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John Siegler, Ph.D. Research Psychologist, Behavioral Safety Research

Leveraging Information Infrastructure : National Transportation Library and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. John Siegler, Ph.D. Research Psychologist, Behavioral Safety Research National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Tracey Schut

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John Siegler, Ph.D. Research Psychologist, Behavioral Safety Research

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  1. Leveraging Information Infrastructure:National Transportation Library and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration John Siegler, Ph.D. Research Psychologist, Behavioral Safety Research National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Tracey Schut Systems Librarian, National Transportation Library MacroSys Research & Technology

  2. NHTSA’s Office of Behavioral Safety Research • Identifies specific traffic safety problems • Develops countermeasure programs • Evaluates program effectiveness

  3. Research Highlights • Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) • General deterrence approach to reducing impaired driving and increasing SB use • Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DECP) • Qualified products lists for alcohol breath test devices

  4. Research Highlights Continued • Zero Tolerance Laws • Administrative License Removal sanction • Click It or Ticket • Research on the misuse of child safety seats

  5. Audience for Research Reports • Lawmakers and Policymakers • State Highway Safety Offices • Safety Partners • Researchers • Public and the Press

  6. Archived Research Reports • Reports are posted temporarily on NHTSA’s Web Site • Within OBSR, reports filed by year and added to a Master list • Senior researchers were the collection curators

  7. Changes at NHTSA • As senior researchers left, NHTSA was losing institutional memory • New research staff lacked extensive knowledge of highway traffic safety research • Move to new HQ meant lost storage space for reports, However, OST provided funds to scan archival materials

  8. Creating an Ideal Archive • Reports catalogued by topic • Available electronically • Permanent home

  9. Library Intern • Contacted local university schools of library and information science • Mutually advantageous and cost effective solution for Government • Required on-site librarian supervisor

  10. Through an Interagency agreement RITA agreed to • Add NHTSA reports to the National Transportation Library electronic collection • Provide a separate interface for NHTSA • Use Transportation Research Thesaurus to catalog reports • Make reports available to a wider audience

  11. The rest of the session will be RITA/NTL explaining what they did to complete the project

  12. NTL’s Preparation • Reviewed NHTSA’s data needs • Created mock-up screens • Evaluated metadata from digitization • Identified browse categories

  13. NTL’s Implementation • Created a loader to load pdfs and metadata • Created search application • Search terms for browse categories • Started Cataloging

  14. Browse Categories

  15. Cataloging

  16. Functionality • Simple Keyword Search • Advanced Search • Browse by category • Indexed in Google & TRISOnline • Process for adding new records

  17. NHTSA Traffic Safety Home Page

  18. Search Interface

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