Librarians from the National Transportation Library (NTL) present the 2023 Annual Report. Mary Moulton discusses new and forthcoming collections at the NTL, navigation improvements for ROSA P, web archiving content from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the Science.gov refresh. Xin Wang talks about the NTL repository upgrade project Work
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This presentation was originally delivered to the August 10, 2023, Transportation Librarians Roundtable. The NTL staff spoke on the following topics: Introduction to Open Science and The Year of Open Science; a Public Access Plan Update; Persistent Identification; Data Stewardship; Legacy Data Rescue; Truck Inventory and Use Survey/Vehicle Inventor
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Christiansen, Leighton L et al. (2023). Introducing the Year of Open Science & Next Steps in Sharing Transportation Research. https://doi.org/10.21949/1529413
Christiansen, Leighton L et al. "Introducing the Year of Open Science & Next Steps in Sharing Transportation Research" (2023), https://doi.org/10.21949/1529413
Christiansen, Leighton L et al. "Introducing the Year of Open Science & Next Steps in Sharing Transportation Research" , 2023, https://doi.org/10.21949/1529413
In this month’s Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR), Cara Marcus and Mary Moulton provide an update from the Special Libraries Association Transportation Community (SLATRAN). The SLA Transportation Community was established in 1943 and has an active membership that participates in the SLA Annual Meeting.
During this last meeting of 2022, librarians from the National Transportation Library (NTL) present the 2022 annual report. Mary Moulton shares information about new collections in ROSA P, collection development and digitization projects, and collaboration with federal agencies. Moulton also provides an update about changes coming to the DOT Public
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This presentation goes into detail on what data curation is, and how the presenters believe the practices of data curation can make federal statistics more transparent, as well as accessible, interoperable, and preservable. This record includes the slide deck and a pdf handout. Both files include the speaker notes for easy reference.
Supporting Files
Christiansen, Leighton L and Long, Jesse (2022). Fulfilling Statistical Policies with Data Curation Practices. https://doi.org/10.21949/1527466
Christiansen, Leighton L and Long, Jesse "Fulfilling Statistical Policies with Data Curation Practices" (2022), https://doi.org/10.21949/1527466
Christiansen, Leighton L and Long, Jesse "Fulfilling Statistical Policies with Data Curation Practices" , 2022, https://doi.org/10.21949/1527466
In this presentation to the Open Mobility Foundation’s (OMF) Privacy, Security, and Transparency Committee, NTL Data Curator, Leighton Christiansen, data retention planning, policies, and actions.
Supporting Files
Christiansen, Leighton L (2022). Considerations on Data Retention: Presentation to the Open Mobility Foundation’s Privacy, Security, and Transparency Committee. https://doi.org/10.21949/1526875
Christiansen, Leighton L "Considerations on Data Retention: Presentation to the Open Mobility Foundation’s Privacy, Security, and Transparency Committee" (2022), https://doi.org/10.21949/1526875
Christiansen, Leighton L "Considerations on Data Retention: Presentation to the Open Mobility Foundation’s Privacy, Security, and Transparency Committee" , 2022, https://doi.org/10.21949/1526875
Presentation on the National Transportation Library's services and the function of the National Transportation Knowledge Network.
Moulton, Mary and Wilt, Laura (2022). The Transportation Knowledge Infrastructure: AASHTO Summer RAC Meeting, 25 July 2022. https://doi.org/10.21949/1527535
Moulton, Mary and Wilt, Laura "The Transportation Knowledge Infrastructure: AASHTO Summer RAC Meeting, 25 July 2022" (2022), https://doi.org/10.21949/1527535
Moulton, Mary and Wilt, Laura "The Transportation Knowledge Infrastructure: AASHTO Summer RAC Meeting, 25 July 2022" , 2022, https://doi.org/10.21949/1527535
NTL interns Naomi Coleman, Jacob Ham, and Maria Lee describe a reparative cataloging project focused on the FTA 50th Anniversary collection in ROSA P. This collection is important is because of renewed interest from the public and policymakers in mass transportation and the historical preservation of an important time period for transportation rese
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Coleman, Naomi et al. (2022). Researching Legacy Records to Modernize Transportation Subject Keywords. https://doi.org/10.21949/1530997
Coleman, Naomi and Ham, Jacob and Lee, Maria "Researching Legacy Records to Modernize Transportation Subject Keywords" (2022), https://doi.org/10.21949/1530997
Coleman, Naomi et al. "Researching Legacy Records to Modernize Transportation Subject Keywords" , 2022, https://doi.org/10.21949/1530997
Each December, the National Transportation Library traditionally provides an annual report at the Transportation Librarians Roundtable. For this 2021 report, Rosalyn Alleman, Mary Moulton, and Jesse Long share updates and projects completed during the year. They also share a preview of projects slated for the coming year.
David Gansz, Director of the National Transportation Library, discusses how information has come to be treated as a commodity, which has had a profound impact on libraries and librarians. Gansz proposes an alternative to measuring the value of libraries via quantifiable transactions like gate counts, checkouts, clicks, and downloads. Libraries can
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Presentation slides for Evaluating Data Management Plans (DMPs): Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 2 for Federal Aviation Administration. Supplemental files include a PDF handout of the slides with speakers' notes; a sample DMP; and, the DMP Evaluation Checklist tool.
