Illinois Department of Transportation Policy and Research Center
Rm. 320
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL 62764-0001
Karen Perrin, Librarian
(217) 782-6680
Fax: (217) 524 3834
Hours: 8:00 - 4:30, M-F
Open to the Public: no
Online Catalog: http://hip.rpls.ws/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=spisidt#focus
Date Established: 1965
Staff Overview
Number of
Professional staff: 1
| Name | Title | Phone | |
| Karren Perrin | Head Librarian | 217-782-6680 | Karen.Perrin@illinois.gov |
Collection Information
- Descripton:
Books, journals, research reports, government documents, and standards to supplement information needs of IDOT staff and local transportation officials in Illinois. - Subject Strengths: Highway/Transportation Engineering
- Special Collections: IDOT research reports; Illinois Legal Materials; all AASHTO and TRB publications, standard specifications of all state DOTs; transportation-oriented microfiche from NTIS.
- Conditions: Does not loan to general public unless requested via interlibrary loan.
- Interlibrary Loan Policies: Accept requests via OCLC, telephone, fax, e-mail, and U.S. Postal Service (ALA form).
- Loan Fees: none
- Photocopy Fees: none
- OCLC/RLIN Code: IZA
- Online Database/CD-ROM services: OCLC, FirstSearch, ILLINET Online, Lexis Nexis.
- Additional Information:
CD-ROM: Transport, Strategic Highway Research Program CD-ROM Library, ACI's CA Quicksearch, ITE Digital Library, all BTS CD-ROM products, Select Phone and Street Atlas, Federal Register, July 1990+, U.S. Code; Westlaw; Illinois Law on Disk. - Library Publications: Library Acquisitions List
- Library Network Affiliations: MTKN, ILLINET, RPLS (Rolling Prairie
Library System), LVIS (Libraries Very Interested in Sharing), SILO (Serials in
Illinois Online), TAB (Transportation OCLC) - LVIS, SILO, and TAG are all part
of OCLC.

