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NOAA Libraries and Information Network Directory

This directory last updated 7/3/08

Preface

Libraries by State

Alaska
      Juneau
      Kodiak
California
      La Jolla
      Pacific Grove
      Santa Cruz
Colorado
      Boulder
Connecticut
      Milford
Florida
      Miami
      Panama City

Georgia
      Savannah
Hawaii

      Honolulu
Maryland
      Camp Springs
      Oxford
      Silver Spring
Massachusetts
      Woods Hole
Michigan
      Ann Arbor

Mississippi
      Pascagoula
New Jersey
      Highlands
      Princeton
North Carolina
      Asheville
      Beaufort
      Research Triangle Park
Oklahoma

      Norman
Rhode Island
      Narragansett

South Carolina
      Charleston
Tennessee
    Oak Ridge

Utah
      Salt Lake City
Washington
      Seattle

Selected Personnel Index

Preface

This directory contains addresses, telephone numbers, web sites, hours, and personnel names on NOAA libraries. NOAA staff should use their nearest line office library and can contact the NOAA Central Library in Maryland if they do not know which one this is.  A brief description of each library's collection is included below. Please send notices of any changes to Library.Webmaster@noaa.gov) at the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring, Maryland.

 

ALASKA, Juneau (Auke Bay)


Library: Auke Bay Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
                Auke Bay Laboratories
                Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute
                17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road
                Juneau, AK 99801-8626
Telephone: 907-789-6010
FAX: 907-789-6094
Internet: Paula.Johnson@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Paula Johnson
OCLC symbol: Q2Q
Ariel no.:
Library home page:
Lab home page: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/default.php
Description of collection and services: The collection includes books and journals on fisheries science, marine biology, zoology, chemistry, biochemistry, oceanography, and environmental effects (effects of oil, logging, marine litter, etc.).

ALASKA, Kodiak


Library: W.F. Thompson Memorial Library
Mailing Address: NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
                              301 Research Court
                              Kodiak, AK 99615-7400
Telephone: 907-481-1712
FAX: 907-481-1702
Internet: Beverly.A.Malley@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Beverly A. Malley
OCLC symbol:
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/kodiak/library/libraryhomepage.htm
Lab home page: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/kodiak
Description of collection and services: The collection includes books, journals, reports, and reprints on marine biology and fisheries, as well as U.S. Fish Commission Reports from 1871 and Bulletins from 1881.  The public may use the library and copy material, but may not remove them from the library.

CALIFORNIA, La Jolla


Library: La Jolla Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/SW Fisheries Science Center
                8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
                La Jolla, CA 92037
Telephone: 858-546-7038
FAX: 858-546-7003
Internet: Debra.Losey@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Debra A. Losey and Robin Schnug (ILL)
OCLC symbol: OAI
Ariel no.: 137.110.142.66
Library home page:http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?&ParentMenuId=121&id=1128
Lab home page: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/
Description of collection and services: The collection includes journals, books, microfiche, and newspapers on fish and fisheries. The library specializes in fish biology, fisheries, primarily tuna and Pacific fisheries, marine mammals, marine biology and ecology, Antarctica, tuna-dolphin interactions, oceanography, and fishery management. The library provides reference service and interlibrary loans.

CALIFORNIA, Pacific Grove


Library: SWFSC Pacific Grove Library
Address: National Marine Fisheries Service
                SWFSC Environmental Research Division
                1352 Lighthouse Avenue
                Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097
Telephone: 831-648-9028 (J. Mason) or 831-648-8515 (lab)
FAX: 831-648-8440
Internet: Janet.Mason@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Janet Mason
OCLC symbol:
Ariel no.:
Library home page:http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?id=1128&ParentMenuId=121
Lab home page: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=ERD&id=1315&ParentMenuId=200
Description of collection and services: In keeping with PFEL's purpose of relating natural ocean variability to fisheries, the library has a collection that focuses on natural ocean variability and fisheries. Spatially, the focus is on the California Current region and coastal upwelling in eastern boundary currents. The collection contains oceanographic and fisheries science journals and books, and books on climate change in the oceans.

CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz


Library: SWFSC Santa Cruz Library
Address: National Marine Fisheries Service
                SWFSC Fisheries Ecology Division
                110 Shaffer Road
                Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Telephone: 831-420-3962
FAX: 831-420-3978
Internet: Kit.Johnston@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel:Kit Johnston, Librarian
OCLC symbol: OAT
Ariel no.
Library home page: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?ParentMenuId=121&id=1128
Lab home page: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/default1.aspx?Division=FED&id=554
Description of collection and services: The collection includes monographs, journals, and reports on fisheries science and economics, marine biology and fish physiology.

COLORADO, Boulder


Library: Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories Library
Address: MC5
                325 Broadway
                Boulder, CO 80305
Telephone: 303-497-3271
FAX: 303-497-3890
Internet: BoulderLabs.Main.Library@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Dottie Anderson and staff
OCLC symbol: CON
Ariel no.: 140.172.211.165
Library home page: http://library.bldrdoc.gov/
Lab home page: http://www.boulder.doc.gov
Description of collection and services: The collection contains books, journals, technical reports, microfiche, compact disks, and audio cassettes to support research in the atmospheric sciences, chemistry, physics, materials science, telecommunications, computer science, plasma and space physics, and mathematics. The hard-copy technical report collection includes complete holdings for reports generated at the Boulder Laboratories since 1954.

CONNECTICUT, Milford


Library:Milford Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/NE Fisheries Science Center
                212 Rogers Avenue
                Milford, CT 06460
Telephone: 203-882-6543
FAX: 203-882-6517
Internet: Steven.Pitchford@noaa.gov , Sylvia.Feeney@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Steve Pitchford and Sylvia Feeney
OCLC symbol: OAW
Ariel no.:
Library home page:
Lab home page: http://www.mi.nmfs.gov
Description of collection and services: The library collection is specialized in aquaculture and environmental toxicology. The collection includes 10,000 volumes and 100 journal titles.

FLORIDA, Miami


Library:NOAA Miami Regional Library @ AOML (A Branch of the NOAA Central Library)
Address: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab.
                4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
                Miami, FL 33149
Telephone: 305-361-4428 (general services and reference)
                    305-361-4429 Linda Pikula
FAX: 305-361-4448
Internet: Linda.Pikula@noaa.gov, Gloria.Aversano@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. -5;00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Linda Pikula and Gloria Aversano
OCLC symbol: OAO
Ariel no.: (No Ariel, ILLs emailed to aoml.library@noaa.gov)
Library home page: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib
Lab home page:http://www.aoml.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The library supports coastal and open ocean programs, tropical and hurricane meteorology, air-sea interaction, ocean physics, chemistry, acoustics, atmospheric chemistry, and marine geology. Special collections include: NOAA Laboratories Technical Report Series for atmospheric sciences, the Harris B. Stewart Collected Papers, foreign and Caribbean meteorological reports, handwritten local weather records, WHOI technical reports and dissertations, film loops of weather, and historical weather data of Key West and Miami.

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Library: NOAA Miami Regional Library @ National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center  
Address: 11691 SW 17th Street
                Miami, FL 33165-2149
Telephone: 305-229-4406
FAX: 305-553-9879
Internet: nhclibrary@noaa.gov
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday or by appointment
Personnel: Gloria Aversano, Librarian; Linda Pikula, Regional Librarian
OCLC symbol: oal
Ariel no.: ILL to NOAA staff only, non-lending library, nhclibrary@noaa.gov
Library home page: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/index.htm
Lab home page: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The library specializes in hurricanes and tropical meteorology. The collection includes books and journals on hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, hurricane damage, economic impact, disaster awareness, mitigation, handwritten weather records, anecdotal hurricane experiences, videos, slides, information on coastal storm-related building and construction, wind studies, and newspaper articles of hurricane damage. NHC/TPC is a non-lending library.

