999
Small Sign Support Analysis: Phase I, Crash Test Program (FHWA-AZ88-202-1), August 1988
Small Sign Support Analysis: Phase II, Static, Pendulum and Full-Scale Crash Test Programs (Volume I Report) (FHWA-AZ88-202-II)
August 1988
Summary Report on Selected Guardrails (FHWA-SA-91-050), June 1992
Design of Roadside Drainage Channels, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. (Hydraulic Design Series #4) 1965
Design Charts For Open-Channel Flow, U.S. DOT. (Hydraulic Design Series #3) 1973
Drainage of Highway Pavements (Hydraulic Engineering Circular #12), March 1969
Hydraulic Charts for the Selection of Highway Culverts (Hydraulic Engineering Circular #5), December 1965
The Design of Encroachments on Flood Plains Using Risk Analysis (Hydraulic Engineering Circular #17), July 1980
The Design of Encroachments on Flood Plains Using Risk Analysis (US DOT), May 1980
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Subject: RE: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. gravel source (rounded)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 07:31:58 -0700
From: "Cherry, Krystyna L., NMDOT"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Not in New Mexico, only size and for non-enclosed rip rap stone shall have at least two fractured faces.
Krystyna Cherry, Librarian
NMDOT Research Bureau
Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-841-9150
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From: owner-TRANLIB@listserv.it.northwestern.edu [mailto:owner-TRANLIB@listserv.it.northwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Christie, Rebecca
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:12 PM
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. gravel source (rounded)
Hi colleagues.
At present, WSDOT's Standard Specifications (and Special Provisions) don't give contractors sufficient guidance on the rock to use for riprap in habitat restoration work. Our documentation engineer is investigating revising our specifications for restoration projects to be able to differentiate quarry source rock (fractured, no rounded edges) from gravel source rock (streambed cobbles). Other terms used by WSDOT for the "desirable" rock are streambed gravel, grade control river rock, and two-man boulders.
So, my question is: does your agency have any written specifications, special provisions, or guidelines that specify/recommend that rounded rock be used for riprap in habitat-sensitive restoration projects?
Thanks in advance. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated. Please send responses off-list to chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov.
Rebecca Christie
Librarian, Materials Laboratory
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47365
Olympia, WA 98504-7365
360.709.5404 phone | 360.709.5588 fax
chrisre@wsdot.wa.gov
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Library/
street address: 1655 S. 2nd Ave., Tumwater, WA 98512-6951
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Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:26:25 -0600
From: "Sandra Tucker"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: looking for article
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Joyce,
I have access to the electronic version of Journal of Management Information Systems (no and) back to 1984.
Sandy
>>> Joyce.Koeneman@dot.gov 02/08 2:48 PM >>>
Does anyone have the
Journal of Management and Information Systems 1996?
Joyce W. Koeneman
Digital Librarian and Head Tech Services
National Transportation Library
202.366.4203
joyce.koeneman@dot.gov
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From: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
TRANLIB Digest 1916
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
by bsweet@umich.edu
2) available
by "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
3) RE: Riprap specifications/guidelines - quarry source (fractured) v. gravel source (rounded)
by "Cherry, Krystyna L., NMDOT"
4) Re: looking for article
by "Sandra Tucker"
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:49:29 -0500
From: bsweet@umich.edu
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
Subject: Re: Transportation Knowledge Networks - TRB Special Report 284
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Ah, Jerry, I was wondering where you were on this. Your response is, as always, wise and informed by a much greater breadth of vision and experience than my own.
Your view came to mind as I read the words of Bode Miller in his reaction to the U.S. ski and snowboard teams's motto, "Best in the World." Bode said that no matter how committed the skiers are to being the best in the world, the coaches and team administrators need to make the same commitment. "We're not the ones making policy," Bode said.
And, as Jerry points out, we are not the ones who have the power to provide the institutional and financial resources necessary to meet the information needs of the transportation community, regardless of how committed we are to being the best at what we do as leaders and librarians.
It might be premature to stand and cheer, but it is, nontheless, encouraging to know that policy makers and legislators who read this report will have to confront the notion that librarians are capable of and necessary in leading this movement. Whether or not we are truly the "single most important factor" remains up for argument. Can our (librarians') leadership be influential enough to shake loose that tiny percentage of the GDP and put it to work in service of the goals of this report?
What do y'all think?
Bob Sweet
UMTRI
bsweet@umich.edu
734 936 1073
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Subject: available
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:25:54 -0600
From: "Fiscus, Lori [DOT]"
To: Discussion Group for Transportation Librarians
The following are available. Please respond off-list to: Lori.Fiscus@dot.iowa.gov
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