The next presentation of the Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR), a monthly webconference series, will take place on Thursday, April 10, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Ken Winter, the Virginia Department of Transportation's Research Library Director, will discuss the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database. TRIS has been in existence for over four decades now and is the world's largest and most comprehensive transportation bibliographic resource. The database is maintained by the Transportation Research Board, and its sponsors include the state departments of transportation and various agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The upcoming TLR presentation, entitled TRIS Users Survey: Results and Next Steps, will specifically address who is currently using this wide-ranging resource and why.
Those wishing to participate on April 10 can do so by accessing http://fhwa.acrobat.com/translibrarian/. Please visit http://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm to help ensure that your system is properly configured for participation in the webconference. In addition, the teleconference number for accessing the audio portion of the session is 218-339-7800, pass code 958303.
The TLR, which is held the second Thursday of each month for one hour starting at 2:00 p.m. EDT, is co-sponsored by the National Transportation Library (NTL), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), TRB and the Special Libraries Association's Transportation Division. The TLR's purpose is to provide librarians and others involved in transportation research with opportunities to learn more about issues of mutual concern and interest.
