Kudos to SLA Government Information Division member Jennifer Boteler for her article Masters of Information published in the current issue of the Federal Highway Administration newsletter Public Roads. The article describes the work of transportation librarians and their collaboration with public and private transportation libraries and information providers. Along the way, Jennifer makes key points about librarians’ roles as information filters, innovative researchers, organizers of information for retrieval, and networkers extraordinaire.
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Thanks, Peggy, for your post. The Public Roads editors graciously offered to highlight or devote other sections of the May/June issue to topics related to the article.
Most notably, Leni Oman was the guest editorialist and she wrote a piece in support of libraries, librarians, and knowledge networks. See Editor’s Notes, “Using Information Investments Wisely.”
One of the items in the Along the Road section is on the new
integrated database (TRID) that combines the records from the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. http://trid.trb.org/
And although these pages aren’t included in the online edition, one of the full-page advertisements in the print edition is on the upcoming SLA Annual Meeting, and another ad is on FDsys (the new GPO Access). http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
Bravo — Great article! I applaud the the transportation librarians well-organized support network and am interested in developing a similar but informal network within my specialty, workplace safety and health.
Are there any other OSHA-types out there in SLA government library land? How can we help each other?
Jane Kirby
Oregon OSHA Resource Center
jane.s.kirby@state.or.us