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Library: NMFS/SE Fisheries Science Center Library
Address: 75 Virginia Beach Drive
                Miami, FL 33149-1099
Telephone: 305-361-4229
FAX: 305-361-4499
Internet: Maria.Bello@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Maria Bello
OCLC symbol: OAJ
Ariel no.: 199.242.232.10
Library home page: http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/library.jsp
Lab home page: http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The collection includes books, journals, and reprints on marine fisheries, marine biology, endangered species, fisheries stock assessments, ecology, and cooperative gamefish and billfish tagging programs.

FLORIDA, Panama City


Address: NMFS Panama City Laboratory Library
                3500 Delwood Beach Road
                Panama City, FL 32408
Telephone: 850-234-6541 ext 227
FAX: 850-235-3559
Internet: Jackie.Papke@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (Subject to change)
Personnel: Jackie Papke
OCLC symbol: FD6
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.pclab.noaa.gov/content/30_Library/Library.php
Lab home page: http://www.pclab.noaa.gov/content/20_About_Us/About_Us.php
Description of collection and services: The collection includes books, serials, reprints, a slide collection, and vertical files on fisheries. The library produces serials holdings list and a staff publications list, available online.

GEORGIA, Savannah


Library: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Library
Address: 10 Ocean Science Circle
                Savannah, GA 31411-1011
Telephone: 912-598-2474
FAX: 912-598-2391
Internet:john.cruickshank@skio.usg.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: John Cruickshank
OCLC symbol: GUA
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.skio.peachnet.edu/resources/library.html
Lab home page: http://www.skio.peachnet.edu
Description of collection and services: The library, a branch library of the University of Georgia Libraries, is the largest in the state devoted almost exclusively to marine science. The library is an associate library in the NOAA network, and it serves the scientists who manage the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (http://www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov) . The collection includes books and periodicals on marine geology, geochemistry, biology, ecology, chemistry, and physical oceanography.

HAWAII, Honolulu


Library: Honolulu Laboratory Library
Address: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
                2570 Dole Street
                Honolulu, HI 96822-2396
Telephone: 808-983-5307
FAX: 808-983-2902
Internet: Ani.Au@noaa.gov
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
             Monday - Friday (closed every other Friday)
Personnel: Ani Au
OCLC symbol: OAF
Ariel no.: 128.171.242.113
Library home page: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/
Lab home page: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/
Description of collection and services: The collection includes books, journals, and reprints, and approximately 800 translations related to the following topics of the Pacific region: marine fisheries, marine ecology, oceanography, marine mammals, marine turtles, and ichthyology.

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Library: Center Library
Address: International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC)
                737 Bishop Street, Suite 2200
                Honolulu, HI 96813
Telephone: 808-532-6422
FAX: 808-532-5576
Internet: Linda.Sjogren@noaa.gov
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday, by appointment
Personnel: Linda Sjogren
OCLC symbol:
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.tsunamiwave.info/
International Tsunami Information Center home page: http://ioc3.unesco.org/itic/
Description of collection and services: In support of NOAA and IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) tsunami mitigation efforts, ITIC retains, collects, and disseminates information dealing with tsunamis. The collection includes scientific research, IOC publications, educational materials, post-tsunami surveys, and historical materials. Works from the disciplines of seismology, oceanography, coastal engineering, and disaster management are found here, in many languages. A resource for visitors and scientists or emergency managers attending ITIC sponsored training, the library also services the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (ICG/PTWS, formerly ICG/ITSU), and handles inquiries from the general public.

MARYLAND, Camp Springs


Library: Betty Petersen Memorial Library
Address: NOAA Science Center
                World Weather Building Room 103
                5200 Auth Road
                Camp Springs, MD 20746
Telephone: 301-763-8266
FAX: 301-763-8434
Internet:Michelle.K.Campbell@noaa.gov
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Personnel: Michelle K. Campbell
OCLC symbol: OLS
Ariel no.:
Library home page:http://www.lib.ncep.noaa.gov/
Lab home page:
Description of collection and services: The library contains a specialized meteorological and oceanographic collection of about 5,000 volumes. A small number of those volumes cover physics, mathematics, historical weather information, and computer support. In addition, the library has atlases, a collection of WMO publications, NOAA and NESDIS technical notes and technical reports, NWS/NCEP technical notes and reports, and weather or ocean related publications from other government organizations, from other countries, and from universities.

