Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL)
Descriptive Information
Additional URL, if any
Project and Contents Description
The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) is an initiative led by the University of Arizona in collaboration with CRL and other interested organizations to identify, digitize, archive, and provide access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. The TRAIL project began under the auspices of the Greater Western Library Alliance.
Geographic Coverage
United States
Language(s)
- English
Any non-U.S. Government Pubs
No
Administrative Information
Owner
Project Contact Name
Alice Trussell
Institution Name
Kansas State University
Institution/Agency Logo
Institution Type
Educational Institution
Address
Fiedler Engineering Library
Address 2
Kansas State University
City
Manhattan
E-mail
Telephone
785-532-7845
Secondary Contact Name
Judy Alspach
Secondary Institution Name
Center for Research Libraries
Secondary Institution Type
Library
Secondary Contact Email
Secondary Contact Phone
773-955-4545 x 323
Project Federally Funded:
N/A
Project Status
Ongoing
Digitization Conducted In-house
No
Searching for Project Partners
Yes
Visited
326
Technical Information
Meets Criteria for Preservation
Yes
File Formats
TIFF, PDF
Metadata Scheme in Use
MARC
Restrictions on Access
No
Other Information
Additional Information
The TRAIL Pilot Interface, hosted at the University of Hawaii of Manoa, provides access to the first set of documents TRAIL scanned and contains the following report series:
* U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Civil Effects Test Operations (AEC-CEX)
* U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research (AEC-LF)
* U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Health and Safety Laboratory (AEC-HASL)
* U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Radiation Instruments Branch (AEC-RIB)
* U.S. National Bureau of Standards, Monographs
* U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin
A new TRAIL Interface, available in Summer 2010, will provide access to all documents acquired and digitized through TRAIL, including those deposited in the HathiTrust Digital Repository and in the University of North Texas Digital Library.