dan miller, technical library presentation

UNCLASMilitary Sealift CommandMilitary Sealift Command Mission-focused… Value-drivenMission-focused… Value-driven

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Military Sealift Command Technical Library

Danial MillerTechnical Library Director

N75 Engineering Field Support Division1 November 2010


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Library Overview

• Services and Capabilities

• Statistical Data

•Development Contracts

• Virtual Technical Library (VTL)

• Future Developments


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Services and Capabilities

• Maintain a traditional library of technical manuals and engineering drawings

• Maintain and update Ship Drawing Index (SDI) and Technical Manual Index (TMI)

•Issue and track new drawing numbers

•Administer technical manual (TM) development, revisions, and changes


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M Services and CapabilitiesContinued

• Collect and distribute engineering service bulletins for engines and boilers

• Research technical references

• CD/DVD Duplication

• VHS/DVD Conversion

• Large format color scanning and printing


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•Number of Ships 126Tech Manual Index (TMI) 61%

Ship Drawing Index (SDI) 84%

•Technical Manuals (TM) 17,600In PDF format 83% Hard copy 85%

•Drawings (Dwg) 60,000In PDF 35%

Hard copy 41%

Statistical Data


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Development Contracts

• Electronic Dwg conversion – 45%

–300,000 files are being converted

• Hard copy Dwg scanning – 30%

–125,000 pages being scanned

• VTL Upgrade to version 3 – 60%

–Conversion to relational database

• Onboard inventory & scanning – 85%

–USNS Comfort is first combined effort


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• The VTL provides worldwide access to technical documentation via the MSC IS Portal. –Technical Manual Indexes (TMI)–Ship Drawing Indexes (SDI)–Technical Manuals–Drawings–General references–Engineering Service Bulletins–Weight and Moment Reports

Virtual Technical Library (VTL)


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VTL Homepage


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Ship Drawing Index (SDI)


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Sample of an SDI


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Drawing Search Screen


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Sample Drawing Search Results


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Technical Manual Index


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Technical Manual Search Screen


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Sample Technical Manual Search Results


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General References


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Engineering Service Bulletins


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Submitting a Dwg or TM


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Requesting Data


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Future Developments

• TM ordering from the Navy Stock System – Print on Demand (NLL)

•Onboard Electronic Libraries

• SAMM and VTL Interface


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Summary

•A traditional library of TM’s and Dwgs.

•A wide array of products and services.

• The Virtual Technical Library (VTL).

• Future developments and integrations


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Questions?

Library email address

[email protected]

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