MARYLAND, Oxford


Library: Oxford Marine Library
    Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
Address: NOAA/NOS/CCEHBR
                904 South Morris Street
                Oxford, MD 21654-1323
Telephone: 410-226-5193 ext 117
FAX: 410-226-5925
Internet:
Susie.Hines@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Susie Hines
OCLC symbol: OAX
Ariel no.: 140.90.118.205
Library home page: http://mrl.cofc.edu/oxford/
Lab home page: http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/colpage.html
Description of collection and services: The Cooperative Oxford Laboratory Library is a part of the National Ocean Service's Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research Charleston Laboratory. It is a highly specialized library established to assist laboratory biologists in their research on diseases of marine fish and shellfish. The library is in a facility shared by the National Ocean Service and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Much of the library collection is made up of current subscriptions to approximately 75 scientific journals in the fields of pathobiology, fisheries, habitat, nature conservation, and ecology. The library maintains a collection of reprints, newsletters, technical and information bulletins, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings and a dissertation and thesis collection.. The serial and monographic collections total over 13,500 volumes, and there are over 25,000 reprints in the reprint collection.

MARYLAND, Silver Spring


Library:NOAA Central Library
Address: 1315 East-West Highway
                2nd Floor, SSMC3
                Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: 301-713-2600 ext. 124 (reference and information desk)
FAX: 301-713-4598 (admin.) or 4599 (ILL)
Internet: Library.Reference@noaa.gov, Interlibrary.Loan@noaa.gov
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Janice Beattie and staff
OCLC symbol: OLA
Ariel no.: 140.99.133.17
Library home page: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/
Description of collection and services: The collection contains books, historical and current journals, hard-copy technical reports, reports on microfiche and microfilm, and audio cassettes. The library also provides access to digital media in both tangible (CDs, DVDs, etc.) and intangible formats (Internet accessible). Because it is a central library for NOAA, a multi-faceted agency, the collection is also multi-faceted and contains works on meteorology, climatology, oceanography, marine chemistry, marine biology, marine fisheries, remote sensing, and ecology. The public may use the library and make copies, but may not remove the material from the library except on interlibrary loan basis. The library has been a selective government depository for GPO publications since September 1993.

MASSACHUSETTS, Woods Hole


Library: Woods Hole Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/NE Fisheries Science Center
                166 Water Street
                Woods Hole, MA 02543-1097
Telephone: 508-495-2260
FAX: 508-495-2258
Internet: Jacqueline.Riley@noaa.gov
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Jackie Riley
OCLC symbol: OAP
Ariel no.: Send Ariel docs through email.
Library home page: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsclibrary/
Lab home page: http://www.noaa.gov/nefsc/woodshole
Description of collection and services: The Library was established in the late 1800's and specializes in fisheries science and population dynamics. Holdings include the Bulletins and Reports of the US Fish Commission as well as DFO, CAFSAC, ICES and NAFO reports.

MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor


Library: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) Library
Address: 2205 Commonwealth Boulevard
                Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945
Telephone: 734-741-2242
FAX: 734-741-2248
Internet: Giselle.Maira@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel:Giselle Maira
OCLC symbol: OAZ
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://lib.glerl.noaa.gov
Lab home page: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The collection supports the laboratory's broad ecosystem approach to research activities for both the Great Lakes and marine coastal environments. The current collection emphasizes freshwater studies, particularly in the Great Lakes. Formats include print, film, fiche, audio cassette, and CD-ROM. Current holdings include periodicals, books, technical reports, technical memoranda and dissertations. The public may access the collection for research purposes and may make copies, but materials are loaned through interlibrary loan.

MISSISSIPPI, Pascagoula


Library: Pascagoula Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/SE Fisheries Science Center
                P.O. Drawer 1207
                3209 Frederic Street
                Pascagoula, MS 39568-1207
Telephone: 228-762-4591 ext. 292
FAX: 228-769-9200
Internet: Lagena.Fantroy@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: LaGena Fantroy
OCLC symbol: OAM
Ariel no.: 155.206.127.31
Library home page: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/pasca.html
Lab home page: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pascagoula.htm
Description of collection and services: The library holds a specialized collection on National Seafood Safety, marine mammals, ichthyoplankton, fisheries, fishery gear (including TEDS and by-catch devices), as well as general marine biology and marine resources. The library is open to the public for reference only. The collection is non-circulating.

