Iowa LTAP has moved from CTRE to the Institute for Transportation
Stanley L. Ring Memorial Library new acquisitions
How to order
Order library materials in three ways:
- Order online, www.ctre.iastate.edu/library/search.cfm.
- Contact Jim Hogan, library coordinator, 515-294-9481, hoganj@iastate.edu, fax 515-294-0467.
- Mail or fax the order form on the back cover of Technology News.
CD-ROM
CR
72 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium
This CD-ROM contains the proceedings of this conference held at Iowa State
University August 18–19, 2005.
DVD
DVD
12 Flagger Safety Training: English and Spanish (also in video)
This video covers proper equipment, safety pointers, special situations—emergency
vehicles, pilot cars, mobile operations—and dealing with impatient,
rude, or angry drivers.
DVD
13 Communicating for Results: How to Be Clear, Concise, and Credible
This video provides strategies to offer ideas with credibility, logic, and
emotional power. It presents methods to connect with your audience, focus
on your listener’s mood, organize your thoughts using the Goal 1-2-3
Formula, and make it easy for other to say yes.
DVD
15 Becoming a Leader: Communication Techniques That Motivate, Guide, and Inspire
Employees to Excel
This video demonstrates how to make it easy for others to approach you, give
straight answers to even the most difficult questions, and encourage dedication
among those you work with.
Videos
V
741 Flagger Safety Training: English and Spanish (also in DVD)
See description for DVD 12 above.
V
742 Courtesy Promotes Safety
This video describes how the three “E’s” of safety (engineering,
education, and enforcement) were coordinated to produce a long lasting, safer
environment for pedestrians in St. Petersburg, Florida. It offers simple solutions
to improve crosswalk functionality and promotes the use of courtesy to change
behavior and enhance the results.
Publications
P
1665 Backcountry Road Maintenance and Weed Management
This report provides recommendations for reducing or eliminating the spread
of weeds during road maintenance. Noxious weed species frequently colonize
roads and are likely to be spread during road maintenance. Included is a list
of references and links to a few web-based resources.
P
1666 Covered Bridge Manual
This manual covers general terminology and the historic development of covered
bridges. It also addresses loads, structural analysis, connections, and design
issues. The last six chapters contain discussion of evaluation, maintenance,
strengthening, and preservation of existing covered bridges, historic considerations,
and a state-of-the-art guide on wood preservatives. Historic preservation
requirements as they relate to the U.S. Department of the Interior standards
for these important and unusual structures are also provided. The appendices
include an extensive series of case studies.
Selected Iowa DOT library new acquisitions
Greetings from the Lincoln Highway: America’s First Coast-to-Coast Road, Brian Butko; Stackpole Books. 2005, 288p. HE356/. L7/B87/2005.
How to order Iowa DOT publications
To receive publications from the Iowa DOT libary, you can also contact Hank Zalatel, Iowa DOT librarian, 515-239-1200, hank.zalatel@dot.iowa.gov. (You can search the entire Iowa DOT library online as part of the State Library of Iowa. Go to the LTAP library site; click on Iowa DOT Library.)
