• Transportations Libraries and Information Centers Fact Sheet

  This one-page circular is intended for administration and high-level review in transportation agencies.

• Transportation Libraries and Information Centers Current Practices and Future Directions Synthesis of Practice

  This is the full report prepared by CTC & Associates for the pooled fund study.

Below is a summary of discussions and the direction working group members chose to take the White Paper. The project was completed in 2022 and the finished product PDF can be accessed in the White Paper/Synthesis Final Deliverable section above. 

A white paper on the changing nature of transportation libraries in the 21st century will develop an evidence-based foundation to help research organizations better understand the status, functions, and roles of library services, whether or not an organization operates an actual library. The white paper will identify recurring problems and recommend strategies to help organizations adapt to change within the coming years. 

Based on working group discussions and discussions with CTC & Associates, the pooled fund members decided on the following topics, each with their own set of guiding questions. The topics are: 

Library Services: Providing Services With and Without a Library

• History of transportation agency library closures
• Functional differences
• User needs and satisfaction

Library Services: Engaging Agency Leadership and Partners

• Leadership perspectives

• Engaging partners

Library Services: Preparing for the Future

• Transitioning to a digital library

• Transitioning to a nonphysical library

• Lessons learned from the pandemic

For more details, the scoping document can be found below.

CTC White Paper Project Scope