NEW JERSEY, Highlands (Sandy Hook)


Library: Lionel A. Walford Library
Address: NMFS/NE Fisheries Science Center
                James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook
                74 Magruder Road
                Highlands, NJ 07732
Telephone: 732-872-3035
FAX: 732-872-3088
Internet: Claire.Steimle@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Claire L. Steimle
OCLC symbol: NNN
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.sh.nmfs.gov/library.htm
Lab home page: http://www.sh.nmfs.gov
Description of collection and services: The library was established in 1961 with the founding of the Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory. Lionel Walford organized the Sandy Hook Laboratory as a center of game and sportfishing research and formed it into one of the world's foremost marine environmental research centers. The original library collection was comprised of Dr. Walford's own donated books and personal papers. In 1985, the entire holdings of the library were destroyed by fire. About 90% of the current collection was received through donations from other libraries and the scientific community at large. The library specializes in marine sciences, oceanography, ichthyology, marine environmental matters and pollution, and marine ecology. The collection contains books, serial titles, government documents, and reprints. The Chart Room contains nautical, bathymetric, and topographic charts, maps, and atlases; tide and current tables; and climatological data of the U.S. from 1914. The library houses a collection of pamphlets and ready-reference material on approximately 300 subjects such as seafood products, ocean dumping, climate and fisheries, beach erosion, artificial reefs, shipwrecks, etc. The library also holds a collection of older materials, including some of the major expeditions: Galathea Reports, Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition, Dana Reports, Papers of the Danish Biological Station, Reports of the "Michael Sars" Expeditions, Revue der hydrobiologie und hydrographie, Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory, Meddelelser om Gronland, Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum, and Serial Atlases of the Marine Environment.

NEW JERSEY, Princeton


Library: NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Library
Address: Princeton University Forrestal Campus
                201 Forrestal Road
                Princeton, NJ 08540-6649
Telephone: 609-452-6550 or 609-452-6500 x6974
FAX: 609-987-5063
Internet: Gail.Haller@noaa.gov or Bea.Amend@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Gail Haller and Beatrice Amend
OCLC symbol: OAY
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/reference/library/index.html
Lab home page: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The collection includes works on oceanography, ocean-atmosphere interaction, computer science, applied mathematics, hydrology, physics, geophysics, fluid dynamics, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, paleoclimatology, cloud physics, monsoon and mesoscale meteorology, hurricane dynamics, climatology, climate change, numerical weather prediction, geochemistry, marine biology, and applied mechanics.

NORTH CAROLINA, Asheville


Library: National Climatic Data Center Library (NCDC access only)
Address:  Federal Building
                151 Patton Avenue
                Asheville, NC 28801-5001
Telephone: 828-271-4677
FAX: 828-271-4328
Internet: Mara.Sprain@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Mara Sprain
OCLC symbol: OAQ
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://local.ncdc.noaa.gov/library/ (NCDC access only)
Center home page: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Description of collection and services: The library contains books, journals, articles, CD-ROMs, maps, atlases, NCDC corporate historical materials, NCDC's publications, models, microforms, and videos related to climate data.

NORTH CAROLINA, Beaufort


Library: Rice Library
Address: NOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
                101 Pivers Island Road
                Beaufort, NC 28516-9722
Telephone: 252-728-8713
FAX: 252-838-0809
Internet: Patti.Marraro@noaa.gov
Hours: 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Patti M. Marraro
OCLC symbol: OAN
Ariel no.: 192.154.40.207
Library home page:http://www8.nos.noaa.gov/ricelibrary
Lab home page: http://www.ccfhr.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The collection includes books, journals, and reprints on marine biology, marine fisheries, ecology, oceanography, habitat restoration, and remote sensing of the environment.

