ORD/NERL/Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division Library Services

National Services
for the Public:

Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division Library Links:

Atmospheric Modeling Division Home Page

The Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Sciences Division (ASMD) Library’s mission is to serve the NOAA Division working in partnership with the EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS). The major field of interest is the meteorological aspects of air pollution, including numerical and physical model development and application.

Contact Information

We are located at:
Room C-261
109 T. W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

We can be contacted at:
Phone: (919) 541-2777
Fax: (919) 685-3110
E-mail: library.rtp@epa.gov

Mailing Address:
ASMD Library
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MD C267-02
109 T.W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

Hours of Operation

The ASMD Library is open 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. The public may visit the library 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Monday through Friday. All visitors must have photo identification to enter the facility.

Borrowing Policy and Interlibrary Loans

The library’s collection and resources are available for loan to EPA staff and onsite contractors only. Microfiche reader/printers and copy machines are available in the library for public use.

To locate EPA library and repository materials, you can search the Online Library System (OLS), EPA Libraries’ online catalog. If you have any questions, please call or e-mail the library.

Information For Other Libraries: Materials in the ASMD Library collection are listed in OCLC under the symbol EKF. Our materials are physically located within the EPA-RTP Library. Interlibrary Loan requests may be directed to the RTP Interlibrary Loan librarian via fax at (919) 685-3110 or by e-mail at libraryrtp.reprint@epa.gov.

EPA Library Services for the Public

The EPA National Library Network provides a variety of public services:

National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS), part of the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)
Online Library System (OLS)
EPA Library Services and Repositories

About the Collection

The ASMD Library collection focuses on air pollution meteorology, chemistry, numerical and physical model development and application, climate change analysis, and geophysics. 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.

History of the Library

Formerly known as the Meteorology Library, the ASMD Library originated in 1958 at the Robert S. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1971, the library became part of EPA in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, and NOAA in Silver Spring, Maryland, when EPA and NOAA were established in the Executive Branch by Reorganization Plans Nos. 3 and 4 of 1970.