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About Us
In 2004, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota agreed to combine their RTAP libraries at the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center at North Dakota State University. Library administrators in each state felt a combined library could be more easily kept up to date and combined investment from each state could be better utilized to purchase and maintain material in the library.
This larger combined library is housed at SURTC and an online checkout system was developed and implemented. The Web-based catalog allows transit operators to easily search the inventory and check-out needed journals, research reports, videos, publications and other material.
A committee with two representatives from each of the three states supporting the library sets policy and provides guidance for library acquisitions, inventory and management. Committee members include:
| Montana: | |
| Patrick Sanders Montana DOT 2550 Prospect Ave Helena, Mt 59620-1001 Phone: (406)444-6120 E-mail: psanders@mt.gov |
Sylvester (Sly) Barros Great Falls Transit 3905 N. Star Blvd, P.O. Box 2353 Great Falls, Mt 59403 Phone: (406)727-0382 E-mail: sly@gftransit.com |
| North Dakota: | |
| Cheryl Jongerius Dickey County Senior Citizens P.O. Box 213 Ellendale, ND 58436 Phone: (701)349-4513 E-mail: dcsc213@yahoo.com |
Jerry Engels Region I Senior Services 18 Main Williston, ND 58801 Phone: (701)577-6751 E-mail: seniors50@yahoo.com |
| South Dakota: | |
| Jackie Mattheis South Dakota DOT 700 Broadway Ave. E. Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: (605)773-4169 E-mail: Jackie.mattheis@state.sd.us |
Mike Kayras Prairie Hills Transit 430 Oriole Drive Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605)642-6668 E-mail: mkayras@4-evergreen.net |
The library manager is:
Gary Hegland
Small Urban & Rural Transit Center
Outreach & Training Coordinator
NDSU Dept 2880
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Phone: (701)231-6436
E-mail: gary.hegland@ndsu.edu
If you'd like to suggest changes to the library or this website or suggest materials that could be added to the inventory, please contact one of the individuals above.
The Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) is part of the Federal Transit Administration. National and state RTAP programs provide a wide variety of training and technical assistance services to rural transit professionals.
