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for information of interest to transportation practitioners, providing access to a broader pool of digital information resources than is currently available. • Support the need for consistent cataloging and preservation of information resources.
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12 Transportation Information Portal (provided by national TKN coordination function – components available for incorporation into other web pages) Find Information Ask a Question Event Calendar Find a Person Submit a Resource Research in Progress News Communities of Practice Transportation Topics Information Resources & Tools (Responsibility for coordination, contributions and maintenance shared across TKNs/Information Providers)
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Tremendous benefits can be realized by offering services of skilled, specialized transportation information professionals for conducting literature reviews, building annotated bibliographies on particular topic areas, or simply tracking down answers to specific information requests. Wide availability of these services to the transportation community will save time and provide better information for both research and practice.
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To minimize duplication and provide opportunities for wider sharing of information resources across organizations, seed funding to support transportation libraries to catalog collections into OCLC will also be provided. Part of the value added by the TKN initiative is to gather information from member organizations based on common standards.
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The TRT provides standardized terminology for indexing information resources in the TRIS database as well as in government and university transportation library collections and Web pages. It currently contains roughly 10,000 terms and is maintained with part-time staff and voluntary assistance.
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TKN Value Provided: Legislative staff use the transportation information portal and quickly find the FHWA PPP Web site, which includes a state-by-state analysis of legislation. They use the portal's clipping service to review articles about competitive bidding practices in Canada, Australia, India, and China.
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