NORTH CAROLINA, Research Triangle Park


Library: NERL-Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division Library
Address: MD C267-02
                US Environmental Protection Agency
                109 T.W. Alexander Drive
                Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
FedEx Address: US EPA
                Attention:
                MD C267-02
                4930 Old Page Road
                Durham, NC 27709
Telephone:
FAX: 919-541-1379
Internet:
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel:
OCLC Symbol: EKF
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.epa.gov/asmdnerl/Library/index.html
Division home page: http://www.epa.gov/asmdnerl/index.html
Description of collection and services: The Library is part of the ASMD Office of the Director. Its mission is to serve the NOAA Division assigned to support the EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. The major field of interest is the meteorological aspects of air pollution, including numerical and physical model development and application. The library houses a core air pollution reference collection, handbooks, scientific and unabridged dictionaries, major air pollution studies, atlases, almanacs, CD-ROMs, and topographic maps.

OKLAHOMA, Norman


Library: National Weather Center Library
Address: 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 4300
                Norman, OK 73072-7303
Telephone: 405-325-1171
FAX: 405-325-1130
Internet: Ginny Dietrich gdietrich@ou.edu 
Hours: 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (during spring and fall semesters also open to 7:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday)
Personnel: Ginny Dietrich
OCLC symbol:
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://library.nwc.ou.edu
Lab home page: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The National Weather Center Library serves NOAA researchers and staff located in the National Weather Center, including the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Weather Forecast Office, Radar Operations Center, Storm Prediction Center and Warning Decision Training Branch.  The Library also serves faculty, researchers, students and staff in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, and its partners including the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Center for Spatial Analysis and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies.  The collection includes books, monographs, journals, online resources, climatological data, technical memoranda, slides, videos and microforms.

RHODE ISLAND, Narragansett


Library: Narragansett Laboratory Reading Room
Address: NMFS/NE Fisheries Science Center
                Narragansett Laboratory
                28 Tarzwell Drive
                Narragansett, RI 02882-1199
Telephone: 401-782-3200
FAX: 401-782-3201
Internet: Deborah.Curtner@noaa.gov,
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Deborah Curtner
OCLC symbol:
Ariel no.:
Library home page:
Lab home page: http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/
Description of collection and services: The collection contains journals and reprints on marine science, oceanography, and fisheries biology. The on-site holdings include the National Archive of NOAA's Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) Program, including case studies of ecosystem changes in 29 of 64 of the world's LME's. A cooperative agreement exists with the University of Rhode Island's Pell Marine Science Library which allows NOAA/NMFS employees access to the Library's collection as well as borrowing privileges which effectively completes the collection.

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Library: National Sea Grant Library
Address: University of Rhode Island - Bay Campus
                Pell Library Building, 9 Fish Road
                Narragansett, RI 02882
Telephone: 401-874-6114
FAX:
Internet: nsgl@gso.uri.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Personnel: Cynthia Murray, Coordinator; Joyce Winn, Publications Coordinator
OCLC symbol:
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Library home page: http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu
Lab home page:
Description of collection and services: The National Sea Grant Library (NSGL) is the digital library and official archive for NOAA Sea Grant documents. It is the only comprehensive collection of Sea Grant–funded documents from over 30 programs and projects across the country. This collection encompasses a wide variety of subjects, including oceanography, marine education, aquaculture, fisheries, aquatic nuisance species, coastal hazards, seafood safety, limnology, coastal zone management, marine recreation, and law.

The NSGL provides global access to over 15,000 full-text digital documents through the 40,000–record, searchable publications database. For those documents that aren't available electronically (including videos and DVDs), or for those patrons without high-speed internet access, the NSGL will be happy to provide hardcopy loans (worldwide) to aid scientists, teachers, students, fishermen, and others in their research and studies.

SOUTH CAROLINA, Charleston


Library: NOAA Coastal Services Center Library

PLEASE NOTE: The Library will be closing at the end of September 2008. ILL and Cataloging services will end in July 2008.

