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[wtkn-forum] Correction RE: context info for WTKN Data Survey

To: "Western Transportation Knowlege Network" <wtkn-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Szolomayer, Kathy" <SzolomK@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:01:39 -0700
Message-id: <922A649C56B0744C89B1D3ABC71B035702E8EC73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi – Kendra’s area code is 510, not 501 as shown below.

 

Thanks,

Kathy Szolomayer

WSDOT Library

 

From: wtkn-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wtkn-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oman, Leni
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:38 PM
To: Western Transportation Knowlege Network
Subject: Re: [wtkn-forum] WTKN Data Survey

 

Depending on who you are sending this to, you may want to provide a little more context.  Here’s some language that accompanied the survey as it was sent to the TRB Data Section.  Feel free to modify it.  And thanks, WTKN members, for initiating this survey!  I’m curious as to what we’ll gather. ~ Leni

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The Western Transportation Knowledge Network (WTKN), as part of the emerging National Transportation Knowledge Network (NTKN), is looking at a number of issues pertaining to transportation information and knowledge, including ways in which it can improve access to and sharing of data. To help facilitate that, the WTKN is seeking to identify data sources that respondents think are key resources within the transportation community.  We ask that you provide your thoughts on data resources that you believe should be broadly available in the transportation community.  The data can support any single or many topics.  To keep the survey short and manageable we only ask you to identify up to three resources.

 

The WTKN recognizes that many data resources are already available online, some through organized clearinghouses, and that several are commonly known within the sectors of the transportation community.  However, it is also true that practitioners can have difficulty finding data resources.  Our intent is to help provide access to these through a developing portal. We will not warehouse the data but will help serve as another entry point to the data sources.

 

Please take a moment to complete this short survey:  https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1SZlkwdUpSWXNhSTJOaHdETU9rN0E6MA.  We would appreciate your comments no later than July 30th.  Please forward to others that you think may have information to contribute.

 

If you have questions, please contact Kendra Levine, WTKN Chair, at KLevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 501-642-3604.  Results will be posted on the WTKN.org website.

 

Additional Background

The Transportation Knowledge Network (TKN) is a work in progress. There have been many efforts over the years to improve awareness of and access to data and information resources in the transportation community but we still lack a “front door”. Other industries, such as health and agriculture, have created information portals that are broadly used by experts in their fields and other interested communities. In 2006, a TRB Special Report 284 Transportation Knowledge Networks, A Management Strategy for the 21st Century recommended a framework for development of Transportation Knowledge Networks. A subsequent study developed a business plan for implementation of Transportation Knowledge Networks (NCHRP Report 643, Dec. 2009). The final phase of this study produced an online directory of transportation information centers that was published in the spring of 2010.


Efforts have been made to build the Transportation Knowledge Network. Today we have three regional TKNs: Eastern; Midwest; and Western. These organizations are open to new members. You can find more information and contacts at
http://ntl.bts.gov/networking/index.html

 

 

From: wtkn-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wtkn-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kendra K. Levine
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:12 PM
To: Western Transportation Knowlege Network
Subject: [wtkn-forum] WTKN Data Survey

 

Thanks again to everybody who was able to make the call today. As promised, here is the much anticipated WTKN Data Survey:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dC1SZlkwdUpSWXNhSTJOaHdETU9rN0E6MA#gid=0
or http://bit.ly/9qadFK

Please forward to possible respondents.

Kendra

--
Kendra K. Levine
Reference Librarian
Institute of Transportation Studies Library
412 McLaughlin Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-1720
http://library.its.berkeley


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