Supporting Files
Long, Jesse et al. (2021). Evaluating Data Management Plans (DMPs): Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 2 for Federal Aviation Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1524568
Long, Jesse and Mann, Zoe and Christiansen, Leighton L "Evaluating Data Management Plans (DMPs): Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 2 for Federal Aviation Administration" (2021), https://doi.org/10.21949/1524568
Long, Jesse et al. "Evaluating Data Management Plans (DMPs): Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 2 for Federal Aviation Administration" , 2021, https://doi.org/10.21949/1524568
Presentation slides for Data Management Plans (DMPs) for Research Proposals: Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 1 for Federal Aviation Administration. Supplemental files include a PDF handout of the slides with speakers' notes; a plaint text DMP template; and, a DMP template formatted in Microsoft Word.
Supporting Files
Long, Jesse et al. (2021). Data Management Plans (DMPs) for Research Proposals: Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 1 for Federal Aviation Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1524567
Long, Jesse and Mann, Zoe and Christiansen, Leighton L "Data Management Plans (DMPs) for Research Proposals: Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 1 for Federal Aviation Administration" (2021), https://doi.org/10.21949/1524567
Long, Jesse et al. "Data Management Plans (DMPs) for Research Proposals: Researchers’ Development of a Data Management Plan: Session 1 for Federal Aviation Administration" , 2021, https://doi.org/10.21949/1524567
This presentation was made to DOT researchers at the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. Hughes Technical Center and the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. NTL Data Curator, Leighton Christiansen, went into detail on the US DOT Public Access Plan, its context, and resources for implementation. This record includes the slide deck and a pdf
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Supporting Files
Christiansen, Leighton L (2021). A Deep Dive into Public Access for Research Data [Presentation to FAA]. https://doi.org/10.21949/1522407
Christiansen, Leighton L "A Deep Dive into Public Access for Research Data [Presentation to FAA]" (2021), https://doi.org/10.21949/1522407
Christiansen, Leighton L "A Deep Dive into Public Access for Research Data [Presentation to FAA]" , 2021, https://doi.org/10.21949/1522407
In this presentation at the Federal Aviation Administration WJHTC/CAMI Library Services for Researchers Event, NTL Data Curator, Leighton Christiansen, give a brief presentation on the US DOT Public Access Plan, its context, and resources for implementation.
Christiansen, Leighton L (2021). Introduction to the U.S. DOT Public Access Policy & Resources [Presentation to FAA]. https://doi.org/10.21949/1522406
Christiansen, Leighton L "Introduction to the U.S. DOT Public Access Policy & Resources [Presentation to FAA]" (2021), https://doi.org/10.21949/1522406
Christiansen, Leighton L "Introduction to the U.S. DOT Public Access Policy & Resources [Presentation to FAA]" , 2021, https://doi.org/10.21949/1522406
The presentation gives overview of Open Science policies and practices within the United States government, and how these relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, to date. While most of my examples will come from the Department of Transportation, discussion of government-wide activities and resources, including data.gov, is included.This record includes 3
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Supporting Files
Christiansen, Leighton L (2021). U.S. Open Science Policy Perspectives & Transportation: Open Science in Transportation: Challenges and Opportunities in a COVID-19 Era. https://doi.org/10.21949/1520725
Christiansen, Leighton L "U.S. Open Science Policy Perspectives & Transportation: Open Science in Transportation: Challenges and Opportunities in a COVID-19 Era" (2021), https://doi.org/10.21949/1520725
Christiansen, Leighton L "U.S. Open Science Policy Perspectives & Transportation: Open Science in Transportation: Challenges and Opportunities in a COVID-19 Era" , 2021, https://doi.org/10.21949/1520725
End-of-practicum presentation on cleaning up BTS-generated Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS) datasets by adopting "Tidy Data" formatting.
This Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR) features staff from the National Transportation Library (NTL). The update includes highlights of the NTL staff’s work throughout this unusual year. NTL's new Director David Gansz provides the introduction. Vicki Milam and Charlotte Gavin give an overview of new reference services, LibChat, and interli
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The National Transportation Library (NTL) at the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) provides national and international access to the crucial transportation information that falls within the scope of grey literature, including the results of U.S. government funded research. Founded as an all-digital library in 1998, NTL’s collection
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Moulton, Mary E. (2020). Providing Public Access to Grey Literature at the National Transportation Library. https://doi.org/10.21949/1524579
Moulton, Mary E. "Providing Public Access to Grey Literature at the National Transportation Library" (2020), https://doi.org/10.21949/1524579
Moulton, Mary E. "Providing Public Access to Grey Literature at the National Transportation Library" , 2020, https://doi.org/10.21949/1524579
The National Transportation Library (NTL) was founded as an all-digital repository of US DOT research reports, technical publications and data products. NTL’s primary public offering is ROSA P, the Repository and Open Science Access Portal. In addition to functioning as the full-text archive for results of USDOT-funded research, ROSA P is also home
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Montgomery, Shawn and Moulton, Mary E. (2020). Preserving the Past: Historical Collections in the National Transportation Library’s Repository and Open Science Access Portal, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1506097
Montgomery, Shawn and Moulton, Mary E. "Preserving the Past: Historical Collections in the National Transportation Library’s Repository and Open Science Access Portal, ROSA P" (2020), https://doi.org/10.21949/1506097
Montgomery, Shawn and Moulton, Mary E. "Preserving the Past: Historical Collections in the National Transportation Library’s Repository and Open Science Access Portal, ROSA P" , 2020, https://doi.org/10.21949/1506097
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