Announcements
Events at the 2009 TRB Annual Meeting
160 A0010 Borderless Access to Information: International Transportation Research Web Resources
H - Georgetown East
Sunday, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Nelda Bravo, Federal Highway Administration, presiding
Sponsored by:
International Activities Committee (A0010)|Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40)|Conduct of Research Committee (ABG10)|Technology Transfer Committee (ABG30)
Note: This workshop provides an overview of a variety of online resources available to transportation researchers to better inform the TRB research community about the international databases available on the Web. Discussion will focus on how online information resources can be expanded or better utilized to facilitate the exchange of information.
TRB Research Tools (P09-0002)
Barbara L Post, Transportation Research Board
presentation
Transguide (P09-0003)
Birgitta Sandstedt, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
presentation
International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) (P09-0004)
Véronique Feypell - de la Beaumelle, OECD-ECMT Joint Transport Research Centre, France
presentation
Australian Transport Index (ATRI) and the Road Research Register (P09-0011)
Andrew Meier, ARRB Transport Research Ltd., Australia
presentation
Highway Safety Information System (P09-0005)
Carol H. Tan, Federal Highway Administration
presentation
International Association of Public Transport Database
Heather Allen, International Association of Public Transport
presentation
ABG40 Triennial Self Evaluation Subcommittee, ABG40(4)
H - Chevy Chase
Monday, 7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Sandra L. Tucker, Texas A&M University, presiding
Sponsored by:
Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40)
251 ABG40 Developments and Innovations in Transportation Libraries and Information Services
H - International Center
Monday, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Maggie Sacco, Library Connectivity Pooled Fund, presiding
Sandra L. Tucker, Texas A&M University, presiding
Sponsored by:
Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40)
Federated Search for Transportation Research and Information Needs (P09-0078)
Kenneth A. Winter, Virginia Transportation Research Council
The Embedded Librarian: Exploratory Advanced Research Program (P09-0582)
Jennifer L. Boteler, Federal Highway Administration
Lance Warren, Federal Highway Administration
Creating an Information Commons on a Budget at Wisconsin DOT Library (P09-0583)
John J. Cherney, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Unique and Innovative Information Sharing Initiatives in Pennsylvania (P09-0584)
Bonnie Fields, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Coming to Terms: Researchers Embrace the Transportation Research Thesaurus to Organize a Website (P09-0585)
Kassandra Agee-Letton, Texas Transportation Institute
Michael Kleiber, University of California, Berkeley
Yu-Ying (Diana) Lin, Texas Transportation Institute
Sandra L. Tucker, Texas A&M University
Web 2.0 Tools (P09-0667)
Kendra Levine, University of California, Berkeley
Rita Evans, University of California, Berkeley
Visualization: Many Eyes (P09-0686)
Kendra Levine, University of California, Berkeley
Rita Evans, University of California, Berkeley
The Transportation Librarian's Toolkit (P09-0687)
Maggie Sacco, Library Connectivity Pooled Fund
Transportation Knowledge Networks: Partnerships for the Future of Transportation (P09-0690)
Maggie Sacco, Library Connectivity Pooled Fund
Amanda J. Wilson, Research and Innovative Technology Administration
ABG40 Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee
H - State
Monday, 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Sandra L. Tucker, Texas A&M University, presiding
Sponsored by:
Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40)
495 ABG40 Emerging Technologies in Social Networking
H - Jefferson East
Tuesday, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Brand L. Niemann, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, presiding
presentation
Sponsored by:
Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40)
National Geographic Society: Ahead of the Curve in Web 2.0 (P09-0691)
Michael Jourdan, National Geographic Society
Krista Mantsch, National Geographic Society
presentation | e-session
Will the Revolution Have Wheelchair Ramps? Web 2.0 and the Illusion of Inclusion (P09-0694)
Eileen Boswell, Community Transportation Association of America, Inc.
presentation | e-session
Connecting with Existing Communities: Library of Congress on Flickr (P09-0698)
Michelle Springer, Library of Congress
presentation | e-session
Second Life: Virtual World Bridges and Barriers (P09-1643)
Patricia Alderman, National Defense University Library
presentation | e-session
ABG40 LIST Transportation Research Thesaurus Subcommittee, ABG40(2)
H - Chevy Chase
Tuesday, 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Sandra L. Tucker, Texas A&M University, presiding
Sponsored by:
Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40)