Address: 2234 South Hobson Avenue
                Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Telephone: 843-740-1151
FAX: 843-740-1298
Internet: library@csc.noaa.gov
Hours: 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Personnel: Ann Holland
OCLC symbol: NO@
Ariel no.: 206.74.146.4
Library home page: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/library
Library Catalog: http://unicorn.csc.noaa.gov
Center home page: http://www.csc.noaa.gov

Description of collection and services: The CSC Library focuses on gathering information pertinent to coastal issues and providing that information to the coastal resource management community. Materials include books, journals and newsletters, Sea Grant documents, government documents, CD-ROMs, and videos. The Coastal Zone Information Center (CZIC) digital collection contains over 4,800 documents primarily produced by states under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. The library also provides materials in the areas of land use and land planning, habitat degradation and preservation, coastal economics, oceanic sciences, environmental laws and regulations, non-point source pollution, coastal hazards, remote sensing and GIS, fisheries, aquatic vegetation, and marine pollution. The public may use the library collection on-site by appointment, but must use the interlibrary loan program to charge materials.

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Library: NOAA/NOS/Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR)
Mailing Address: c/o Marine Resources Library
                               P.O. Box 12559
                               Charleston, SC 29422-2559
Street Address: 217 Fort Johnson Road, Building 8
                           Charleston, SC 29412
Telephone: 843-953-9370 (Helen Ivy, Director)
                    843-953-9373 (Sarah Houston, Cataloging)
                    843-953-9374 (Liza Gadsden, Interlibrary Loan Borrowing)
                    843-953-9374 (Maggie Applegate, Interlibrary Loan Lending)
FAX: 843-953-9371
Internet: ivyh@cofc.edu
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Personnel: Helen Ivy, Maggie Applegate, Liza Gadsden, Sarah Houston
OCLC symbol: OAS
Ariel no.: 153.9.101.13 (Charleston)
Ariel no.: 140.90.118.205 (Oxford)
Library home page: http://mrl.cofc.edu/
Center home page: http://www.chbr.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The CCEHBR conducts interdisciplinary research to resolve issues related to coastal ecosystems health and environmental quality, including public health impacts. Some of the high-priority items addressed include harmful algal blooms and their consequences, characterization of marine mammal health, land use impacts on coastal ecology, forensics and genetic applications to support marine wildlife laws, diagnosis and mitigation of fish, oyster, and shrimp diseases. The Marine Resources Library is funded by and supports the College of Charleston, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Marine Resources Division, and the NOAA Charleston CCEHBR Center. The collection emphasizes marine biology, marine ecology, fisheries science, ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, toxicology, marine forensics, biotechnology, ecotoxicology, phycology, and biochemistry.

TENNESSEE, Oak Ridge


Library: Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division Library
Address: P.O. Box 2456
                Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Telephone: 865-576-1233
FAX: 865-576-1327
Internet: Gabrielle.Land@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Gabrielle Land
OCLC symbol:
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Library home page:
Division home page: http://www.atdd.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The library collection includes over 5,000 papers that are out-of-print or rare, journals, and approximately 3,000 books on atmospheric turbulence and atmospheric diffusion. Mathematical modeling, dry and wet deposition, and climate and atmospheric change studies with a strong emphasis on instrumentation are prominently represented in the library. The library also contains all the publications of scientists and staff from the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division since the inception of the division.

UTAH, Salt Lake City


Library: Library
Address: NWS Western Region Headquarters
                125 South State Street, Room 1311
                Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1102
Telephone: 801-524-5131
FAX: 801-524-3185
Internet:
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Chelsea Leader
OCLC symbol:
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Library home page:
Lab home page:http://www.wrh.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The collection includes nearly 3,000 books, government publications, and periodicals on the topic of meteorology.

WASHINGTON, Seattle


Library: NOAA Seattle Regional Library
Address: E/OC43, Building 3
                7600 Sand Point Way NE
                Seattle, WA 98115
Telephone: 206-526-6241
FAX: 206-526-4535
Internet: Brian.Voss@noaa.gov , Seattle.Library@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Brian Voss
OCLC symbol: OAE
Ariel no.161.55.144.18
Library home page:http://www.wrclib.noaa.gov/
Lab home page: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/
Description of collection and services: The library supports research in the areas of meteorology, physical and chemical oceanography, geochemistry, atmospheric physics, ocean engineering, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Special collections in the library include the Rudolph Preisendorfer Memorial Collection, an 800-volume library of classic works in mathematics and statistics; holdings on Puget Sound; a complete collection of monographs from the National Science Foundation Israel Program for Scientific Translations; and nautical, hydrographic, and topographic charts and maps.

