Circulation
We loan our circulating materials to Washington State employees with a valid Washington State Library card. We loan some materials to other libraries through interlibrary loan.
Level of Service - contractors, consultants and Washington State employees
WSDOT Libraries provide full services to WSDOT employees, contractors and consultants as defined below.
Contractor – Any person, firm, or corporation under contractual agreement with WSDOT for the performance of a job or completion of a project (for definition of contract see RCW 39.04.010).
Consultant – “'Consultant' means an independent individual or firm contracting with WSDOT to perform a service or render an opinion or recommendation according to the consultant’s methods and without being subject to the control of the agency except as to the result of the work.” RCW 39.29.006(4)
Any person providing architectural and engineering professional services for WSDOT and who is not an employee of the agency. (RCW 39.80.020)
In order to justify using agency resources (photocopying, staff time, interlibrary loan fees) and so that the library is not in violation of licensing agreements for online databases, WSDOT contractors/consultants will be required to supply a WSDOT employee contact to verify that their request for library services is for a WSDOT project.
On request we will provide the following additional services to state employees:
- Issuance of a library card
- Staff will pull books and hold for later pick-up or send through interoffice mail
- Check-out of circulating material
Level of Service - citizens
On request, we will give any individual who accesses the WSDOT Library the following services:
- A response to their reference question or a referral to an appropriate resource
- Access to the public computer terminal in order to search the online library catalog
- Access to the library stacks
- Basic instruction on how to use the online library catalog and how to search free online databases, such as TRIS.
- Ability to make photocopies of materials in the collection within copyright regulations.
All customers may make up to 25 photocopies at no charge. It is the policy of the Transportation Building Library that if the customer wants to make more than 25 photocopies, the materials will be taken to Printing Services for reproduction. Copying policies may differ at the Materials Laboratory and Ferries Division libraries.
Only a publication published by WSDOT or the Transportation Commission may be photocopied in its entirety. Library staff will take photocopying requests of more than 25 pages and requests for reproduction of WSDOT publications to Printing Services. A price list can be found on the Printing Services website.