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NOAA Libraries and Information Network DirectoryThis directory last updated 7/29/09Libraries by State
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.
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.). 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. 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. 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. Library: SWFSC Santa Cruz
Library
Lab home page: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/default1.aspx?Division=FED&id=554
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 Description of collection and services:
The collection includes monographs, journals, and reports on fisheries
science and economics, marine biology and fish physiology.
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. Library:Milford Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/NE Fisheries Science Center 212 Rogers Avenue Milford, CT 06460 Telephone: 203-882-6543 FAX: 203-882-6517 Email: 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. 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 Email: Linda.Pikula@noaa.gov, Gloria.Aversano@noaa.gov, and Christie.Wiley@noaa.gov Hours: 8:00 a.m. -5;00 p.m., Monday - Friday Personnel: Linda Pikula, Gloria Aversano, and Christie Wiley 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. +++++++ Library: NOAA
Miami Regional Library @ National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center +++++++ Library:
NMFS/SE Fisheries Science Center Library 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. 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. 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. +++++++ Library: Center
Library 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:http://www.ncep.noaa.gov and http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/ Description of collection and services: The library contains a specialized meteorological and oceanographic collection of about 7,000 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/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. Library: Oxford Marine Library 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: Neal Kaske, Library Director, 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. 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. 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. 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/pasca2.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. 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. Library: National Climatic
Data Center Library (NCDC access only) 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. 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. 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. +++++++ Library: National
Sea Grant Library Library: NOAA/NOS/Center for
Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) 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: Maggie.Robinson@noaa.gov Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday Personnel:Maggie Robinson OCLC symbol: Ariel no.: 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. 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: Ariel no.: 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. 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. +++++++ Library: National
Marine Mammal Laboratory Library +++++++ Library: Alaska/Northwest
Fisheries Science Center Library Selected Personnel
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