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Introduction

The Resource Typing Library Tool (RTLT) is an online catalogue of national NIMS resource typing definitions, job titles/position qualifications and Position Task Books (PTBs) provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Integration Center (NIC).

RTLT consists of five primary pages: Home, Browse, Links & Tools, About, and Help. Users can navigate through these pages by selecting the tabs at the top of the screen.

• Home Page: Welcomes users to RTLT and provides quick access to the various features of the site. Also provides search capabilities to assist users in finding resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs.
• Browse Page: Provides access to available resource typing definitions, position qualifications and Position Task Books. Also provides search capabilities to assist users in finding definitions, qualifications and PTBs.
• Links & Tools Page: Provides a list of links and tools that may be helpful when working with the resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs.
• About Page: Provides an overview of RTLT as well as an explanation of resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs.
• Help Page: Explains the features of RTLT and how to interact with and navigate the site.

Browse Page

When a user navigates to the Browse page, all available resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs are displayed by default in a summary list. Seven columns are displayed in this summary list. These columns are explained below:

• ID: The unique identifier assigned to a given resource typing definition or position qualification.
• Type: The type of document (resource typing definition, position qualification or Position Task Book).
• Name: The name of a given resource typing definition, position qualification or Position Task Book.
• Resource Category: The resource category to which a given resource typing definition or position qualification has been assigned. (not applicable to PTBs)
• Primary Core Capability: The primary core capability assigned to a given resource typing definition or position qualification. (not applicable to PTBs)
• Status: The current status of a given resource typing definition, position qualification or Position Task Book.
• Actions: Available actions for the user to take.

In the Action column, select "View" to view an online version of the selected resource typing definition, position qualification or PTB. Select "View PDF" to view an inline PDF version of the selected definition, qualification or PTB.

The summary list of resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs may be sorted by column by selecting a column header

Searching Resource Management Documents

When on the Home page or Browse page, users can search and discover resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs by using the search box. Users may search by:

• Name
• ID
• Status
• Resource Category (Not applicable to PTBs)
• Core Capabilities (Primary, Secondary, and Supporting. Not applicable to PTBs)

Note: A space character functions as an "AND" in the search text. So searching with the phrase "Public Works Published" will search for resource typing definitions and position qualifications with "public" and "works" and "published" in one of the fields included in the list above.

To return to the full list of available resource typing definitions, position qualifications and PTBs, users may select the "Browse" tab at the top of the screen.