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Library: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
                7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4
                Seattle, WA 98115-6349
Telephone: 206-526-4013
FAX: 206-526-6615
Internet: Sonja.Kromann@noaa.gov , nmml.library@noaa.gov
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Personnel: Sonja Kromann
OCLC symbol: M@M
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/library/
Lab home page: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/
Description of collection and services: The library has a unique collection of marine mammal literature. The collection includes over 15,000 volumes of books, journals, and theses, as well as an extensive reprint file. Subject coverage includes biology, zoology, diseases, conservation, fisheries, ecosystem management, population dynamics, ecological modeling, statistics, whaling, sealing and international and domestic legislation and treaties that impact marine mammels. The NMML Library also contains archives of northern fur seal research, International Whaling Commission documents, and International North Pacific Fisheries Commission documents.

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Library: Alaska/Northwest Fisheries Science Center Library
Address: 2725 Montlake Boulevard East
                Seattle, WA 98112-2013
Telephone: 206-860-3210
FAX: 206-860-3442
Internet: Craig.Wilson@noaa.gov , nwfsc.library@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Craig Wilson
OCLC symbol: OAV
Ariel no.:
Library home page: http://lib.nwfsc.noaa.gov/
Lab home page: http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov
Description of collection and services: The library supports the Northwest Fisheries Science Center's research programs, as well as the agency's Northwest Regional Office and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center at Sand Point. The library collection spans many scientific fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, oceanography, marine biology, fisheries science, zoology, ecology, conservation, fisheries management, statistics and mathematics, population dynamics, ecological modeling, aquaculture, seafood technology, technology transfer, and Endangered Species Act issues.


Selected Personnel Index


Amend, Beatrice, Princeton, NJ
Anderson, Dottie, Boulder, CO
Applegate, Maggie, Charleston, SC
Au, Ani, Honolulu, HI
Aversano, Gloria, Miami FL
Beattie, Janice, Silver Spring, MD
Bello, Maria, Miami, FL
Campbell, Michelle Camp Springs, MD
Curtner, Deborah, Narragansett, RI
Cruickshank, John, Savannah, GA
Detrich, Ginny, Normal OK
Feeney, Sylvia, Milford, CT
Gadsden, Liza (Charleston, SC)
Haller, Gail, Princeton, NJ
Hines, Susie, Oxford, MD
Holland, Ann, Charlston, SC
Houston, Sarah, Charleston, SC
Ivy, Helen, Charleston, SC
Johnson, Paula, Juneau, AK
Johnston, Kit, Santa Cruz, CA
Kromann, Sonja, Seattle, WA
Land, Gabrielle., Oak Ridge, TN
Leader, Chelsea, Salt Lake City, UT
Losey, Debra, La Jolla, CA
Malley, Beverly, Kodiak, AK
Maira, Giselle, Ann Arbor, MI
Marraro, Patti, Beaufort, NC
Mason, Janet, Pacific Grove, CA
Meacham, Mary, Norman, OK
Murray, Cynthia, Narragensett, RI
Owen, Rebecca, Charleston, SC
Papke, Jackie, Panama City, FL
Pikula, Linda, Miami, FL
Pitchford, Steve, Milford, CT
Riley, Jackie, Woods Hole, MA
Schnug, Robin, La Jolla, CA
Shaffer, Rosalie, Panama City, FL
Sjogren, Linda, Honolulu, HI
Sprain, Mara, Ashville, NC
Steimle, Claire, Highlands, NJ (Sandy Hook)
Tamietti, Shara, Charleston, SC
Voss, Brian, Seattle, WA
Wilson, Craig, Seattle, WA
Wood, Nancy, Narragansett, RI

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