Institution Type: Archive, Library, Municipal-County

Web site: http://www.metro.net/library
Blog: http://metroprimaryresources.info
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/LACMTALibrary
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Twitter: MetroLibrary
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/metrolibrarian
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NEWS & INFORMATION:
Metro Library's Daily Aggregated Transportation Headlines Blog: http://losangelestransportation.blogspot.com
Metro Library's Daily Newspaper of Transportation Tweets: http://paper.li/metrolibrary/paperli

RESOURCE SHARING:
Metro Library's Scribd document-sharing site: http://www.scribd.com/people/documents/4077018-metro-library-and-archive

SOCIAL NETWORKING:
Metro Library's Google Plus page: https://plus.google.com/109340833935829214619/posts
Metro Library's Second Life site: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/55/95/23

GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCHES:
Los Angeles County & Its 88 City websites: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=012995479145342077058:jevnc16ohfm
Public Transit websites: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=012995479145342077058%3Aipxox2lxkha
California Highways & Public Works full-text search (1924-1967): http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=004227772407685647451:d8vdphdz2iw&hl=en

Archives and Collections

Description:
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library & Archive is one of the most comprehensive transit operator-owned library resources in the United States. As the only multimodal transportation library in Southern California, we serve employees, the public, governments and research institutions. Our origins date back to the days of the Los Angeles Railway in 1890, but we were reintroduced to the public by the Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1971.

Our collection contains approximately 250,000 items of significance to Los Angeles transportation history from 1873 to the present. This includes 45,000 books, reports, studies, conference proceedings, plans, maps, and drawings, 20,000 microfiche reports, more than 20,000 photographs and images, over 700 videos, several thousand ephemera, and a growing collection of publicly-accessible full-text digital documents.

We collect, preserve,and provide access to archival materials from our predecessor transit agencies: Pacific Electric, Los Angeles Railway, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Los Angeles Transit Lines, Asbury Transit, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, Southern California Rapid Transit District, and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission

Regions Covered: Southern California

Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Databases, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Directories, Ephemera, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Institutional Publications, Institutional Records, Maps, Memorabilia, Microfiche/Microfilm, Official Records, Photographs, Postcards, Press Clippings, Press Releases, Printed Works, Rare Books, Serials, Slides, Statistical Data

Time Periods: 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present

Languages: English

Sectors of the Population: Artistic Communities, Business, Employment, Labor Unions, Politics/Government, Professional, TV/Film/Radio, At or Below Poverty Level, Lower to Middle Income

Management

Catalog System: OCLC; EOS International (ILS); in-house archive catalog
Online Catalog: http://librarycat.metro.net
Digital Formats: Digital photos hosted on Flickr; Digital videos hosted on YouTube; Digital documents hosted on Scribd.
Makes Purchases: Yes
Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Conferences/Conventions, Directories, Exhibitions, Internet, Library Events, Meetings, OCLC/RLIN, Online Catalog, Reports, Student Orientations, Study Guides, Telephone, Word of Mouth